George Maxwell Gordon; the pilgrim missionary of the PunjabA history of his life and work, 1839-1880 . ct of these pageswas concerned. It seems that, on the morning of August 16, it wasdetermined to make a sortie to the neighbouringvillage of Dehi Khwaja. The enemy had planted someguns here, which caused a great deal of annoyanceto the beleaguered garrison, and it was felt that theymust be silenced. Gordon did not go out with theparty, but was in the hospital within the walls, receiv-ing the wounded as they were brought in off the a time he went to the Kabul gate in the per-formanc
George Maxwell Gordon; the pilgrim missionary of the PunjabA history of his life and work, 1839-1880 . ct of these pageswas concerned. It seems that, on the morning of August 16, it wasdetermined to make a sortie to the neighbouringvillage of Dehi Khwaja. The enemy had planted someguns here, which caused a great deal of annoyanceto the beleaguered garrison, and it was felt that theymust be silenced. Gordon did not go out with theparty, but was in the hospital within the walls, receiv-ing the wounded as they were brought in off the a time he went to the Kabul gate in the per-formance of the same duty. Whilst there he heardthat there were some wounded men lying in a ziyarator shrine, some two hundred or three hundred yardsoutside the gate. He got a dooly and bearers, andwent out to this spot for the purpose of bringing themin. This he did under heavy fire. On arrival at thisziyarat he found that there were no wounded there,but that they were lying at a second ziyarat aboutthirty yards further on. An officer was with him, andhe told Gordon that it was quite impossible to go on. ^/. 41.] MORTALLY WOUNDED. 371 as the fire was too hot. He was not, however, to bedissuaded from his purpose. He was about to setout when he was struck by a bullet, which passedthrough his wrist, and entered his side. The doolywhich he took out for others brought him in. Thiswas about seven The Rev. A. G. Cane, at that time Chaplain atKandahar, writes:— I soon saw his case was hopeless. At first hesaid, I am not so badly wounded as some, and theyhave not the consolation that I have. A little laterhe knew that he could not recover; but he was per-fectly resigned and contented. I several times askedhim if he had any messages, but he said nothing,beyond a few instructions to his servants. He livedsuch a God-fearing life that he was quite prepared tomeet death. He passed away quietly the same after-noon about , and we buried him in the eveningwith the other officers. On that s
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