CONTENTS OF VOLUME I
Foreword by Mary Soames . . . . . . . vii
The Making of This Book . . . . . . . xvi
Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . xxxii
Editor’s Introduction . . . . . . . . xxxv
New Bibliography . . . . . . . . clxxxi
A Note on the Text . . . . . . . . ccxxi
HALF TITLE PAGE . . . . . . . CCXXIX
BY THE SAME AUTHOR . . . . . . CCXXX
FRONTISPIECE . . . . . . . . CC XXXII
TITLE PAGE . . . . . . . CCXXXIII
INSCRIPTION . . . . . . . . CC XXXV
PREFACE . . . . . . . . CCXXXVI
LIST OF PRINCIPAL WORKS CONSULTED . . . . CCX L
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME . . . . CCXLIV
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE FIRST VOLUME . . . . CCL II
MAPS AND PLANS IN THE FIRST VOLUME . . CCLIV
CHAPTER I: THE MILITARY SOUDAN . . . 1
CHAPTER II: THE REBELLION OF THE MAHDI . 12
CHAPTER III: THE FATE OF THE ENVOY . . . 56
CHAPTER IV: THE DERVISH EMPIRE . . . . 109
CHAPTER V: THE YEARS OF PREPARATION . . 143
CHAPTER VI: THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR . . 175
CHAPTER VII: FIRKET . . . . . . . 211
CHAPTER VIII: THE RECOVERY OF THE
DONGOLA PROVINCE . . . . . . 225
CHAPTER IX: THE DESERT RAILWAY . . . 262
CHAPTER X: ABU HAMED . . . . . . 293
CHAPTER XI: BERBER . . . . . . . 325
CHAPTER XII: RECONNAISSANCE . . . . 352
CHAPTER XIII: THE BATTLE OF THE ATBARA . . 389
CHAPTER XIV: IN SUMMER QUARTERS . . . 419
CONTENTS OF VOLUME II
HALF TITLE PAGE . . . . . . . . IX
FRONTISPIECE . . . . . . . . . X
TITLE PAGE . . . . . . . . . . XI
CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME . . . . . XIII
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE SECOND VOLUME . . . XXI
MAPS AND PLANS IN THE SECOND VOLUME . . XXIII
CHAPTER XV: UP THE RIVER WITH THE 21ST
LANCERS . . . . . . . . . 1
CHAPTER XVI: THE FINAL CONCENTRATION . . 28
CHAPTER XVII: THE GRAND ADVANCE . . . 57
CHAPTER XVIII: THE RECONNAISSANCE OF KERRERI . . . . . . . . 76
CHAPTER XIX: THE BATTLE OF OMDURMAN . . 99
CHAPTER XX: THE FALL OF THE CITY . . . 152
CHAPTER XXI: AFTER THE VICTORY . . . 184
CHAPTER XXII: THE RETURN OF THE BRITISH
DIVISION . . . . . . . . . 209
CHAPTER XXIII: ON THE BLUE NILE . . . . 230
CHAPTER XXIV: ‘THE FASHODA INCIDENT’ . . 285
CHAPTER XXV: MILITARY REFLECTIONS . . 305
CHAPTER XXVI AND LAST: A GENERAL VIEW . . 356
Epilogue: Churchill’s Introduction to the 1933 Edition
of The River War . . . . . . . . 387
APPENDIX A: COMPOSITION OF THE STAFF DURING
THE RIVER WAR . . . . . . . . 392
APPENDIX B: EXTRACTS FROM THE DESPATCHES
REFERRING TO RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . 405
APPENDIX C: EXTRACTS FROM THE LONDON
GAZETTE SHOWING HONOURS AND PROMOTIONS
GIVEN . . . . . . . . . . 446
APPENDIX D: EXTRACTS FROM A MEMORANDUM
FOR GUIDANCE OF OFFICERS COMMANDING
BRITISH INFANTRY IN THE SOUDAN . . . . 472
APPENDIX E: TEXT OF THE SOUDAN AGREEMENT
OF THE 19TH OF JANUARY 1899, AND OF THE
DECLARATION OF THE 21ST OF MARCH 1899 . . 478
Appendix I: The War on the Nile—Churchill’s Dispatches
from the River War . . . . . . . . 486
Appendix II: The Fashoda Incident (North American
Review) . . . . . . . . . . 640
vi The River War
Appendix III: The Fate of Gordon—Churchill’s Holograph
Draft of The River War, Chapter III . . . . 652
Appendix IV: Sketches of the 1898 Nile Expedition,
Atbara and Omdurman—From a Notebook
by Angus J. McNeill . . . . . . . 720
Appendix V: An Excerpt from My African Journey on
the Sudan . . . . . . . . . . 743
Appendix VI: A Difference with Kitchener (Nash’s Pall
Mall) . . . . . . . . . . 754
Appendix VII: The Eve of Omdurman (Nash’s Pall
Mall) . . . . . . . . . . 770
Appendix VIII: Omdurman (Nash’s Pall Mall) . . . 786
Appendix IX: Churchill’s Introduction to Richard A.
Bermann, The Mahdi of Allah . . . . . 804
Appendix X: Gordon: A Christian Hero’s Sacrifice
(The Daily Mail) . . . . . . . . 811
Appendix XI: Excerpts from A History of the English-
Speaking Peoples on the River War . . . . 820
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . 829