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the siege of khartoum; gen. gordon ordered to withdraw from the city. desultory fighting, in which the rebels lose many men--the situation said to be critical.

CHINESE GORDON: THE STORY OF A HERO (256 pp.)—Lawrence and Elisabeth Hanson—Funk & Waqnalls ($4).When General Charles George Gordon was speared to death at Khartoum in 1885, Queen ...

Much of the Nile being too shallow for boats between the mouth and Khartoum, the city was hidden behind hundreds of miles of desert in one of the least accessible places on Earth. The Mahdi (“Guided ...

Gordon organized Khartoum for a 317-day defense against the dervishes of Mohammed Ahmed (Sir Laurence Olivier), who called himself the Mahdi, meaning “the Expected One.” Khartoum finally fell ...

THE Wellcome Research Laboratories of the Gordon College, Khartoum, which were equipped by the munificence of Mr. Henry S. Wellcome, have certainly justified their Existence, judging by the record ...