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No Road to Khartoum

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“McGuire started to rub the soap across himself, amazed at the change in his own skin colour as the filth of years of poverty floated off him.”

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“Dervishes died as the bullets smacked into them, but the rest never even thought of pausing. In a society where bravery and reputation counted for much more than mere wealth, the warrior creed drove them forward. Ancient blades flashed in the sunlight and swung again, now covered in fresh blood. In short order the ground was littered with torn and mangled Egyptian corpses and the battle was over.”

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“You know sir. When we get home nobody is going to believe this. How the hell could anybody be that brave? It makes no sense.” “You’re right, but we’ll know. Everybody who has stood and watched a Dervish charge is never going to forget it.”

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