From Korti to Khartum: A Journal of the Desert March from Korti to Gubat, and of the Ascent of the Nile in General Gordon's SteamersStory of the Nile expedition which tried - and failed - to rescue General Gordon from the besieging forces of the Mahdi in Khartoum in 1885. Written by an intelligence officer with the relief expedition. |
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... battery Royal Artillery . Detachment Royal Engineers . 400 men of the Royal Sussex Regiment ( old 35th ) , of whom 150 were to be left at Jakdul . One company of the Essex Regiment ( old 56th ) , destined to form a post at Howeiyat ...
... battery Royal Artillery . Detachment Royal Engineers . 400 men of the Royal Sussex Regiment ( old 35th ) , of whom 150 were to be left at Jakdul . One company of the Essex Regiment ( old 56th ) , destined to form a post at Howeiyat ...
Page 100
... Battery ; F , Hussars ; G , Place where Gordon's men landed ; H , Farthest point of square . The force consisted of Guards , Heavies , Mounted Infantry , Naval Brigade with Gardner , R.A. with guns , R.E. , and the bearer - company . A ...
... Battery ; F , Hussars ; G , Place where Gordon's men landed ; H , Farthest point of square . The force consisted of Guards , Heavies , Mounted Infantry , Naval Brigade with Gardner , R.A. with guns , R.E. , and the bearer - company . A ...
Page 104
... battery near D , firing blind - shell ; luckily only one shell came into the square . I heard the rush of the shot through the air , and then a heavy thud behind me . I thought at first it had gone into the field- hospital , but on ...
... battery near D , firing blind - shell ; luckily only one shell came into the square . I heard the rush of the shot through the air , and then a heavy thud behind me . I thought at first it had gone into the field- hospital , but on ...
Page 117
... battery in a sakieh pit . We found it empty ; the gun had probably been taken off to Matammeh . party was landed and went up to the bat- tery , which they destroyed . It was neatly made in the excavation of an old sakieh , and in front ...
... battery in a sakieh pit . We found it empty ; the gun had probably been taken off to Matammeh . party was landed and went up to the bat- tery , which they destroyed . It was neatly made in the excavation of an old sakieh , and in front ...
Page 118
... battery , this time on the right bank , very cunningly made , at the water's edge ; and as we were nearing Shendy , a man waved to us from the bank . The ' Talahawiyeh ' was at once slowed , and ran in to the bank to take him on board ...
... battery , this time on the right bank , very cunningly made , at the water's edge ; and as we were nearing Shendy , a man waved to us from the bank . The ' Talahawiyeh ' was at once slowed , and ran in to the bank to take him on board ...
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