. A short history of England and the British Empire. =SSsiy Majuba Hill was the first duty of the government to rescue these. GeneralGeneral Charles George Gordon, popularly known as Chi- Gordonin nese Gordon, was sent to Khartoum, the capitalt e ou an. ^ ^ Soudan, presumably to arrange terms withthe Mahdi. Gordon had seen much service in half-civilizedlands and had been governor of the Soudan only a few yearsbefore. But like the Mahdi he was something of a religiousfanatic, and he decided to stay in the Soudan till he could endthe rebellion. His mission failed; he was shut up in Khar-toum by
. A short history of England and the British Empire. =SSsiy Majuba Hill was the first duty of the government to rescue these. GeneralGeneral Charles George Gordon, popularly known as Chi- Gordonin nese Gordon, was sent to Khartoum, the capitalt e ou an. ^ ^ Soudan, presumably to arrange terms withthe Mahdi. Gordon had seen much service in half-civilizedlands and had been governor of the Soudan only a few yearsbefore. But like the Mahdi he was something of a religiousfanatic, and he decided to stay in the Soudan till he could endthe rebellion. His mission failed; he was shut up in Khar-toum by the rebels. After some delay a force was sent out torelieve him. It reached Khartoum in January, 1885 ; but two CECIL RHODES; DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA 601 days earlier Gordon had been slain by the Soudanese. Eleventhousand soldiers and inhabitants of Khartoum were put tothe sword on the same day. The British force retired, and for the next ten years the na-tives were left in controlof the Soudan. 544. Cecil Rhodes andthe Development of SouthAfri
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