The Camel Regiment
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The Camel Regiment
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Author : W. Scott Bell
language : en
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Release Date : 2017
The Camel Regiment written by W. Scott Bell and has been published by Pelican Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with History categories.
"Old Douglas was an African camel who was the beloved mascot of this regiment. He carried band instruments and knapsacks in Civil War battles. The author, whose great-great-grandfather served in the regiment, tells the unit's story based on correspondence and memoirs, mostly from its members"--Provided by publisher.
With The Camel Corps Up The Nile
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Author : Lord Edward Gleichen
language : en
Publisher: London : Chapman & Hall
Release Date : 1889
With The Camel Corps Up The Nile written by Lord Edward Gleichen and has been published by London : Chapman & Hall this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with Sudan categories.
With The Camel Corps Up The Nile
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Author : Edward Gleichen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-03
With The Camel Corps Up The Nile written by Edward Gleichen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03 with History categories.
"'The sand of the desert is sodden red The Gatling's jammed and the colonel dead'" This is a fascinating memoir of the early career of a prominent British soldier of the late 19th and early 20th century. It is made the more interesting because it concerns the actions of one of those odd types of unit that special and peculiar conditions occasionally create in armed forces-in this case the Guard's Camel Regiment. The author guides the reader through the fascinating and unique business of combining Guardsmen and camels before they together embark on the ill-fated campaign to rescue the beleaguered Gordon in Khartoum. This is a unique book which describes the desert march in vivid detail. What makes it essential is the description of the battle of Abu Klea from the perspective of one who fought within the famous 'broken square.' This, together with riveting battle action at Abu Kru and other engagements makes for a classic account of the 'gentlemen in khaki' at war in the name of the Queen Empress. The text is liberally illustrated by the author. Available in soft cover and hard cover with dust jacket.
With The Camel Corps Up The Nile
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Author : Count Gleichen
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2013-01-14
With The Camel Corps Up The Nile written by Count Gleichen and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-14 with categories.
Published in 1888, this is the record of the Camel Corps or the Guards' Camel Regiment when on it's expedition up the Nile in 1884-85.
The United States Camel Corps
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Author : Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-07-03
The United States Camel Corps written by Charles River Editors and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-03 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes a bibliography for further reading In the 1850s, Americans widely believed that the area from the 97th Meridian to the Rocky Mountains was vast, sterile, and useless, fit only for wandering natives and something to be endured rather than enjoyed by the people traveling through. Putting the eastern border near the point where the Great Plains begin, a common name for the huge region was "The Great American Desert," and the acquisition of the Southwest from Mexico added to the already huge area, commonly considered desert wasteland. Suddenly, the United States had a million square miles of Great American Desert to administrate, an area where the resident native warriors considerably outnumbered the small U.S. Army. In fact, the use of the word "desert" probably contributed to the idea behind using camels in the region, thanks to their reputation as "ships of the desert." With that in mind, the United States Camel Corps was a military experiment in the 1850s that brought camels from Egypt and Turkey to Texas and California. The cast of characters in this story is larger than life and includes U.S. Army and Navy officers, explorers, writers, politicians, and diplomats. The most famous person involved was Jefferson Davis, a U.S. Senator from Mississippi who went on to become Secretary of War and the Confederacy's only president. The project also utilized Haji Ali (also known as "Hi Jolly"), the U.S. Army's first Muslim employee, and it even had a small effect on the Civil War. One of the camels, Doug, was used by the Confederates at Vicksburg, and locals despised the Red Ghost, a feral camel that terrorized rural Arizona. The most important result of this historical footnote probably has no resonance in American history, and in fact, the name "United States Camel Corps" was never formalized, but it seems to be what historians call a retronym, a name given after a phenomenon has receded into the past. How long the name of "Camel Corps" has been in existence is unknown, but it has been used in literature for close to a century. What the troopers themselves called the unit remains unknown. However, the unit was extraordinarily important to Mexico, thanks to a man named Elias, one of the Syrian-Arab cameleers. Hired and brought over to teach American soldiers how to handle camels, Elias eventually moved to Sonora, Mexico, married a Yaqui Mexican woman, and had a son who went on to become a formidable and energetic president of Mexico. The United States Camel Corps: The History of the U.S. Army's Use of Camels in the Southwest during the 19th Century looks at the unique unit, from its origins to its record. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about the United States Camel Corps like never before.
The Fighting Cameliers
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Author : Frank Reid
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006-01-01
The Fighting Cameliers written by Frank Reid and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The war in Sinai & Palestine from the irrepressible viewpoint of the Camel Soldiers - There are few accounts of the exploits of the Imperial Camel Corps but 'The Fighting Cameliers' has the distinction of being written in an easy going immediate style full of incident, dialogue and action that brings the soldiers that comprised this unique fighting force into sharp relief. Written primarily from an Australian perspective with all its resilience & wit, this highly readable account often sweeps the reader up like a novel. A must for everyone interested in the First World War in the desert & Palestine.
With The Camel Corps Up The Nile Classic Reprint
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Author : Edward Gleichen
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-10-13
With The Camel Corps Up The Nile Classic Reprint written by Edward Gleichen and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-13 with Travel categories.
Excerpt from With the Camel Corps Up the Nile To tell the truth, my story was about to see the light two years ago, and it was only owing to circumstances over which I had not much control that its appearance has been delayed till now. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Cameliers
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Author : Major Oliver Hogue
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2014-08-15
The Cameliers written by Major Oliver Hogue and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-15 with History categories.
“Oliver Hogue (1880-1919), journalist and soldier, was born on 29 April 1880 in Sydney ... He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Sep. 1914 as a trooper with the 6th Light Horse Regiment. Commissioned second lieutenant in Nov., he sailed for Egypt with the 2nd L.H. Brigade in the Suevic in Dec.. Hogue served on Gallipoli with the Light Horse (dismounted) for five months, then was invalided to England with enteric fever. In May 1915 he was promoted lieutenant and appointed orderly officer to Colonel Ryrie, the brigade commander. As ‘Trooper Bluegum’ he wrote articles for the Herald subsequently collected in the books Love Letters of an Anzac and Trooper Bluegum at the Dardanelles. Sometimes representing war as almost a sport, he took pride in seeing ‘the way our young Australians played the game of war’. Hogue returned from hospital in England to the 6th L.H. in Sinai and fought in the decisive battle of Romani. Transferred to the Imperial Camel Corps on 1 Nov. 1916, he was promoted captain on 3 July 1917. He fought with the Camel Corps at Magdhaba, Rafa, Gaza, Tel el Khuweilfe, Musallabeh, and was with them in the first trans-Jordan raid to Amman. In 1917 Hogue led the ‘Pilgrim’s Patrol’ of fifty Cameliers and two machine-guns into the Sinai desert to Jebel Mousa, to collect Turkish rifles from the thousands of Bedouins in the desert. After the summer of 1918, spent in the Jordan Valley, camels were no longer required. The Cameliers were given horses and swords and converted into cavalry. Hogue, promoted major on 1 July 1918, was now in Brigadier General George Macarthur-Onslow’s 5th L.H. Brigade, commanding a squadron of the 14th L.H. Regiment. At the taking of Damascus by the Desert Mounted Corps in Sep. 1918, the 5th Brigade stopped the Turkish Army escaping through the Barada Gorge. As well as the articles sent to Australia, and some in English magazines, Hogue wrote a third book, The Cameliers,...”-Aust. Dict. of Nat. Bio.
Camels And Others
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Author : Geoffrey Inchbald
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Camels And Others written by Geoffrey Inchbald and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with History categories.
Imperial Camel Corps
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Author : Geoffrey Inchbald
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Imperial Camel Corps written by Geoffrey Inchbald and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Art categories.