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Fire and Sword in The Sudan by Rudolf C. Slatin Pasha published by Edward Arnold London 1896. A personal narrative of fighting and serving with the Dervishes 1879 - 1895. Rudolf Slatin was a colonel in the Egyptian army (Intelligence Dept.) and formerly governor and commander of the troops in Darfur.

Translated by Sir Francis Reginald Wingate Director of Military Intelligence, Egyptian Army. Author of Mahdism And The Egyptian Sudan Ten Years Captivity In The Mahdis Camp etc