Beyond the Reach of Empire
Wolseley's Failed Campaign to Save Gordon and Khartoum
Ranked #70 in Egyptian History
When General Gordon returned to the Sudan in February 1884, the Egyptian colonial regime was on the brink of collapse. His only weapons were his reputation, a flotilla of river steamers and a few thousand demoralized Egyptian troops. Less than a fortnight after his arrival in Khartoum, Egypt s last field force was routed in the Red Sea Littoral. It was only a widespread popular clamor to Save Gordon that forced the Prime Minister s hand. Conventionally the history books relate that Wolseley s great Nile Expedition came within two days of relieving Khartoum. Wolseley was eminently successful... more
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