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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Mounted (matted) and ready to frame. A splendid opportunity to purchase a portrait of this eminent personage. Printed from an original photograph by Elliott & Fry. Commanding 9th Division South African Field Force.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 2 vols. + Map case. pp. xvi, 277 & xiv, 327; 3 folding maps to vol. I, 6 folding maps to vol. II, 10 folding maps contained in case; inkstamps to title-pages ("Presented by the Secretary of State for War"), else very good in original cloth, gilt, spine of vol. II very faded, map case with original list of maps to front board and additionally lettered in gilt "Walford Collection". The British campaign in the Sudan of 1884-5 attempted the rescue of General Gordon, sent by the British government to Khartoum to effect a withdrawal from the region. At the time, forces under the religious leader the Mahdi had taken over much of the Sudan, defeating an Egyptian army of 8000 men under Colonel Hicks at El Obeid in November 1883. These forces later besieged Gordon and the remnants of the Egyptian army at Khartoum, and the British government was compelled to send an expedition for the town's relief. Henry Edward Colvile "served in the campaign of 1884-5 to attempt the relief of Khartoum, and was the official historian of the campaign" (Hill A Biographical Dictionary of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, p. 102) . This official history covers the events leading up to the departure of the Nile Expedition, and the circumstances surrounding the fall of Gordon and Khartoum. …

Zustand: Good. The Work of the Ninth Division by Major-General Sir H. E. Colvile, 1901.Publisher: Edward Arnold, London.Binding: hardback cloth.Illustrated: yes. All collated and complete.Description / Condition: Ex.library edition with small pen mark to inner board and some blind-stamped marks. Edge wear/tears/browning to boards. Light foxing to pages with minor edge tears/marks/creases/pencil marks in places. A nice copy for age.Please see pictures for further information. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Important account of the Ninth Division's campaign in South Africa written by its commander. The constituent Brigades included the Highland Brigade, Nineteenth Brigade ( Shropshire's, DCLI, Canadians ), 247pp., appendices, index, 8 folding maps. Hint of age browning to a few pages, else very good condition, professionally bound in light brown half leather, with raised bands to spine, gilt. Overall a very handsome copy. 0.0. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original red cloth bdg. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In English. [xiv], 277 p., 5 military plans, (3 foldings), and 1 folding map of Sudan Campaign's military plan (57x39,5 cm). Fading on cloth, an ex-library stamp on colophon, light soiling to extremities. Otherwise a good copy. First edition of the first volume of this rare set on the Sudan Campaign, including an eyewitness account of Colvile, an English colonel (later major-general) during the campaign. The presented first volume includes that the forces of the Mahdist movement spreading across Sudan, and threatening General Charles Gordon in Khartoum, while Lord Garnet Wolseley moves slowly south down the Nile. The second and third volumes (including maps only) are missing. By 1882 the Mahdist Army had taken complete control over the area surrounding Khartoum. Then, in 1883, a joint British-Egyptian military expedition under the command of British Colonel William Hicks launched a counterattack against the Mahdists. Hicks was soon killed and the British decided to evacuate Sudan. Fighting continued however and the British-Egyptian forces which defended Khartoum in a long siege were finally overrun on January 28, 1885. Virtually the entire garrison was killed. General Charles Gordon, the commander of the British-Egyptian forces, was beheaded during the attack. In June 1885 Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi died. As a result the Mahdist movement quickly dissolved as infighting broke out among rival claimants to leadership. Hoping to capitalize on internal strife, the British returned to Sudan in 1896 with Horatio Kitchener as commander of another Anglo-Egyptian army. In the final battle of the war on September 2, 1898, at Karari, 11,000 Mahdists were killed and 16,000 were wounded. (Source: Black Past online). Henry Edward Colville was born at Kirkby Hall, Leicestershire, as the son of Charles Robert Colville and Hon. Katherine Sarah Georgina Russell. Trained at Eton, Colville entered the Grenadier Guards in 1870, followed by his assignment in 1880 as A.D.C. to General Sir Leicester Smyth commanding the forces in South Africa. Colville served in the Intelligence Department of the Suakin Expedition of 1884, distinguishing himself at the Battles of El Teb and Tamai. He was employed on special service in Sudan prior to the Nile Expedition of 1884-85 and after having served in that Expedition, he received the assignment of Chief of the Intelligence Department of the Frontier Force. Following the Battle of Ginnis in the Mahdist War, Colville was promoted to the rank of Colonel and was attached to the Intelligence Department at headquarters. In 1893 he was appointed Commissioner (Acting) for Uganda where he commanded the Unyoro Expedition receiving numerous awards and a promotion to Major General on April 12, 1898. Prior to his retirement in 1901, Colville served as Commander, Infantry Brigade, Gibraltar and Guards Brigade, and 9th Division, South Africa 1899-1900. (Source: Ladysmith & District Historical Society Online). …

This, the author's first book, is a charming account of his travels with his wife through Morocco from Tangier to Fez. Captain Colvile, a member of the Grenadier Guards, with his wife, start the journey on horseback in their Western clothes. However they soon realise they would be more comfortable in the local costume of robes, petticoats and slippers. First edition; 8vo ( 20 x 15 cm); pictorial frontispiece, folding plates, one follding map; publisher's gilt decorated cloth; a very good copy; xvi, 328 pp. Playfair 1361.…