xii CONTENTS CHAPTER XXII AT LAST I'AGFS Threats of the prisoners — The routed army in flight — Macdonald's brigade — Illuminating the Ratib — Soudanese sang-froid — Sheikh ed Din repulsed — Attack upon Macdonald — Destruction of Yacoub — Flight of the Khaleefa — His narrow escape from the Sirdar— The Sirdar enters the prison— We meet — The head-quarters' mess — Mr. Bennet Burleigh — My German tongue forsakes me 269-280 CHAPTER XXIII THE SIRDAR AND SAVAGE WARFARE The looting of Omdurman — Soudanese troops to the rescue — Genial horseplay — A war correspondent's article — The Sirdar errs in giving quarter — Lex talionis — The ferocity of wounded dervishes — No succour desirable— A challenge to correspondents . 281-288 CHAPTER XXIV BACK TO CIVILIZATION High hopes — Disillusionment — Attitude of the War Office — I am forced to defend myself — Newspaper calumnies — The News Agency representative — A good Samaritan — Sir George Newnes 289-299 CHAPTER XXV HOW GORDON DIED Conflicting accounts — A hero's death — Hope deferred — Gordon's last night — Value of my testimony — Father Ohrwalder's evidence—" Ten Years' Captivity " criticized— Justification of Gordon— The trader as missionary — A tribute to Gordon . 300-324 APPENDICES APPENDIX I. Hassan Bey Hassanein 325-331 „ II. Orphali 332-337 „ III. Letter dictated by the Khaleefa to General Stephenson 338-339 „ IV. Ibrahim Pasha Fauzi— Gordon's favourite officer . . 340-345 „ V. Ahmed Youssef Kandeel . . . . . 346-348 „ VI. The Soudan : its Past, Present, and Future . 349-359