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War is barely averted when a British expedition to establish a route through Africa reaches an obscure Sudanese fort and finds
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South African History Online. (2012, August 23). War is barely averted when a British expedition to establish a route through Africa reaches an obscure Sudanese fort and finds. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091263
South African History Online (2012) 'War is barely averted when a British expedition to establish a route through Africa reaches an obscure Sudanese fort and finds', South African History Online, 23 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091263 (Accessed: 29 September 2026).
South African History Online, War is barely averted when a British expedition to establish a route through Africa reaches an obscure Sudanese fort and finds [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091263, (accessed 29 September 2026).
"War is barely averted when a British expedition to establish a route through Africa reaches an obscure Sudanese fort and finds." South African History Online, 23 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091263. Accessed 29 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "War is barely averted when a British expedition to establish a route through Africa reaches an obscure Sudanese fort and finds." South African History Online. August 23, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091263.
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