The Egyptian Campaigns, 1882 to 1885: And the Events which Led to Them, Volumen 2Hurst and Blackett, 1886 |
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Página 300 - I would sooner live like a dervish with the Mahdi, than go out to dinner every night in London.
Página 126 - Soudan and on the measures which it may be advisable to take for the security of the Egyptian garrisons still holding positions in that country, and for the safety of the European population in Khartoum. You are also desired to consider and report upon the best mode of effecting the evacuation of the interior of the Soudan...
Página 127 - You are further of opinion that ' the restoration of the country should be made to the different petty Sultans who existed at the time of Mohammed Ali's conquest, and whose families still exist ;' and that an endeavour should be made to form a confederation of those Sultans.
Página 279 - Gordon's cavasses ; some resistance was made when the rebels appeared, but I think this was after General Gordon had left the palace. The only account, by a person claiming to be an eye-witness, of the scene of General Gordon's death relates...
Página 297 - It is as if a man on the bank, having seen his friend in the river already bobbed down two or three times, hails, " I say, old fellow, let us know when we are to throw you the life-buoy. I know you have bobbed down two or three times, but it is a pity to throw you the life-buoy until you really are in extremis, and I want to know exactly, for I am a man brought up in a school of exactitude...
Página 298 - I did so, it would probably end in a catastrophe before the time, in which, if full rations are given, we should have exhausted our supplies. I should be an angel (which I am not, needless to say) if I was not rabid with Her Majesty's Government...
Página 127 - Khartoum is very small, but it has been estimated by the local authorities that some 10,000 to 15,000 people will wish to move northwards from Khartoum only when the Egyptian garrison is withdrawn. These people are native Christians, Egyptian employes, their wives and children, &c.
Página 278 - On the night of the 25th many of the famished troops left their posts on the fortifications in search of food in the town. Some of the troops were also too weak, from want of nourishment, to go to their posts. This state of things was known in the town, and caused some alarm ; many of the principal inhabitants armed themselves and their slaves, and went to the fortifications in place of the soldiers. This was not an unusual occurrence, only on this night more of the inhabitants went as volunteers...
Página 303 - I cannot stand these pageants. A woman came in from the Dem on the South Lines; she says a few days ago there was a regular panic caused by report of troops having captured Katarif; half the Arabs went southward. However the report was contradicted and they have come back. Slatin's letter to Austrian Consul contains the remark "that if he comes over to me I must promise never to surrender the city, as he would then suffer terrible tortures and death.