The Anglo-Arab Wars
Warfare
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The Battle of Soudan
The size of soudan is about, what, six, seven, eight times bigger than the united kingdom. And so to fall short by a day is truly, truly tragic, isn't it? The gunboat then has to beat a hasty retreat under heavy fire. It's interesting in relation to wolsey's career, because he was dubbed our only general bythe torian media and picked up by the victorian public. This is his first major defeat of any kind,. And it's very damaging to his reputation.
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