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81 x 83 mm. Showing lines of men seated on the ground awaiting the start of the Battle of Omdurman. In fact they were not to see action that day. At midday a bombardment of Omdurman was commenced and the rest of the day was spent making preparations for the expected Dervish attack the following dawn.

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164 x 83 mm. Showing lines of men seated on the ground awaiting the start of the Battle of Omdurman.

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81 x 83 mm. Showing lines of men seated on the ground awaiting the start of the Battle of Omdurman.

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153 x 83 mm. Showing lines of men seated on the ground awaiting the start of the Battle of Omdurman.

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153 x 83 mm. Showing lines of men seated on the ground awaiting the start of the Battle of Omdurman.

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153 x 83 mm. Showing lines of men seated on the ground awaiting the start of the Battle of Omdurman.

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153 x 83 mm. Showing lines of men seated on the ground awaiting the start of the Battle of Omdurman.

Scope and Contents 160 x 109 mm. A view showing a newly released fellow-prisoner of Charles Neufeld's in Yakoub's courtyard (Yakoub was a half-brother of the Khalifa). This man is probably Ibrahim Fawzi Pasha. Originally a cadet in the Egyptian administration in the Sudan, in 1874 he served under Gordon in Equatoria. Emin Pasha took his place when he was convicted of irregularities and for a time he was Arabi Pasha's chief of Police in Cairo (1882). Again employed by Gordon, he was in charge of the...

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Packet containing loose monochrome postcards (one missing from original set of six). The postcards show scenes in Omdurman. The packet is 'Set II' of four sets issued by the Sudan Government Railways and Steamers.

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165 x 114 mm. A view showing a section of the battlefield after the second phase, the ground littered with dervish corpses. The Khalifa lost a staggering 11,000 men killed and 16,000 wounded at Omdurman. Anglo-Egyptian losses totalled 48 killed and 382 wounded. (However, the Mahdist losses have been, and continue to be, a matter for dispute).

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88 x 158 mm. A very blurred and indistinct view showing dead and wounded dervishes.

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80 x 80 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.

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80 x 80 mm. glossy print.

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78 x 78 mm. A view showing a carriage. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

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161 x 105 mm. A view showing the corpse of the Emir of the Baggara lying on an angareb (a wooden framed bed) in a courtyard in Omdurman. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

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79 x 79 mm. A view showing stripped and looted Baggara corpses on the battlefield at Omdurman. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

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79 x 79 mm. A view showing Neufeld and an unidentified Sudanese prisoner sitting in chains in the prison courtyard at Omdurman. Behind them a building can be seen. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

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183 x 106 mm. A view showing Charles Neufeld standing in a doorway in Yakoub's courtyard wearing a white suit belonging to Captain von Tiedemann, the German military attache and observer. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

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157 x 107 mm. A view showing Charles Neufeld, his Abyssinian wife Umm es Shole, two children and an unidentified prisoner. See his 'A prisoner of the Khaleefa' for the circumstances of their marriage. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

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120 x 80 mm. glossy print with duplicate.

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150 x 130 mm. A view showing Captain (later Brigadier General) William Cavendish on a camel in front of the damaged tomb of the Mahdi. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

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79 x 79 mm. A view showing Ismail Pasha's covered carriage. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

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22 sheets.

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114 x 134 mm. A view showing Neufeld and an unidentified Sudanese prisoner sitting in chains in the prison courtyard at Omdurman. Neufeld was captured by Mahdist forces in 1887 while accompanying a caravan of arms into the Sudan. He remained in prison, often in chains as seen here, until the relief of Omdurman in 1898. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

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118 x 80 mm. glossy print with 35 mm negative.