A bronze infantry cannon built for the Egyptian army in around 1865 is valued at £8,000-12,000 ($13,260-19,890) ahead of a sale at Holt's Auctioneers in Norfolk, UK on September 18.
 The infantry cannon stood on the grounds of Barmoor Castle in Northumberland until 1958 |
The lot was captured in the battle of El Obeid in 1883, which pitched Anglo-Egyptian forces under Hicks Pasha against Islamists under the command of the Mahdi, Mohammed Ahmed.
In 1893, it was recaptured at the battle of Atbara by British lieutenant William Sitwell who later wrote: "We dragged it (the cannon) along with a convoy of wounded for 30 miles to the Nile and lay it on the bed of that classic river until it was convenient to send it to England without undue curiosity from superior authority.
"It was originally captured from Hicks at the massacre in 1883".
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