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1898 · rif. 763L6 — N/A: N/A c1898. Unbound. Very Good Indeed. N/A. N/A. A scarce box of ten photographic glass slides depicting the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Campaign commanded by Kitchener. The images include a group picture of the 21st Lancers two of whom received the Victoria Cross for actions at the Battle of Omdurman. There are also images of British soldiers in Khartoum Guards at Shabluka and military railway construction. The Sudan Military Railroad was constructed from 1896-1897 by Kitchener to supply the Anglo-Egyptian army prosecuting the Mahdist War. This railway was the predecessor line for the present-day Sudan Railway. The Kitchener campaign was from 1896-1898. And was a reconquest of territory lost by the Khedives of Egypt in 1884 and 1885 during the Mahdist War. The plates are in a relatively good condition with some tape repairs to the edges of some. Housed in a wooden box. These images are an original source from this historical campaign. In a wooden box. All but one of the plates are paper taped at the edges. There are a few small cracks to the edges of the plates with the image mostly unaffected. Very Good Indeed N/A unknown