Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp1882-1892, by F. R. WingateThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892Author: F. R. WingateRelease Date: June 18, 2010 [EBook #32875]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TEN YEARS' CAPTIVITY ***Produced by StevenGibbs, Linda Hamilton and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.netFather Ohrwalder, The Sisters Catterina Chincarini and Elisabetta Venturini and The Slavegirl AdilaFrom a photograph by Stromeyer & Heyman, Cairo.Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.TEN YEARS' CAPTIVITYIN THEMAHDI'S CAMP1882-1892FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS OFFATHER JOSEPH OHRWALDERLATE PRIEST OF THE AUSTRIAN MISSION STATION AT DELEN, IN KORDOFANBYMAJOR F. R. WINGATE, R.A.DIRECTOR OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, EGYPTIAN ARMY; AUTHOR OF 'MAHDIISM AND THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN'WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONSBY WALTER C. HORSLEYTHIRD EDITIONLONDONSAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & COMPANYLIMITEDSt. Dunstan's HouseFETTER LANE, FLEET STREET, E.C.1892(All rights reserved.)LONDON:PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, Limited,STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.PREFACE.------After the fall of Khartum in January 1885, various attempts ...