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The video was inspired by the statue of William Earle outside St. Georg'es Hall in Liverpool.
Earle, the son of a Liverpool merchant by the cracking name of Hardman Earle, was born in 1833.
Turning his back on the family business, he joined the British Army, serving in the Crimean War and the Egyptian Campaign of 1882, eventually rising to the rank of major-general.
In 1884, Major General Earle took command of the River Column during the Gordon Rescue Expedition in the Sudan.
His only action (and that of the column) took place at the Battle of Kirrbekan on February 10, 1885.
Here his forces, which included battalions of the South Staffordshire Regiment and the Black Watch, stormed three hills occupied by a Mahdist army.
Despite fierce resistance, they took the hills and trapped the Mahdist army in a pincer movement.
During the battle, Major General William Earle was killed while leading his troops up one of the hills.
he was buried on the banks of the Nile.
Back in his hometown of Liverpool, a statue was erected in his honor.
This statue of General Scouse can still be seen outside St. George's Hall in the city centre.
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00:00 Presentation
1:16 Gordon relief expedition
4:00 p.m. Major General William Earle
5:45 p.m. Nile Column
8:19 a.m. Facing the Mahdist army
9:44 a.m. Battle of Kirbekan
11:35 a.m. Bayonet charge
12:55 British victory
2:44 p.m. Death of General Earle
3:22 p.m. End of the river column
5:40 p.m. Coming soon
18:03 The story guy
Sources used to produce this video include: /"The Victorian Soldier in Africa/" – Edward M Spiers (Manchester University Press), The Daily Telegraph, Reuters, The Standard, Wikimedia Commons, Shutterstock.
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