The Head of the River Column: Royal Engineers and Guards’ Camel Corps Leaving Dongola for the Front. “The Nile Expedition on Sketches by Our Special Artist, Mr. Melton Prior.” Source: Illustrated London News 86 (3 January 1885): 1. This cover page of the first Illustrated London News of the year featured two images about the war in the Sudan. Click on images to enlarge them.
Sending Camels Across the Nile at Dongola.
Related Material Including Other Images from The Illustrated London News
- The Sudan (homepage)
- The Suez Canal
- Egypt and the British Empire (homepage)
- Sail Boats: The 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment Pushing Forward at the Hannek Cataract (ILN)
- Five Scenes from the Nile Expedition: Sailboats and Camel Saddles (ILN)
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Bibliography
Illustrated London News 86 (3 January 1885): 1. Hathi Trust Digital Library online version of a copy in the University of Chicago Library. Web. 21 August 2020.
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