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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