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Contents Illustrations, Maps, Plans vi Preface andAcknowledgements ix Abbreviations xiii Summary Concordance ofMilitary 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 Controle Nominatif (Battalion Nominal Roll) with Brief Records of Service 153 2. Other Sources Used 187 Index 199 ...