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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.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 1995Copyright date: ©1995Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (260 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780870139260
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Black Corps D'EliteDDC classification:
  • 972/.07
LOC classification:
  • F1233
Online resources:
Contents:
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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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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