The story of Europe and the nations at war; a graphic narrative of the nations involved in the great war, their history and former wars, their rulers and leaders, their armies and navies, their resources, the reasons for conflict and the issues at stake . lieve the Egyptian garrison of that city. Hefailed in this, the Arabs of the Soudan flocking to the standard ofthe Mahdi in such multitudes that Khartoum was cut off from allconomunication with the north, leaving Gordon and the garrisonin a position of dire peril. It became necessary to send an expedition for their relief,this being led by Lo


The story of Europe and the nations at war; a graphic narrative of the nations involved in the great war, their history and former wars, their rulers and leaders, their armies and navies, their resources, the reasons for conflict and the issues at stake . lieve the Egyptian garrison of that city. Hefailed in this, the Arabs of the Soudan flocking to the standard ofthe Mahdi in such multitudes that Khartoum was cut off from allconomunication with the north, leaving Gordon and the garrisonin a position of dire peril. It became necessary to send an expedition for their relief,this being led by Lord Wolseley, the hero of the Zulu and Ashantiwars. This advanced in two sections, a desert and a river furious attacks were made by the Mahdists on the deserttroops, both being repulsed with heavy loss. On reaching the river,they proceeded in steamers which Gordon had sent down the Nileto meet them. But there was unavoidable delay, and when thevicinity of Khartoum was reached, on January 28, 1885, it waslearned that the town had been taken and Gordon killed two daysbefore. All his men, 4,000 in number, were killed with him. u w ^ HH t/2 W o 0 o 73 > iN ? CB r o f« Ki tr »—1 o S ?1 p > ff o H ^?i HH (ITQ o « ^.


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