3-086-047 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Soudan Advance: "Hey! Ho! Saladin!" a marching song of the Soudanese, 1898. The British Army in Africa. 'The scene here depicted shows the Sirdar and his staff on a little prominence in the distance inspecting the troops on the march. Great enthusiasm is displayed. The native officers, backing their chargers among the soldiers, encourage them in singing and shouting for the Sirdar [British Commander-in-Chief of the British-controlled Egyptian Army]'. From "Illustrated London News", 1898.