Nile Expedition
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The Nile Expedition, sometimes called the Gordon Relief Expedition, was a British mission to relieve Major-General Charles George Gordon at Khartoum, Sudan. Gordon had been sent to Sudan to help the E
11th Hussars from the Gordon Relief Expedition
Photograph of Camel Corps, 2 Sikhs at the 'Ready'. Photograph by Felice Beato, 1884/85.
Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army. He became one of the most influential British generals after a series of victories in Canada
Nile Expedition
…Canadians in a British imperial conflict, although the Nile Voyageurs were civilian employees and did not wear uniforms. The expedition was commanded by Garnet Wolseley, who instructed Herbert Stewart to take command of an advance party of about 1,800 British soldiers and 350 native auxiliaries through the Bayuda Desert…
Wolseley in 1895
Lieutenant-Colonel Wolseley in India, by Felice Beato, 1858–1859
Field Marshal Viscount Wolseley
Wolseley in 1876, from Men of Mark