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The Battle of Omdurman-Sudan 1898
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Posted on 11/21/2002 3:10:36 PM PST by Sparta
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To: weikel
Kitchener got his payback during WW I when he and his lover Major Fitzgerald were drowned on their way to Russia.
To: Eternal_Bear
Kitchener was the only general of either side in World War I who came any place close to predicting the length of that bloody conflict. The Brits couldn't think of any way to use his appreciable talents and finally decided to ship him off to help the Russians. The armored cruiser in which he was sailing struck a mine [probably; there are no claims of a torpedo hit by any German submarine] and sank with geeat loss of life.
To: Sparta
If you want on or off the Western Civilization Military History ping list.
I want on. Thx.
To: VadeRetro
Gunboats sort of remind me of precision guided missiles: they blow up mohammedan castles and things very nicely. It's tough work, but it has to be done.
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