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Quotation from The River War by Winston Churchill
“Thus ended the battle of Omdurman--the most signal triumph ever gained by the arms of science over barbarians”
The River War, Chapter XV: The Battle of Omdurman (1902 edition)
Churchill's verdict on a battle in which more than 9,000 Dervishes died for a few dozen British and Egyptian dead.
Citation: "Thus ended the battle of Omdurman--the most signal triumph ever gained by the arms of science over barbarians" — Winston Churchill, The River War, Chapter XV: The Battle of Omdurman (1902 edition). (id the-river-war-q10)
Portrait: The Roaring Lion, Flickr : Sir Winston Churchill, Public domain.
