the relief of khartoum; the british government still hesitating. a novel plan for securing gen. gordon's safety--threatening the khedive's life. share full article. april 27, 1884.

With typical energy, Gordon set about evacuating women, children and the sick and organised Khartoum's defences, building fortifications andplanting mines of his own design.

"Good Lord!" Robert Gordon exclaimed, looking up at the plaque in Khartoum's Republican Palace where his ancestor, General Charles Gordon, was killed 129 years earlier by the forces of an Islamic ...

Charles George Gordon, Gordon of Khartoum, was born in Woolwich on January 28, ... He was promoted to Colonel in February 1872, and sent to inspect the British military cemeteries in the Crimea.

gordon's new policy; conciliation to be followed by active warfare. the garrison of khartoum in peril-- british plans and negotiations for suppressing the rebellion. share full article.

In the late 1800s, British Gen. Charles Gordon made a lasting impression in the complex relationship between Sudan and China. The discovery and exporting of oil has kept the connection alive.

A tiny piece of paper with a secret message on it from besieged Gordon of Khartoum which was smuggled out of the city in a courier's bushy hair is to be sold. The 125-year-old stamp-sized note ...

On January 26th, 1885 a British relief force of over 5,000 soldiers which had struggled its way up the Nile from Cairo, spotted their objective, Khartoum, with them were dozens of Canadians who ...