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Auction: 15037 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 150

Documents
Egypt
British Agency, Cairo
1893-96 three letters to the Khedive of Egypt from Herbert Kitchener; the first is an autograph letter signed "H.H. Kitchener Sirdar", the next two are typewritten on Head Quarters Egyptian Army letterhead sending "... the news received from the Frontier & Suakin", both are signed "Herbert Kitchener". Usual folding creases and light soiling. Photo

Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916) was a senior British Army officer and colonial administrator who won fame for his imperial campaigns and later played a central role in the early part of World War I, although he died halfway through it.

Having become Sirdar (Commander-in-Chief) of the Egyptian Army with the local rank of brigadier in April 1892, he won victories at the Battle of Ferkeh in June 1896 and the Battle of Hafir in September 1896 earning him national fame in the United Kingdom and promotion to major-general on 25 September 1896. He achieved further successes at the Battle of Atbara in April 1898 and then the Battle of Omdurman in September 1898. He quite possibly prevented war between France and Britain when he dealt firmly but non-violently with the French military expedition, under Captain Marchand, intending to claim Fashoda, in what became known as the Fashoda Incident (See Spink auction 15 November 2013, lot 2098)

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