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The Journals of Major-Gen. C. G. Gordon, C.B., at Kartoum.

Chapter 2: PREFACE.
By Charles George Gordon
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A set of first-person journals and appended documents records daily reports, tactical observations, and formal correspondence during a tense period in a Sudanese provincial capital. Entries combine administrative proposals (including river transport and transhipment plans), reflections on local conditions such as slavery and governance, and exchanges with local and foreign authorities. Maps, sketches, and numerous letters in appendices expand on negotiations, military positioning, and civic measures, producing a chronological, documentary account of efforts to manage a complex political and logistical crisis.

THE JOURNALS

OF

MAJOR-GEN. C. G. GORDON, C.B.,

AT KARTOUM.

THE JOURNALS

OF

MAJOR-GEN. C. G. GORDON, C.B.,

AT KARTOUM.

PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL MSS.

INTRODUCTION AND NOTES

BY

A. EGMONT HAKE,

AUTHOR OF “THE STORY OF CHINESE GORDON,” ETC.

WITH PORTRAIT, TWO MAPS, AND THIRTY ILLUSTRATIONS AFTER SKETCHES
BY GENERAL GORDON.

LONDON:
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE.
1885.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, Limited.
STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved.

PREFACE.

The work of editing these Journals is at an end; it only remains now for me to thank one of my oldest and most valued friends, whose assistance in every way I wish most thoroughly to acknowledge: this is Mr. Godfrey Thrupp. When it became obvious that the public demand for the work made its completion in so short a time impossible—as the conscientious achievement of one man—he generously came forward. His knowledge of the East and his deep interest in the subject made him an invaluable colleague.

A. Egmont Hake.

June 11, 1885.