Inspiration and information


Histories

Brooks R
The Long Arm of Empire: Naval Brigades from The Crimea
to The Boxer Rebellion

Constable and Company Limited 1999

Brown DB, FRCS
Surgical Experiences in the Zulu and Transvaal Wars
1879 and 1881
Oliver and Boyd 1883
Link Various formats

Butler, Sir WF, KCB
Campaign of the Cataracts:
Being a personal narrative of the Great Nile Expedition
of 1884–5

Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington 1887
Link Various formats

Butler, Sir WF, KCB
Sir William Butler: An Autobiography
Constable And Company Limited 1911
Link Various formats

Featherestone D
Khartoum 1885: General Gordon’s Last Stand
Osprey Publishing 1993

Gambier Parry, Major E
Suakin, I885 Being a Sketch of the Campaign of This Year
Kegan Paul, Trench & Co 1886
Link Various formats

Gleichen, Count E
With the Camel Corps up the Nile
Chapman & Hall 1888
Link Various formats

Konstam A
Nile River Gunboats 1882–1918
Osprey Publishing 2016

MacDonald A, FRGS
Too Late for Gordon and Khartoum
John Murray 1887
Link Various formats

Manning, S
The Martini-Henry Rifle
Osprey Publishing 2013

An Officer Sudan Campaign 1896–1899
Chapman & Hall 1899
Link Various formats

Parry GE, Major
Suakin
Kegan Paul, Trench and Company 1886

Preston, A (Editor)
In Relief of Gordon: Lord Wolseley’s Campaign Journal of the Khartoum Relief Expedition 1884–1885
Hutchinson & Co Limited 1967

Prior M
Campaigns of a War Correspondent
Edward Arnold, London 1912
Link Various formats

Robson B
Fuzzy Wuzzy: The Campaigns in the Eastern Sudan 1884–85
Spellmount Limited 1993

Snook M, Colonel, MBE, PhD
Beyond the Reach of Empire: Wolseley’s Failed Campaign
to Save Gordon and Khartoum

Frontline Books 2013

Snook M, Colonel, MBE, PhD
Go Strong into the Desert: the Mahdist Uprising in Sudan
1881–1885

Perry Miniatures 2010

Whitehouse H
Battle in Africa 1879–1914
Field Books 1987

Winrow AP
The British Regular Mounted Infantry 1880–1913:
Cavalry of Poverty or Victorian Paradigm?
University of Buckingham 2014
Link PDF



Academic theses

Rossi RN, Major
The Mahdist Revolution
Masters of Military Art and Science
BS Florida Atlantic University 1994
Link PDF



Articles

Wilson, RT
Equines in military operations in Sudan
in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
African Journal of History and Culture 10 (1)
January 2018
Link Various formats

Wyndham S
The square that broke, or did it? 
The Guards Magazine
Link

Snook M Colonel, MBE, PhD
Exploring the Mahdist Wars 
History Answers
Link



Manuals

Handbook for the 0.45 Inch Gatling Gun for Naval Service 1880
HMSO 1880
Link Various formats

Handbook for the 2.5-inch RML Steel (Jointed) Gun 1888
HMSO 1888
Link PDF

Wolsey GJ, Sir Colonel, CB KCMG
The Soldier’s Pocketbook for Field Service
MacMillan and Co 1871
Link PDF



Papers

Cantwell A, MA, Sprack P
Solent papers No 2
The Needles Defences
The Redoubt Consultancy



Reports

Goodrich CF, Lieutenant-Commander
Report of the British Naval and Military Operations in Egypt, 1882
Government Printing Office, Washington 1883
Link



Uniform guides

The Sudan 1883–85: A brief history and uniform guide
Perry Miniatures
Link

Wilkinson-Latham R
The Sudan Campaigns 1881–98
Osprey Publishing 1976



Wargaming

Featherstone D
Battle Notes for Wargamers
David and Charles 1973

Featherstone D
Featherstone’s Complete Wargaming
David and Charles 1988

Featherstone D
Solo Wargaming
Kaye and Ward 1973



Rules

Young P, Brigadier, and Lawford JP, Lieutenant Colonel
Charge! Or How to Play War games
Morgan-Grampian 1967

Priestly R, Johnson J
Black Powder: Battles with model soldiers in the age of the musket
Warlord Games 2016

Graham J, Smith N
Black Powder: Blood on the Nile
Fighting the battles of the Mahdist Wars in the Sudan with model soldiers
Warlord Games 2014

Featherstone, D
Rules for Wargames in the 1880 Period
Including Colonial Warfare

Link

Mersey D
The Men Who Would Be Kings
Osprey Publishing 2016



Film

The Four Feathers
Director: Zoltan Korda
Starring: John Clements, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez
United Artists 1939

Khartoum
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson, Nigel Green
United Artists 1966

The Man Who Would Be King
Director: John Huston
Starring: Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Saeed Jaffrey, Christopher Plummer
Colombia Pictures 1975

Zulu
Director: Cy Endfield
Starring: Stanley Baker, Michael Caine, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Nigel Green, Paul Daneman, Glynn Edwards, Ivor Emmanuel, Patrick Magee, Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Paramount Pictures 1964



Wargaming channels, web sites, and web pages

The British Historical Games Society

Der Alte Fritz: Dervish

Gordon, The Mahdi and The Nile

Legendary Wargames

Ottoman Uniforms: Egyptian 1883

Figuren Und Geschichten: Nile gun boat
Figuren Und Geschichten: Desert Column
Figuren Und Geschichten: Beja Figuren Und Geschichten: Berber–Suakim railway Figuren Und Geschichten: El-Teb

Little Wars TV

Savage and Soldier

The Wargames Holiday Centre

Wargames Illustrated

Wargaming



Podcasts

Yarkshire Gamers Reet Big Wargames Podcast

The Rest is History
General Gordon: The Ultimate Victorian Hero
General Gordon and the Siege of Khartoum



YouTube channels

The History Chap



Forums

Lead Adventure Forum

The Miniatures Page

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