CONTENTS

PAGE Pkeface . 5

Chap. I.—The First Shot . 9

II.—Why England is Fighting. 11

III. —Tel-el-Kebir. . 15

IV. —Internal Reforms. 19

V.—The Soudan . 22

VI.—The Mahdi. 29

VII.—Slain in the Desert. 34

VIII.—More Disasters . 37

IX.—The Call for Gordon. 39

X.—“I Will Save the Honour of Egypt”. 41

XI.—At Khartoum . 45

XII.—Still Further Reverses. 48

XIII. —El Teb. 50

XIV. —What Gordon is Doing . 53

XV.—Problems . 57

XVI.—England Roused. 58

XVII.—A Medley ... 62

XVIII.-“ What Shall We Do?”. 66

XIX.—How to Get There. 71

XX.—The Voy'ageurs. 76

XXI.—The Camel Corps . 80

XXII.—The Beleaguered City and Its Three Defenders. 85

XXIII.—Relative Distances of Important Places. 89

XXIV.—The Toilers of the Nile . 94

XXV.—Left Alone. 100

XXVI.—The Horrors of the Desert. 103

XXVII.—Abu Klea and Abu Kru . 107

XXVIII.—Too Late. 115

XXIX.—The Journey Back. 118

XXX.—What Now ?. 120

Biographical Sketches. 121-137

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