Omdurman 1898 The Eyewitnesses Speak Author:Greenhill Books, Stackpole Books & Maps & diagrams & illustrations & 7 x 10 & Never-before published firsthand accounts from soldiers & Illustrations from artists on the scene To mark the centenary of the battle of Omdurman and the British conquest of the Sudan, this superbly illustrated study presents eyewitness accounts along with illustrations from artists and journalists wh... more »o were with the troops. It covers both the background of the campaign and the period between 1881 and 1898, when Britain and Egypt fought the Sudanese Mahdi. Eyewitness accounts include those from Major Harry Finn of the 21st Lancers (commanding the squadron in which Winston Churchill served), and officers of the Seaforth Highlanders and the Lincolnshire Regiment. Fredric A. Sharf is an expert on late Victorian campaigns. Peter Harrington is curator of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection at Brown University, and the author of British Artists and War and, with Frederic A. Sharf, "A Splendid Little War: The Spanish-American War, 1898"« less