 Complete the following phrase:  On 15 November 1892 Talbot was appointed a staff officer at army headquarters and he became Deputy Assistant Adjutant General on 1 September 1895, holding that position for two years. Between 1897 and 1899 Talbot served on the staff of General Kitchener during the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan. He was mentioned in dispatches in September 1898 by Kitchener for his actions at the 