I keep searching for an excuse to run this picture of General Loring. Having found none after two years, I'm running it anyway.It's taken from a very fine website with details of his Egyptian service:
In 1875, King John of Ethiopia wiped out an Egyptian expeditionary force that had entered his country. Egypt half-heartedly decided to strike back. An army was raised, and Loring, originally slated to command the force, was instead made chief of staff to Ratib Pasha, commander in chief of the Egyptian army. Miscommunication and confusion would mark the entire campaign, and Ratib rarely listened to Loring’s advice.That sounds oddly familiar. Go see.
