The War in Egypt

This is an account of the 1882 campaign in Egypt following the revolt of the Egyptian Army. Alexandria was bombarded by the fleet and Sir Garnet Wolseley commanded the British force on land. The principle battles were at Tel-el-Kebir and Kassassin. This volume has a section containing 16 full plate colour illustrations by the well-known Richard Simkin, and the text is illustrated with 40 b/w sketches ; there are six maps of the campaign