From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . th of the Sobat River flowing from Abyssinia. At last I reached Fashoda, now known as Kodok,where Commandant Marchands expedition came toan end with an unfavourable result for and I travelled by the same route fromthe West Coast to the Nile, and knowing as I do frommy own experience all the difficulties of this longjourney, I can fully sympathise with the disappoint-ment of this brave man when the French tricolorewas replaced at Fashoda by the Union Jack. At Fashoda I r
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . th of the Sobat River flowing from Abyssinia. At last I reached Fashoda, now known as Kodok,where Commandant Marchands expedition came toan end with an unfavourable result for and I travelled by the same route fromthe West Coast to the Nile, and knowing as I do frommy own experience all the difficulties of this longjourney, I can fully sympathise with the disappoint-ment of this brave man when the French tricolorewas replaced at Fashoda by the Union Jack. At Fashoda I received news from Dr Schubotz thathe had safely arrived at Redjaf on the Nile, and beggingme to wait for him at Khartoum. It was an easy and comfortable journey down theNile to Khartoum, the capital of the Anglo-EgyptianSoudan. Thanks to the kind foresight of the Sirdar,Sir F. Reginald Wingate, and of the well-knownBaron Slatin Pasha, General Inspector of the Soudan,the English officers and officials were expecting me,and gave me a most cordial reception. I became acquainted with the principal details of.
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