brigade-commanders

Updated: May 10, 2025

Major-General A. Hunter's tent had an Egyptian flag dangling from a native spear, and the Brigade-Commanders all had their respective colours planted before their quarters. Colonel H. A. Macdonald, "Fighting Mac," had a characteristic brigade banner, readily distinguishable.

Bennet Burleigh - Khartoum Campaign, 1898: or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan