[Old Teufel Hunden]

"I wanted to make the point that, if it's really become so bad in this country that you can no longer quote the words of the greatest living Englishman"

Hold the presses, I think we have breaking news here. Churchill is still alive?? That funeral fifty years ago was a sham!!! He's well into triple digits and has to be the oldest living human.

All kidding aside, "The River War" is an excellent book on the Sudan punitive expedition and the battle of Omdurman. As a calvaryman, Churchill was in one of the last great calvary charges in that battle.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Churchill was in one of the last great calvary charges in that battle. ***

And he was smart enough to NOT use a sabre, but a Mauser automatic pistol.

[MacNaughton]

3 ... All kidding aside, "The River War" is an excellent book on the Sudan punitive expedition and the battle of Omdurman. As a calvaryman, Churchill was in one of the last great calvary charges in that battle.

A recent book about Churchill, Churchill's First War contained much info, including a lot of his letters and newspaper articles, about his 1st combat experiences against the Pashtuns in the Hindu Kush. Some ol' same ol', "there is nothing new under the sun" regarding Islam.

25 And he was smart enough to NOT use a sabre, but a Mauser automatic pistol.

Partly due to a polo injury in which he dislocated his shoulder. While on his 1st punitive expedition in the Hindu Kush, ~ 1897, he had to strap his arm to his torso so that he could ride his horse. He suffered from the effects of that injury the rest of his life.