"Omdurman" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the Sea Power has made up for her defects of position as regards Egypt by four great strokes—the triumph of her great admiral, the purchase of Ismail's canal shares, the repression of Arabi's revolt, and Lord Kitchener's victory at Omdurman. The present writer has not refrained from sharp criticism on British policy in the period 1870-1900; and the Egyptian policy of the Cabinets of Queen Victoria has been at times open to grave censure; ...
— The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) • John Holland Rose |
