General Gordon.-The Hero of Khartoum.
All the world wondered at the hero who, single-handed, set himself the task of rolling back tho rebel hordes of ElMahdi, and saving Khartoum to the Khedive and to civilisation. The question of his success—nay, of his life, yet hangs tremulous In the balance, and Christendom anxiously, tearfully, sorrowfully awaits glad tidings of great joy of this her modern crusader and nineteenth century ■Bayard. General Gordon. Strange that, although a soldier from his youth, a skilful strategist, an engineer of high repute, an able artillerist, ana a great tactician, he never carries arnia with him to buttle. No sword, no revolver for him. he bears a .charmed lifu, and carries but a silver-mounted walking-stick, a bible, and last, but not least, a phial Of St. Jacob's Oil, wltn vrtiieli to stanch the wounds and assuage the bitter pangs canned by gunshot wounds oa Airio'ssanoylanclfl. - ■ -■■• • -' ■* •" '••
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 5468, 28 January 1885, Page 3
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149General Gordon.-The Hero of Khartoum. Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 5468, 28 January 1885, Page 3
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