ROYAL ENGINEERS IN EGYPT AND THE SUDAN

A record of the achievements of the RE in all the campaigns in Egypt and the Sudan from 1800 to 1936, and of their work in various civil departments since the 1870s .
In this history Sandes declared aim had been to produce an accurate and comprehensive, but essentially readable narrative, avoiding technicalities, and concentrating as much as possible on the work of the engineers, and on the men themselves.