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Typescript journal, in seven volumes bound in one, kept by Lt Col David Francis Lewis, August to December 1898. Kept whilst commanding the 3rd Brigade at the Battle of Omdurman, and later an Egyptian Army detachment in pursuit of a Dervish force led by the Emir Ahmed Fedil. The pursuit, which lasted eight weeks, ended with the defeat of the Dervishes at the battle of Rosaires Cataract on 26 Dec 1898. Vol I - 21 Aug - 2 Sept 1898 and Vols to VII - 22 Oct - 26 Dec 1898. Associated the Battle of Omdurman, 2nd Sudan War (1896-1899), 1898.

Omdurman, Battle of, 1898 (2nd Sudan War 1895-1899)