colonial wars

These Authenticast Scots look like they are ready for South africa

The Camel Cops materialised in the Sudan wars but were they used in other wars?

The Sudan campaign created a lot of Boys Own stories and stirred up the public imagination much more than the south african debaclè. Here British escape across the desert

The dreaded Fuzzy wuzzy. the most feared warrior in an Edwardian boys imagination.This by Tradition

The Britih cavalry were the strongpoint in people's minds but achieved little in most wars against tribesmen in mass battles

Kitchener was the name that stood out in the latter Victorian /Edwardian era of the empire

The British public caused the government to head on into the Sudan over outcry as regards Gordon.Here the public is Tradition

but as belloc said. "We have the maxim and they do not" Britains R.A colonial artillery offcer dressed here for what looks like the Zulu wars

The Sudan gave up its dead after many years . This man perished with Hicks after the Mahdi appeared from Nowhere