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Reconnoitring In Abyssinia: A Narrative Of The Proceedings Of The Reconnoitring Party, Prior To The Arrival Of The Main Body Of The Expedionary Field Force by Colonel H. St. Clair Wilkins of the Royal Engineers. With ten coloured views from sketches made in the country, and a map. The author's account of the rescue mission and punitive expedition carried out in 1868 by the armed forces of the British Empire against the Ethiopian Empire. In 1867 the British Government resolved to invade Abyssinia to remedy the embarrassment caused by the imprisonment of the British Consul in the fortress of Magdala by the Christian King Theodorous. Prior to the main Expeditionary Force led by Sir Robert Napier, a small reconnoitring party commanded by Colonel Henry St Clair Wilkins of the Royal Engineers was despatched and this is his detailed account of that successful precursor to the main campaign. Harcover. 409pp.
Edition
First, 1870
Book Publisher
Smith, Elder & Co
Book ISBN
none listed
Book Dimensions
22 × 15 × 3.5 cm
Condition
Boards are water splashed and soiled with a hole midway down the right of the spine, corners frayed, hinges split, school prize plate stuck on the inside along with a smaller plate underneath it, heavy foxing to the fep, half title and the first lithographic plate, some signatures separating.
Stock Level
1
Price
£190.00
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