. Too late for Gordon and Khartoum; the testimony of an independent eye-witness of the heroic efforts for their rescue and relief. With maps and plans and several unpublished letters of the late General Gordon . nlyby a few straggling mimosa branches over which theEngineers stretched a single wire to represent an en-tanglement. The front breastwork was held by the Heavies, wholay two deep behind it with the Guards in their rear ; theright left face by Company G of the Royal Sussex, withonly one man to every four feet of ground allotted tothe detachment. Another company of this regimentoccupied
. Too late for Gordon and Khartoum; the testimony of an independent eye-witness of the heroic efforts for their rescue and relief. With maps and plans and several unpublished letters of the late General Gordon . nlyby a few straggling mimosa branches over which theEngineers stretched a single wire to represent an en-tanglement. The front breastwork was held by the Heavies, wholay two deep behind it with the Guards in their rear ; theright left face by Company G of the Royal Sussex, withonly one man to every four feet of ground allotted tothe detachment. Another company of this regimentoccupied a hill in rear of the zereba during the right front was defended by the Mounted three screw guns were placed at the right frontcorner. During the night a hospital fort of boxes wasconstructed on ground a little higher than the zerebaand in rear of the right front, and occupied by a de-tachment of the Mounted Infantry. Early on the morning of the 17th a fort was con-structed on the right front corner of the position withsaddles and biscuit and bully beef boxes, in which oneof the three guns was placed in position. Another wasconstructed with boxes only, about the middle of the left. Scale of Miles. 0 12 3 4-5 ZEREBAAT ABU KLEA,Jan. 16*& 17*J?rom a sketch by ,RE.
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