With the Naval Brigades in Egypt & Sudan: Two First-Hand Accounts by Royal Navy Officers, 1882-85

The 'Jack Tars' at war in the Mediterranean, the desert and along the River Nile

There is an abiding interest among historians and students of the military campaigns of the Victorian era in the activities of the Naval Brigades of the Royal Navy. There had been comparatively few occasions since Trafalgar and until the First World War when battle fleets could be engaged. However, the crews of the navy could be always be depended upon to perform on land in a manner equal to their reputation afl...