Wars in Eastern Sudan
Part 2: Baker & El Teb

Footnotes and Bibliography

by Doug Johnson
Maps and Illustrations by Greg Rose

FOOTNOTES

(1) There is some disagreement about the size of the force. Mrs. Sartorius (66) gives it as 600 Sudanese, 200 Egyptians and 50 cavalry. Wylde ill), who was in Suakin at the time, gives the figure as 700 Sudanese, 300 Egyptians and old soldiers, and 30 bashi-bazuk cavalry. Colvile (19) gives the total figure of 700 Sudanese, while Royle (101) says the column totalled 700 men, of whom only 400 were Sudanese. Wingate (95) says there were 200 bashi-bazuks and 500 Sudanese, while Jackson (41) breaks down a total number of 700 men into 400 Sudanese, 225 Egyptians and 25 bashi-bazuk cavalry (though this totals only 6501). It would sees that the column numbered no sore than 700 men, of which about 200 were Egyptians, up to 50 bashi-bazuk cavalry, and between 400-500 Sudanese, and an undetermined number of gunners for the single mountain gun,
(2) Both Sartorius (67) and Jackson (41), who used her as a source, claim that the square broke ranks when it reached the wells. Wylde (11), who got his story from a Sudanese survivor soon after the battle, gives the scenario used here. Wingate appears to accept it (95).
(3) Precise numbers vary, but these are based mainly on Royle (106-7), and Jackson (63). Sartorius (232) has figures which compare better with Royle (who used the official report) than with Jackson.
(4) Sartorius (232) says the force marched out in two parallel columns with the artillery and escort in between. Both Royle and Wingate used the official report as their source and are used here.

REFERENCES

Archibald, E.H.H., THE METAL FIGHTING SHIP IN THE ROYAL NAVY 1860-1970, Blandford, London, 1971.

Clowes, Sir We., THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NAVY, Vol. VII, Boston, 1903.

Colville, H.E., HISTORY OF THE SUDAN CAMPAIGN, Part 1, HMSO, London, 1889.

Haggard, A., UNDER CRESCENT AND STAR, Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1895.

Jackson, H.C., OSMAN DIGNA, Methuen, London, 1926.

Royle, C., THE EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGNS, 1882 TO 1885, Vol. II, Hurst & Blackett, London, 1886,

Sartorius, E., THREE MONTHS IN THE SUDAN, Kegan, Paul and Trench, London, 1885.

Shaked, H., THE LIFE OF THE SUDANESE MAHDI, Transaction Books, New Brunswick N.J., 1978.

Wingate, F.R., MAHDIISM AND THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN, 2nd Edition, Frank Cass, London, 1968,

Wylde, A.B., '83 TO '87 IN THE SUDAN, Vol. 1, Negro Universities Press, New York, 1969 (reprint of 1888 edition).

Material for Maps and illustrations

ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, 1884 (ILN).
Grant, J., CASSELL'S HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN, London, ca. 1886.
Sandes, E.W.C., THE ROYAL ENGINEERS IN EGYPT AND THE SUDAN, The Institute of the Royal Engineers, Chatham, 1937.

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