Famous Battles of the Nineteenth Century: 1875-1900

action advance Afghan Arabi army artillery attack Ayoub's Baggara bank battalions battery battle began Boers bombardment brigade British bullets burst Cabul camp Candahar Caney Captain cavalry Cavite Chinese close Colonel column command Cronje Custer dark dead defeated defence Dervishes Domokos Egyptian El Caney enemy enemy's fell fight flag flank fleet force forts Frederick Roberts front garrison Gordon Greek ground gunboats guns heavy Highlanders hill horses hundred yards infantry Japanese Kanly Kars Kassassin Kerreri Khartoum killed laager Lieutenant Mahdists Maiwand miles morning mounted moved night Nile officers Omdurman opened fire parapet Pasha Pharsala Ping-yang Port Arthur position rear regiments ridge rifle river Rorke's Drift rush Russians Sangley Point sent shells ships shot side Sir Donald Stewart Sirdar soldiers soon Soudanese Spaniards Spanish squadron steamers Tekman thousand tion town Transvaal trenches troops Turkish Turks valley victory village wounded Zulus