The Transit of Egypt

Author P. G. Elgood’s 1924 book, Egypt and the Army, illustrated his intimate knowledge and reasoned criticism of the conditions and circumstances which brought the Egyptian Army into being from 1882 onwards, and resulted in the creation of a reliable fighting force when trained and disciplined by carefully selected British officers.

The present volume, The Transit of Egypt, which was first published in 1928, “taken in conjunction with Elgood’s book on the Egyptian Army, deals more directly with political events, and these two works contain by far the most useful account of Egypt during the last Great War; they are essential to a proper understanding of the events of 1919 and what led up to them, and to Egypt’s evolution to fully independent status.

An invaluable addition to any History library.