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Quotation from The River War by Winston Churchill
“hundreds of tiny white figures heaped or scattered; dozens hopping, crawling, staggering away”
The River War, Chapter XV: The Battle of Omdurman (1902 edition)
Through field glasses Churchill sees the Dervish dead and wounded in front of the zeriba after the first attack.
Citation: "hundreds of tiny white figures heaped or scattered; dozens hopping, crawling, staggering away" — Winston Churchill, The River War, Chapter XV: The Battle of Omdurman (1902 edition). (id the-river-war-q8)
Portrait: The Roaring Lion, Flickr : Sir Winston Churchill, Public domain.
