GENERAL C.G.GORDON. C.E., R.E.
THE LATEST CHRISTIAN MARTYR
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SENT BY THE
GLADSTONE
GOVERNMENT TO THE SOUDAN
WITH ONE COMPANION, JANY 1884
IN MARCH HE ASKED FOR
200 BRITISH TROOPS
BUT WAS DELIBERATELY
ABANDONED TO HIS FATE
UNTIL TOO LATE
W.O. LEWIS BIRMINGHAM
