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A Black Corps D'lite : An Egyptian Sudanese Conscript Battalion With the French Army in Mexico, 1863-1867, and Its Survivors in Subsequent African History
An Egyptian Sudanese Conscript Battalion with the French Army in Mexico, 1863-1867, and its survivors in Subsequent African History
Richard Hill and Peter Hoggs
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Copyright 1995 Richard L. Hill and Peter C. Hogg
All Michigan State University Press books are produced on paper which meets the requirements of American National Standard of Information SciencesPermanence of paper for printed materials ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Michigan State University Press East Lansing, Michigan 48823-5202
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hill, Richard Leslie. A Black corps d'lite : an Egyptian Sudanese conscript battalion with the French Army in Mexico, 1863-1867, and in subsequent African history / Richard Hill and Peter Hogg. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87013-339-X 1. MexicoHistoryEuropean intervention, 1861-1867Participation, Sudanese. 2. France. Arme. Bataillon ngre gyptienHistory. 3. Sudanese MexicoHistory19th century. I. Hogg, Peter C. II. Title. F1233.H65 1994 972'.07dc20 94-28244 CIP
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Contents
Illustrations, Maps, Plans
vi
Preface and Acknowledgements
ix
Abbreviations
xiii
Summary Concordance of Military Ranks Obtaining in 1863-1867
xvii
Some Contemporary Ottoman Honorifics
xxi
Chapters
1. Background to the Egyptian Sudanese Presence in Mexico
3
2. The Voyage to Veracruz
21
3. Acclimatization, 1863
29
4. War in 1864
55
5. War and Weariness in 1865
65
6. Mutiny of the Relief Battalion in the Sudan
81
7. A Diplomatic Confrontation: The Government of the United States Versus the Sudanese Battalion
89
8. War in 1866
95
9. The Mission Completed
109
10. The Voyage Home
115
11. The Veterans from Mexico in African History
123
Appendices
1. The Contrle Nominatif (Battalion Nominal Roll) with Brief Records of Service
153
2. Other Sources Used
187
Index
199
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Illustrations, Maps, Plans
1. Officers taking the oath of allegiance, from a copy in 'Umar Tusun*, A Military History of the epoch ofMuhammad* 'Ali al-Kabir (Arabic), Cairo, Dar al-Ma'arif Press, 1950, 290. Source not stated.
2. Troopship La Seine (Photo copyright Muse de la Marine, Paris).
3. The Egyptian Sudanese Battalion disembarking at Veracruz, from a sketch by J.A. Beauc (L'Illustration, Paris, XVI, 1863, 244).
4-7. Four tailor's designs of a uniform and equipment for the Egyptian Sudanese Battalion made by the Intendance branch, (this copy from Archives historiques, Service de Sant des Armes). (Photo copyright, Muse du Val de Grce, Paris).
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