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Addressing a recurring theme, the “great moral conundrum” of how the British should have dealt with fanatical opponents who refused to surrender, Mr. Hart observes that while Britons admired indomitable defiance in their own soldiers, it was a trait “they were not willing to condone or tolerate in others.”
Like the British troops who readily acknowledged the “pluck” of the Dervishes, Mr. Hart is impressed by their willingness to face the massed firepower of rifles, machine guns and artillery.
As Mr. Hart points out, this “mechanical slaughter” anticipated others during World War I. Men who were ambitious young officers during the Sudan operations subsequently reached high command during the “Great War.”
Other men who served in the Sudan included John French, the first commander of the British Expeditionary Force in France, and Douglas Haig, who succeeded him from December 1915 until the armistice.
Most New York City-based Starbucks employees who worked in an hourly position will receive $50 for each week worked between July 4, 2021 and July 7, 2024.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
