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Quotation from The River War by Winston Churchill
“The columns were encumbered with wounded, most of whom were already in a high state of fever, and whose sufferings were painful to witness”
The River War, Chapter XII: The Battle of the Atbara (1902 edition)
The night march back to camp after the storming of Mahmud's zeriba.
Citation: "The columns were encumbered with wounded, most of whom were already in a high state of fever, and whose sufferings were painful to witness" — Winston Churchill, The River War, Chapter XII: The Battle of the Atbara (1902 edition). (id the-river-war-q7)
Portrait: The Roaring Lion, Flickr : Sir Winston Churchill, Public domain.
