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Too Late For Gordon And Khartoum : the Testimony Of An Independent Eye-Witness Of The Heroic Efforts For Their Rescue And Relief [Illustrated Edition].
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Main Author:
Macdonald F. R. G. S., Alexander
Format:
eBook
Language:
English
Published:
San Francisco :
Normanby Press,
2015.
Subjects:
Gordon Relief Expedition
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(1884-1885)
1882-1936
HISTORY
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Middle East
>
Egypt.
Egypt
>
History
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British occupation, 1882-1936.
Egypt
History
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE.; MAPS AND PLANS.; CHAPTER I.; INTRODUCTORY.; CHAPTER II.; Delayed departure for Egypt-An old acquaintance-Stuck on the canal-Cairo-After the regulation license for Press correspondents-Personal criticisms thereon-Cameron's denunciations of boat press restrictions -Engaging servants-Dusty ride to Assiout-EmbarkinCamp and British bugles up the Nile.; CHAPTER III.
Assouan-Looking for lodgings-Mixed population-Ababdeh and Bisharee tribes-Railway round cataract and transport facilities-Whalers' stores and rations-Tiffin baskets-The camp-Officers at work-Transition from club to camp life- Sickness and camp-site-ResponOff at last. CHAPTER IV.; Agility of the Kroomen-How these auxiliaries were secured-Interesting and amusing characteristics-Slow sailing-British river patrol-Korosko-A surgeon's adventures on Lower Nile-Beats the 'Fayûm' in his dahabiyeh-Foraging for eggs and chickens -River sceneAll about Nile crocodiles.; CHAPTER V.
Stir at Wady-Halfa-Ethnological peculiarities of expedition-Camp-Its unhealthy position-Hospitals, diseases and mortality connected with ages of the troops-Personal camp discomforts-Cavalry detachments and their new steeds-Wolseley's order about camels-GuDifficulty of latter. CHAPTER VI.; Connections of Wady-Halfa-Railway and Soudan question-Gordon's plans for opening river to Khartoum-Completion of road beyond Sarras countermanded-Probable reasons-Gordon's letter, Nov. 4-Erroneous interpretation of by headquarter staff at Halfa-Wolseley'sLast night at Haifa, and Royal Irish.; CHAPTER VII.
Departure of Marines and Artillery, &c., for Korti-Off to Gemai-Bivouac with Canadian contingent, and their indignant denial of statements about them in a London paper-Cheap military correspondents as sources of information-Sarras, Marines at tea in the dUnfortunate selections. CHAPTER VIII.; Bound for Akasheh and landed at Tanjur- Order for accelerating the progress through the cataracts
Sarkamatto and an old Reis on Nile navigation above Dongola-Uncomfortable lodgings and smallpox- Off for Mograkeh
Turning out the ladies for visitors
ATommy Atkins and the tobacco question.; CHAPTER IX.
Abu-Fatmeh to Dongola-Two marches- Camel troubles-Pebbles and pottery-Halt for breakfast with Carmichael-Bivouac near Argo Island and native girls-Hot weather-Timing camels-Bivouac at Akadeh-Chance of playing Mahdi-Dragoman's view of the natives-HydrostatBashi-bazouk extortions. CHAPTER X.; Departure from Dongola-Fortified villages-Tekhameh-Soudanese Christmas weather-A reminiscence of Mahomet-Sun umbrellas and Soudanese donkeys-Foraging for a Christmas dinner-Topographical observations-Handak-Soudanese agricultural scene-Camel in a hole-CamDebbeh at last.; CHAPTER XI.
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