MY AFRICAN JOURNEY

By The Right Hon. Winston Spencer Churchill, M.P.



CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
PAGE
THE UGANDA RAILWAY 1
CHAPTER II
AROUND MOUNT KENYA 19
CHAPTER III
THE HIGHLANDS OF EAST AFRICA 45
CHAPTER IV
THE GREAT LAKE 66
CHAPTER V
THE KINGDOM OF UGANDA 86
CHAPTER VI
KAMPALA 104
CHAPTER VII
'ON SAFARI' 127
CHAPTER VIII
MURCHISON FALLS 148
CHAPTER IX
HIPPO CAMP 168
CHAPTER X
DOWN THE WHITE NILE 188
CHAPTER XI
THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT RAILWAY 209



ILLUSTRATIONS

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MR. CHURCHILL AND THE RHINOCEROS AT SIMBA Frontispiece
ON THE COW-CATCHER 7
THE RHINOCEROS AT SIMBA 12
GUARD OF HONOUR, KING'S AFRICAN RIFLES 20
BREAKDOWN ON THE WAY TO THIKA CAMP 22
SHOOTING PARTY AT THIKA CAMP 24
THE BANDA AT THIKA CAMP 28
COLONEL WILSON'S LION 28
"DURBAR" AT KIAMBU 30
THE RIFT VALLEY FROM THE KIKUYU ESCARPMENT 66
GOVERNMENT STOCK FARM AT NAIVASHA 68
THE LAIBON'S WIVES 71
RAILHEAD AT KISUMU 71
KAVIRONDO WARRIORS AT KISUMU 80
NANDI AND KAVIRONDO WARRIORS AT KISUMU 84
KISUMU 86
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, ENTEBBE 90
THE GOVERNOR WITH BAGANDA GROUP 102
BAGANDA WARRIORS AT KAMPALA 106
KING DAUDI'S DRUMMERS AT KAMPALA 108
WATCHING THE WAR-DANCE AT KAMPALA 109
ON THE WAY TO KAMPALA 110
ROAD BETWEEN JINJA AND LAKE CHIOGA 110
WAR DANCE AT KAMPALA—"THE BRAVEST MAN IN THE ARMY" 112
WAR DANCE AT KAMPALA 112
THE WHITE FATHERS' MISSION AT KAMPALA 114
CHILDREN AT THE ENGLISH CATHOLIC MISSION, KAMPALA 114
INTERIOR OF NAMIREMBE CATHEDRAL 116
THE RIPON FALLS (SOURCE OF THE NILE) 120
BETWEEN NIMULE AND GONDOKORO 128
FOREST SCENE NEAR RIPON FALLS 133
PALM TREE NEAR THE ASUA 134
BANDA WITH ESCORT OF KING'S AFRICAN RIFLES 134
AN ENCAMPMENT 136
LANDING AT MRULI 146
MURCHISON FALLS 159
FAJAO, WITH NATIVES ASSEMBLED TO WELCOME US 160
FLOTILLA AT FAJAO 162
THE TOP OF THE MURCHISON FALLS 164
UGANDA SCENERY 164
THE LANDING-PLACE AT FAJAO 169
EARLY MORNING ON THE NILE AT FAJAO 170
FAJAO 170
APPROACH TO LAKE ALBERT, WITH THE CONGO HILLS IN THE DISTANCE 174
WADELAI 174
THE "KENIA," "JAMES MARTIN," AND "GOOD HOPE" NEARING NIMULE 178
HIPPO CAMP 178
MR. CHURCHILL ON THE OBSERVATION LADDER AT HIPPO CAMP 182
BANK OF THE VICTORIA NILE 182
MR. CHURCHILL AND BURCHELL'S WHITE RHINOCEROS 186
COLONEL WILSON'S ELEPHANT 187
THE "KENIA," "JAMES MARTIN," AND "GOOD HOPE" ON THE WHITE NILE 187
FORDING THE ASUA 192
THE BELGIAN OFFICIALS AT LADO 196
GONDOKORO 196
REVIEW AT KHARTOUM 198
SOUDAN GOVERNMENT STEAMER "DAL" 198
A SHELUK AT KODOK (FASHODA) 202
THE PALACE, KHARTOUM 204
GEORGE SCRIVINGS 207
PHILAE 208



MAPS

EASTERN AFRICA 2
BRITISH EAST AFRICA 16
UGANDA 92





SAVROLA

A TALE OF THE REVOLUTION IN LAURANIA

By Winston Spencer Churchill



CONTENTS

I. An Event of Political Importance
II. The Head of the State
III. The Man of the Multitude
IV. The Deputation
V. A Private Conversation
VI. On Constitutional Grounds
VII. The State Ball
VIII. "In the Starlight"
IX. The Admiral
X. The Wand of the Magician
XI. In the Watches of the Night
XII. A Council of War
XIII. The Action of the Executive
XIV. The Loyalty of the Army
XV. Surprises
XVI. The Progress of the Revolt
XVII. The Defence of the Palace
XVIII. From a Window
XIX. An Educational Experience
XX. The End of the Quarrel
XXI. The Return of the Fleet
XXII. Life's Compensations



THE WORLD CRISIS

By The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill

First Lord Of The Admiralty, 1911 To 1915



CONTENTS

CHAPTER     PAGE
I The Vials of Wrath 1
II Milestones to Armageddon 19
III The Crisis of Agadir 38
IV Admirals All 68
V The German Navy Law 95
VI The Romance of Design 125
VII The North Sea Front 149
VIII Ireland and the European Balance 179
IX The Crisis 203
X The Mobilisation of the Navy 228
XI War: The Passage of the Army 247
XII The Battle in France 281
XIII On the Oceans 305
XIV In the Narrow Seas 330
XV Antwerp 355
XVI The Channel Ports 391
XVII The Grand Fleet and the Submarine Alarm 413
xiiXVIII Coronel and the Falklands 442
XIX With Fisher at the Admiralty 479
XX The Bombardment of Scarborough and Hartlepool 502
XXI Turkey and the Balkans 522
  Appendix A Naval Staff Training 552
  Appendix B Tables of Fleet Strength 558
  Appendix C Trade Protection 562
  Appendix D Mining 566
  Appendix E First Lord’s Minutes 570
  Index 579

TABLE OF MAPS

  AT PAGE
I Home Waters 224
II The Escape of the “Goeben” 274
III On the Oceans 328
IV Antwerp and the Belgium Coast 360
V Coronel and the Falklands 476
VI The 16th December, 1914 518

OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS

The Seventeen Points of the First Lord 206
Facsimile of Admiralty’s Instructions to the Commander-in-Chief at Devonport facing page 474