A Black Corps D'Elite : An Egyptian Sudanese Conscript Battalion with the French Army in Mexico, 1863-1867, and Its Survivors in Subsequent African History.
Hill, Richard.
A Black Corps D'Elite : An Egyptian Sudanese Conscript Battalion with the French Army in Mexico, 1863-1867, and Its Survivors in Subsequent African History. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (260 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations, Maps, Plans -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Summary Concordance of Military Ranks obtaining in 1863-1867 -- Some Contemporary Ottoman Honorifics -- 1. Background to the Egyptian Sudanese Presence in Mexico -- 2. The Voyage to Veracruz -- 3. Acclimatization, 1863 -- 4. War in 1864 -- 5. War and Weariness in 1865 -- 6. Mutiny of the Relief Battalion in the Sudan -- 7. A Diplomatic Confrontation: the Government of the United States versus the Sudanese Battalion -- 8. War in 1866 -- 9. The Mission Completed -- 10. The Voyage Home -- 11. The Veterans from Mexico in African History -- Appendix 1 . The Contrôle Nominatif (Battalion Nominal Roll) with Brief Records of Service -- Appendix 2. Other Sources Used -- Index.
9780870139260
France.-Armée.-Bataillon nègre égyptien-History.
Sudanese-Mexico-History-19th century.
Mexico-History-European intervention, 1861-1867-Participation, Sudanese.
France-Relations-Egypt.
Egypt-Relations-France.
Electronic books.
F1233
972/.07
A Black Corps D'Elite : An Egyptian Sudanese Conscript Battalion with the French Army in Mexico, 1863-1867, and Its Survivors in Subsequent African History. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (260 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations, Maps, Plans -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Summary Concordance of Military Ranks obtaining in 1863-1867 -- Some Contemporary Ottoman Honorifics -- 1. Background to the Egyptian Sudanese Presence in Mexico -- 2. The Voyage to Veracruz -- 3. Acclimatization, 1863 -- 4. War in 1864 -- 5. War and Weariness in 1865 -- 6. Mutiny of the Relief Battalion in the Sudan -- 7. A Diplomatic Confrontation: the Government of the United States versus the Sudanese Battalion -- 8. War in 1866 -- 9. The Mission Completed -- 10. The Voyage Home -- 11. The Veterans from Mexico in African History -- Appendix 1 . The Contrôle Nominatif (Battalion Nominal Roll) with Brief Records of Service -- Appendix 2. Other Sources Used -- Index.
9780870139260
France.-Armée.-Bataillon nègre égyptien-History.
Sudanese-Mexico-History-19th century.
Mexico-History-European intervention, 1861-1867-Participation, Sudanese.
France-Relations-Egypt.
Egypt-Relations-France.
Electronic books.
F1233
972/.07