The Life of Gordon, Volume IIBoulger, Demetrius Charles
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The Life of Gordon, Volume II
Boulger, Demetrius Charles
Generals -- Great Britain -- Biography; Gordon, Charles George, 1833-1885
changed view towards Zebehr, 126;
his memorandum on their relations, 126-8;
wishes to take him, 128;
a "mystic feeling," _ibid._;
interview with Zebehr, _ibid._;
final demands for Zebehr, 129-30;
leaves Cairo, 133;
the task before him, 134-5;
hastens to Khartoum, 136;
reception by inhabitants, _ibid._;
his first steps of defence, _ibid._;
his conclusion that "Mahdi must be smashed up," 137;
his demands, 138;
on our "dog in the manger" policy, 139;
"caught in Khartoum," _ibid._;
appeal to philanthropists, _ibid._;
"you will eventually be forced to smash up the Mahdi," 140;
his lost diary, 141;
his first fight, _ibid._;
bad conduct of his troops, 141-2;
lays down three lines of mines, 142;
his steamers, _ibid._;
their value, _ibid._;
force at his disposal, _ibid._;
loses a steamer, 143;
sends down 2600 refugees, _ibid._;
his care for them, 143-4;
Soudan Question _must_ be
settled by November, 144;
sends down _Abbas_, 145;
full history of that incident, 144-6;
left alone at Khartoum, 146;
sends away his steamers to help the Expedition, 146-7;
hampered by indecision of Government, 147;
his telegrams never published, _ibid._;
position at Khartoum, _ibid._;
his point of observation, 148;
cut off from Omdurman, _ibid._;
anxiety for his steamers, 149;
"To-day I expected one of the Expedition here," _ibid._;
the confidence felt in Gordon, _ibid._;
his defiance of the Mahdi, 150;
his position, 150-1;
his last Journal, 151;
views on Soudan Question, 152-3;
his relations with the Government, 152-6;
effect of silence from Khartoum, 156;
his view of the Relief Expedition, 159;
his shrewdness, _ibid._;
his last messages, 160;
situation desperate, _ibid._;
"the town may fall in ten days," 165;
"quite happy, and, like Lawrence, have tried to do my duty,"
_ibid._;
"spilt milk," _ibid._;
his last message of all, 168;
death of, 169;
details supplied by Slatin, 169-70;
a great national loss, 173;
his example, 173.
Gordon, David, i. 2.
Gordon, General Enderby, i. 8, 9.
Gordon, Fred, i. 5, 138.
Gordon, Sir Henry W., i. 4-6, 8-10, 60, 102, 134; ii. 19, 43, 91,
92, 95, 132.
Gordon, Miss Mary Augusta, i. 10; ii. 130;
correspondence with Zebehr, 130-2, 143.
Gordon, General Peter, i. 2.
Gordon, William Augustus, i. 3.
Gordon, William Augustus, junior, i. 5.
Gordon, Mrs, mother of Charles Gordon, i. 127, 128;
death of, 138.
Gordon, William Henry, Lieut.-General, i. 3, 4.
Gordon, Sir William, i. 131.
Gordon, Sir William, of Park, i. 2.
Goschen, Mr, ii. 19, 23.
Graham, Sir G., i. 12, 13, 22, 24, 25; ii. 125, 128, 129, 153,
156, 165.
Grand Canal, the, i. 69.
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