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Slide set: The war in Egypt (lecture: W.C. Hughes, 73 slides, in/before 1888)

Known references to this set
Walter D. Welford and Henry Sturmey (compilers), The 'indispensable handbook' to the optical lantern: a complete cyclopaedia on the subject of optical lanterns, slides, and accessory apparatus (London: Iliffe & Son, 1888), 250

“After suitable introductory slides, we see here Alexandria's fortifications, male and female Egyptians, H.M.'s ships ' Dee' and 'Don' for protection of Suez Canal, the English Consulate before and after the bombardment, Alexandria's principal street on fire and in ruins, an execution, Lang's daring exploit, blue jackets clearing the streets, charges, a rush for water after the battle of Kassassin, triumphant entry into Cairo by the British troops, the return of the Guards to London, etc.”

Lucerna ID  3005702

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