TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hill,Richard
AU  - Hogg,Peter
TI  - 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
SN  - 9780870139260
AV  - F1233 
U1  - 972/.07 
PY  - 1995///
CY  - East Lansing
PB  - Michigan State University Press
KW  - France.-Armée.-Bataillon nègre égyptien-History
KW  - Sudanese-Mexico-History-19th century
KW  - Mexico-History-European intervention, 1861-1867-Participation, Sudanese
KW  - France-Relations-Egypt
KW  - Egypt-Relations-France
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
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ER  -