INDEX.
- Abbas, steamer, ii. 144;
- loss of, 145-6.
- Abd-el-Kader, ii. 100, 102, 119.
- Abdulgassin, ii. 32.
- Abdullah, the present Khalifa, ii. 98, 102.
- Abdurrahman, ii. 45, 68.
- Abou Hamid, ii. 144.
- Abou Klea, ii. 163;
- Abouna, an, ii. 33.
- Abou Kru, ii. 164;
- Abou Sammat, ii. 29.
- Abou Saoud, i. 149.
- Abyssinia, the expedition to, i. 131; ii. 5, 32, 35, 70 passim.
- Academy, Royal Military, i. 5, 6, 7.
- Adye, Sir John, i. 137.
- Afghanistan, ii. 45, 68, 69, 70.
- Alagos, i. 40.
- Albert Lake, i. 155, 156.
- Alexandropol, i. 35.
- Alla-ed-Din, ii. 102.
- Alma, i. 8, 16.
- Amoy, i. 72.
- Anderson, W. C., i. 41.
- Anfina, i. 158.
- Ani, i. 37, 38.
- Arabi Pasha, ii. 97.
- Arabs as soldiers, i. 150.
- Ararat, Mount, i. 38, 39.
- Aras, i. 33.
- Arendrup, ii. 5.
- Arokol Bey, ii. 5.
- Army and Navy Gazette, ii. 70.
- Ashantee Expedition, i. 138.
- Assiout, ii. 133.
- Assouan, ii. 153.
- Athens, i. 15.
- Ayoob, ii. 68.
- Bahr Arab, ii. 27.
- Bahr Gazelle, ii. 25, 105, 128.
- Baker, Sir S., i. 142, 143, 145, 149, 157; ii. 113, 118, 139.
- Baker Pasha, ii. 105, 136.
- Balaclava, i. 15, 16.
- Bara, ii. 103.
- Bari tribe, i. 150, 151, 153.
- Baring, Sir Evelyn, see Lord Cromer.
- Bashi-Bazouks, ii. 4, 9, 10, 141, 142, 144.
- Basutoland and its question, ii. 71, 72, 75 et seq.;
- description of, 77-82.
- Basutos, as cavalry, ii. 87.
- Bayuda desert, ii. 161, 162, 163.
- Bedden, i. 153.
- Beechy, i. 90.
- Bellal Bey, i. 143.
- Berber, i. 147; ii. 96, 139, 140, 143, 145, 159, 163.
- Beresford, Lord Charles, ii. 166;
- rescues Sir C. Wilson, 167.
- Berzati Bey, ii. 65.
- Bessarabia, i. 32.
- Bismarck, Prince, ii. 54, 55.
- Bisson, General, ii. 137.
- Blignières, M. de, ii. 107.
- Bogos, ii. 5, 33.
- Bolgrad, i. 32, 33.
- Boma Sola, i. 32.
- Bombay, ii. 45.
- Bonham, Sir G., i. 76.
- Bonnefoy, Capt., i. 92, 102.
- Bordeen, ii. 147, 151, 167.
- Borgu, ii. 32.
- Brandt, Herr von, ii. 54-55.
- Brocklehurst, Colonel, ii. 95-96.
- Brown, General, i. 90.
- Brown, Major, i. 116.
- Bruce, Sir Frederick, i. 47, 110, 121.
- Brussels, ii. 92-95.
- Burgevine, i. 54-59, 78, 81, 89, 90, 92-93.
- Burgoyne, Sir John, i. 14.
- Burnaby, Colonel Fred., ii. 164.
- Cairo, i. 145;
- Cambridge, Duke of, i. 112, 123; ii. 96, 122.
- Camel, the, ii. 11, 16.
- Camel Corps, the, ii. 164.
- Campbell, Mr J. D., ii. 49.
- Campbell, Major, i. 147.
- Candahar, ii. 45, 68-69.
- Cape Government, ii. 39, 75-76.
- Cape Town, ii. 76;
- opinion at, 88-89.
- Cardew, Lieut., i. 47.
- Cassim el Mousse, ii. 165, 172.
- Cathcart, Sir George, ii. 77, 86.
- Cave, Mr, ii. 19.
- Cere, Colonel, i. 20.
- Chagos Group, ii. 73.
- Chamberlaine, Sir N., ii. 48.
- Chan-chia-wan, i. 45.
- Changchufu, i. 113, 118.
- Chang Kwoliang, i. 66, 72, 74.
- Changsha, i. 67.
- Chanzu, i. 79-81, 93, 94.
- Chatham, Engineers' Headquarters, i. 7, 45.
- Cherif Pasha, ii. 2, 21, 31, 107, 139.
- Chesney, Sir George, i. 19, 116.
- China, scenery of, i. 53, 60-64.
- Ching, General, i. 57, 82, 84, 88-89, 91-93, 96-103, 113.
- Chinkiangfoo, i. 69.
- Chippendall, Lieut., i. 148.
- Cholin, i. 51.
- Chung How, ii. 50.
- Chung Wang, i. 50, 55-56, 71-76, 92-99, 113, 116, 118, 121.
- Chunye, i. 84-87.
- Clarke, Miss A. M., i. 3.
- Clayton, Capt., i. 84.
- Coetlogon, Colonel de, ii. 105, 119, 134-136.
- Congo, the, ii. 89, 91-95, 140.
- Constantinople, i. 33-41, 139.
- Cookesley, Colonel, i. 83.
- Corfu, i. 14.
- Courbash, the, abolished in Soudan, ii. 6.
- Crimea, i. 8-9, 14, 16, 138.
- Cromer, Lord, ii. 21;
- Culloden, i. 3.
- Cumberland, Duke of, i. 3.
- Cuzzi, ii. 143.
- Cyprus, ii. 125.
- Danube, i. 136-7.
- Dara, ii. 10-12, 14, 27, 104.
- Dar Djumna, ii. 145.
- Dardanelles, i. 15.
- Darfour, i. 143-4; ii. 9-11, 17, 30-31, 113.
- Davidson, Capt., i. 85.
- De Norman, i. 45.
- Debbeh, ii. 161.
- Debra Tabor, ii. 34.
- Dem Idris, ii. 27.
- Dem Suleiman, ii. 28.
- Dent, Mr H., i. 108.
- Derby, Earl of, ii. 23.
- Devonshire, Duke of, first moves to render Gordon assistance, ii. 156;
- his preparations for an expedition, ii. 156-7.
- Dilke, Sir C., ii. 96, 117, 121.
- Dongola, ii. 98, 139, 157, 159, 160, 161.
- Donnelly, General J., i. 22; ii. 66.
- Dubaga, i. 160.
- Duem, i. 103.
- Duncan, Colonel, ii. 143-4.
- Durand, Sir M., ii. 47.
- Earle, Major-General, ii. 158-9.
- Eastern Question, the, ii. 40-42.
- Eden, Garden of, ii. 74.
- Egerton, Mr, ii. 147, 155.
- El Obeid, ii. 101, 103.
- Elphinstone, Sir Howard, ii. 72.
- Empress-Regents, the, i. 123, 133.
- Enderby, Elizabeth, Gordon's mot 3-4.
- See also Mrs Gordon.
- Enderby, Mr George, i. 94.
- England, her hesitating policy, ii. 8;
- power of, 73.
- Equator, the, ii. 140, 147.
- Equatorial Province, the, i. 147, 151.
- Eristaw, Prince, i. 42.
- Erivan, i. 38.
- Erzeroum, i. 34.
- Etchmiazin, i. 40.
- Ever-Victorious Army, i. 56, 58-60.
- Expedition, the Relief, ii. 157-8.
- Eyre, General, i. 24.
- Fascher, ii. 10-11.
- Fashoda, i. 148.
- Ferratch Pasha, ii. 148.
- Firefly, the, i. 113.
- Fisher, Corporal, i. 39-40.
- Forrester, Colonel, i. 57.
- Forster, Rt. Hon. W. E., ii, 115.
- Foweira, i. 156.
- France, i. 62.
- Franco-Chinese, the, i. 92, 102.
- French soldiers, Gordon's opinion of, i. 17-8.
- Fusaiquan, i. 97.
- Fusham, i. 80-81, 116.
- Gagarin, Prince, i. 42.
- Galatz, i. 32, 136-8.
- Gandamak, i. 45.
- Gara, ii. 30.
- Gebra, i. 103.
- Geographical Society, Royal, i. 156.
- Gessi Romulus, i. 148, 155-7; ii. 26-31.
- Gezireh, i. 111.
- Giegler Pasha, ii. 143.
- Gladstone, Rt. Hon. W. E., ii. 94, 122;
- Gladstone and his Government, ii. 151;
- how they came to employ Gordon, ii. 151-2;
- undeceived as to Gordon's views, ii. 152-3;
- their indecision, ii. 153;
- statement in House, ii. 154;
- dismayed by Gordon's boldness, ii. 155;
- their radical fault, ii. 156;
- degree of responsibility, ii. 170;
- acquittal of personal abandonment of Gordon, ii. 171.
- Golden Fleece, the, i. 15.
- Gondar, ii. 34.
- Gondokoro, i. 146, 147, 155.
- Gordon, derivation of name, i. 1, 2.
- Gordon, Charles George:
- birth, i. 1;
- family history, 1-4;
- childhood, 4;
- enters Woolwich Academy, 5;
- early escapades, 5-6;
- put back six months and elects for Engineers, 6;
- his spirit, 7;
- his examinations, ibid.;
- gets commission, ibid.;
- his work at Pembroke, 8;
- his brothers, 9;
- his sisters, 10;
- his brother-in-law, Dr Moffitt, ibid.;
- personal appearance of, 11-14;
- his height, 11;
- his voice, 12;
- ordered to Corfu, 14;
- changed to Crimea, ibid.;
- passes Constantinople, 15;
- views on the Dardanelles' forts, ibid.;
- reaches Balaclava, 16;
- opinion of French soldiers, 17, 18;
- his first night in the trenches, 18-19;
- his topographical knowledge, 19;
- his special aptitude for war, ibid.;
- account of the capture of the Quarries, 21-22;
- of the first assault on Redan, 22-24;
- Kinglake's opinion of, 25;
- on the second assault on Redan, 26-28;
- praises the Russians, 28;
- joins Kimburn expedition, ibid.;
- destroying Sebastopol, 29-31;
- his warlike instincts, 31;
- appointed to Bessarabian Commission, 32;
- his letters on the delimitation work, 33;
- ordered to Armenia, ibid.;
- journey from Trebizonde, 34;
- describes Kars, 34-35;
- his other letters from Armenia, 35-39;
- ascends Ararat, 39-40;
- returns home, 41;
- again ordered to the Caucasus, 41, 42;
- some personal idiosyncrasies, 43, 44;
- gazetted captain, 45;
- appointment at Chatham, 45;
- sails for China, ibid.;
- too late for fighting, ibid.;
- describes sack of Summer Palace, 46;
- buys the Chinese throne, ibid.;
- his work at Tientsin, 47;
- a trip to the Great Wall, 47-49;
- arrives at Shanghai, 49;
- distinguishes himself in the field, 50;
- his daring, 51;
- gets his coat spoiled, 52;
- raised to rank of major, ibid.;
- surveys country round Shanghai, 52, 53;
- describes Taepings, 53;
- nominated for Chinese service, 54;
- reaches Sungkiang, 60;
- qualifications for the command, 78;
- describes his force, 79;
- inspects it, ibid.;
- first action, 79, 80;
- impresses Chinese, 80;
- described by Li Hung Chang, ibid.;
- made Tsungping, ibid.;
- forbids plunder, 81;
- his flotilla, ibid.;
- his strategy, ibid.;
- captures Taitsan, 82;
- difficulty with his officers, 83;
- besieges Quinsan, ibid.;
- reconnoitres it, 84;
- attacks and takes it, 85-87;
- removes to Quinsan, 87;
- deals with a mutiny, 88;
- incident with General Ching, 89;
- resigns and withdraws resignation, ibid.;
- contends with greater difficulties, 90;
- undertakes siege of Soochow, 91;
- negotiates with Burgevine, 92, 93;
- relieves garrison, 94;
- great victory, ibid.;
- describes the position round Soochow, 95;
- his hands tied by the Chinese, 96;
- his main plan of campaign, 97;
- his first repulse, ibid.;
- captures the stockades, 98;
- his officers, 99;
- his share in negotiations with Taepings, ibid.;
- difficulty about pay, 100;
- resigns command, ibid.;
- guards Li Hung Chang's tent, ibid.;
- enters Soochow, 101;
- scene with Ching, ibid.;
- asks Dr Macartney to go to Lar Wang, ibid.;
- questions interpreter, ibid.;
- detained by Taepings, ibid.;
- and then by Imperialists, 102;
- scene with Ching, ibid.;
- identifies the bodies of the Wangs, ibid.;
- what he would have done, ibid.;
- the fresh evidence relating to the Wangs, 103 et seq.;
- conversation with Ching, 103;
- and Macartney, ibid.;
- relations with Macartney, 103, 104;
- offers him succession to command, 104, 105;
- letter to Li Hung Chang, 106;
- Li sends Macartney to Gordon, ibid.;
- contents of Gordon's letter, 107;
- possesses the head of the Lar Wang, 107, 108;
- frenzied state of, 108;
- scene with Macartney at Quinsan, 108, 109;
- his threats, 109;
- his grave reflection on Macartney, 109, 110;
- writes to Macartney, 111;
- makes public retractation, 111;
- other expressions of regret, 112;
- refuses Chinese presents, ibid.;
- suspension in active command, ibid.;
- retakes the field, 113;
- "the destiny of China in his hands," ibid.;
- attacks places west of Taiho Lake, 114-5;
- enrolls Taepings, 115;
- severely wounded, 116;
- second reverse, ibid.;
- receives bad news, ibid.;
- alters his plans, ibid.;
- his force severely defeated, 117;
- retrieves misfortune, ibid.;
- describes the rebellion, 118;
- made Lieut.-Colonel, ibid.;
- his further successes, 119;
- another reverse, ibid.;
- his final victory, 120;
- what he thought he had done, ibid.;
- visits Nanking, ibid.;
- drills Chinese troops, 121;
- appointed Ti-Tu and Yellow Jacket Order, 122;
- his mandarin dresses, 123;
- his relations with Li Hung Chang, ibid.;
- the Gold Medal, ibid.;
- his diary destroyed, 124;
- returns home, ibid.;
- view of his achievements, 125-6;
- a quiet six months, 128;
- his excessive modesty, ibid.;
- pride in his profession, 129;
- appointment at Gravesend, ibid.;
- his view of the Thames Forts, 130;
- his work there, ibid.;
- his mode of living, 131;
- supposed angina pectoris, ibid.;
- wish to join Abyssinian Expedition, 132;
- described as a modern Jesus Christ, ibid.;
- his mission work, 132-3;
- his boys, 133;
- sends his medal to Lancashire fund, ibid.;
- his love for boys, 134;
- his kings, ibid.;
- some incidents, ibid.;
- his pensioners, 135;
- his coat stolen, ibid.;
- his walks, 136;
- the Snake flags, ibid.;
- leaves Gravesend, ibid.;
- at Galatz, 137;
- no place like England, ibid.;
- goes to Crimea, 138;
- attends Napoleon's funeral, ibid.;
- casual meeting with Nubar, and its important consequences, 139-40;
- "Gold and Silver Idols," 140;
- appointed Governor of the Equatorial Province, 145;
- reasons for it, ibid.;
- leaves Cairo, 146;
- describes the "sudd," ibid.;
- his steamers, 147;
- his facetiousness, ibid.;
- reaches Gondokoro, ibid.;
- his firman, ibid.;
- his staff, 148;
- his energy, ibid.;
- establishes line of forts, ibid.;
- collapse of his staff, 149;
- his Botany Bay, ibid.;
- his policy and justice, 150;
- his poor troops, ibid.;
- organises a black corps, 151;
- his sound finance, ibid.;
- deals with slave trade, 152;
- incidents with slaves, ibid.;
- makes friends everywhere, 153;
- his goodness a tradition, 153-4;
- his character misrepresented, 154;
- his line of forts, 155;
- the ulterior objects of his task, ibid.;
- the control of the Nile, 156;
- shrinks from notoriety, ibid.;
- describes the Lakes, 157;
- the question with Uganda, 157 et seq.;
- proceeds against Kaba Rega, 158-60;
- his extraordinary energy, 161;
- does his own work, 161;
- incident of his courage, 161-2;
- views of Khedive, 163;
- returns to Cairo, 163;
- and home, ibid.
Decision about Egyptian employment, ii. 1;- receives letter from Khedive, 2;
- consults Duke of Cambridge, ibid.;
- returns to Cairo, ibid.;
- appointed Governor-General of the Soudan, 2-3;
- appointed Muchir, or Marshal, etc., 3;
- sums up his work, 4;
- his first treatment of Abyssinian Question, 5-6;
- his entry into Khartoum, 6;
- public address, 7;
- first acts of Administration, ibid.;
- proposes Slavery Regulations, 7;
- receives contradictory orders on subject, 8;
- his decision about them, 8-9;
- disbands the Bashi-Bazouks, 9;
- goes to Darfour, ibid.;
- relieves garrisons, 10-11;
- enters Fascher, 11;
- recalled by alarming news in his rear, ibid.;
- his camel described, ibid.;
- reaches Dara without troops, 12;
- his interview with Suleiman, ibid.;
- Slatin's account of scene, 12-13;
- his views on the Slave Question, 13;
- follows Suleiman to Shaka, 14;
- indignant letter of, 15;
- his decision about capital punishment, ibid.;
- his views thereupon, 16;
- some characteristic incidents, ibid.;
- what the people thought of him, ibid.;
- "Send us another Governor like Gordon," ibid.;
- his regular payments, 17;
- his thoughtfulness, ibid.;
- summoned to Cairo, ibid.;
- appointed President of Financial Inquiry, 18;
- his views of money, ibid.;
- acts with Lesseps, 19;
- meets with foreign opposition, 20;
- scene with Lesseps, 21;
- scene with Major Evelyn Baring, ibid.;
- Gordon's financial proposal, 22;
- last scenes with Khedive, 23;
- Gordon's bold offer, ibid.;
- financial episode cost Gordon £800, 24;
- his way of living, ibid.;
- leaves Cairo and visits Harrar, 25;
- his finance in the Soudan, 25-6;
- deals with Suleiman, 26 et seq.;
- takes the field in person, 30;
- clears out Shaka, 31;
- again summoned to Cairo, ibid.;
- proclaims Tewfik, ibid.;
- returns to Cairo, 32;
- entrusted with mission to Abyssinia, ibid.;
- receives letter from King John, 33;
- called "Sultan of the Soudan," ibid.;
- enters Abyssinia, 34;
- goes to Debra Tabor, ibid.;
- interview with King John, ibid.;
- prevented returning to Soudan, 35;
- his opinion of Abyssinia, ibid.;
- Khedive's neglect of, 36;
- called "mad," ibid.;
- his work in the Soudan, 36-7;
- goes to Switzerland, 38;
- his opinion of wives, 38;
- first meeting with King of the Belgians, 39;
- offered Cape command, 40;
- his memorandum on Eastern Question, 40-2;
- accepts Private Secretaryship to Lord Ripon, 42;
- regrets it, 43;
- interview with Prince of Wales, ibid.;
- his letters about it, 44;
- views on Indian topics, ibid.;
- sudden resignation, ibid.;
- the Yakoob Khan incident, 45-8;
- invited to China, 49;
- full history of that invitation, 49-50;
- letter from Li Hung Chang, 49;
- his telegrams to War Office, 50-1;
- leaves for China, 51;
- announces his intentions, 52;
- what he discovered on arrival in China, 53;
- ignores British Minister, ibid.;
- stays with Li Hung Chang, 55;
- his reply to German Minister, 56;
- his letter on Li, 57;
- his advice to China, 58-61;
- baffles intrigues and secures peace, 59;
- further passages with War Office, 60;
- on the Franco-Chinese war, 61, 62;
- on the Opium Question, 63-4;
- arrives at Aden, 65;
- his Central African letters, ibid.;
- visits Ireland, 65-6;
- letter on Irish Question in Times, 66-7;
- letter on Candahar, 68-70;
- opinion of Abyssinians, 70;
- his article on irregular warfare, 70-1;
- offers Cape Government his services for Basutoland, 71;
- takes Sir Howard Elphinstone's place in the Mauritius, 72;
- his work there, 72-3;
- views of England's power, 73;
- views on coaling stations, ibid.;
- visits Seychelles, 74;
- views on Malta and Mediterranean, 74-5;
- attains rank of Major-General, 75;
- summoned to the Cape, ibid.;
- leaves in a sailing ship, 76;
- financial arrangement with Cape Government, ibid.;
- his pecuniary loss by Cape employment, ibid.;
- his memorandum on Basutoland, 77-9;
- accepts temporarily post of Commandant-General, 80;
- drafts a Basuto Convention, 80-1;
- requested by Mr Sauer to go to Basutoland, 82;
- relations with Masupha, ibid.;
- visits Masupha, 83;
- betrayed by Sauer, ibid.;
- peril of, ibid.;
- his account of the affair, 84-5;
- memorandum on the Native Question, 85-7;
- his project of military reform, 88;
- his resignation of Cape command, ibid.;
- corresponds with King of the Belgians, 89;
- goes to the Holy Land, ibid.;
- his view of Russian Convent at Jerusalem, 90;
- advocates Palestine Canal, 90-1;
- summoned to Belgium, 91;
- telegraphs for leave, 92;
- the mistake in the telegram, ibid.;
- decides to retire, ibid.;
- King Leopold's arrangement, ibid.;
- his plans on the Congo, 93-4;
- public opinion aroused by his Soudan policy, 93-5;
- visit to War Office, 94;
- makes his will, ibid.;
- goes to Brussels, ibid.;
- Soudan not the Congo, 95;
- leaves Charing Cross, 95;
- final letters to his sister, 95-6;
- interview with ministers, 96;
- loses clothes and orders, ibid.;
- his predictions about the Soudan, 97-8;
- the task imposed on him, 106;
- why he accepted it, 106-7;
- memorandum on Egyptian affairs, 107-9;
- opinions on Hicks's Expedition, 109;
- on English policy, 110;
- on the Mahdi, ibid.;
- his interview with Mr Stead of Pall Mall Gazette, 111-5;
- his eagerness to go to the Soudan, 115;
- suggestions by the Press of his fitness for the post, 116-7;
- "generally considered to be mad," 117;
- Sir Charles Dilke puts his name forward, ibid.;
- Lord Granville's despatch, ibid.;
- Lord Cromer opposes his appointment, 118, et seq.;
- consequences of that opposition, and the delay it caused, 118-21;
- the arrangement with King Leopold, 121;
- went to Soudan at request of Government, 122;
- his departure, ibid.;
- his instructions, 123-4;
- doubts about them, 124;
- his views about Zebehr, 124 et seq.;
- suggests his being sent to Cyprus, 125;
- change in his route, ibid.;
- goes to Cairo, ibid.;
- changed view towards Zebehr, 126;
- his memorandum on their relations, 126-8;
- wishes to take him, 128;
- a "mystic feeling," ibid.;
- interview with Zebehr, ibid.;
- final demands for Zebehr, 129-30;
- leaves Cairo, 133;
- the task before him, 134-5;
- hastens to Khartoum, 136;
- reception by inhabitants, ibid.;
- his first steps of defence, ibid.;
- his conclusion that "Mahdi must be smashed up," 137;
- his demands, 138;
- on our "dog in the manger" policy, 139;
- "caught in Khartoum," ibid.;
- appeal to philanthropists, ibid.;
- "you will eventually be forced to smash up the Mahdi," 140;
- his lost diary, 141;
- his first fight, ibid.;
- bad conduct of his troops, 141-2;
- lays down three lines of mines, 142;
- his steamers, ibid.;
- their value, ibid.;
- force at his disposal, ibid.;
- loses a steamer, 143;
- sends down 2600 refugees, ibid.;
- his care for them, 143-4;
- Soudan Question must be
- settled by November, 144;
- sends down Abbas, 145;
- full history of that incident, 144-6;
- left alone at Khartoum, 146;
- sends away his steamers to help the Expedition, 146-7;
- hampered by indecision of Government, 147;
- his telegrams never published, ibid.;
- position at Khartoum, ibid.;
- his point of observation, 148;
- cut off from Omdurman, ibid.;
- anxiety for his steamers, 149;
- "To-day I expected one of the Expedition here," ibid.;
- the confidence felt in Gordon, ibid.;
- his defiance of the Mahdi, 150;
- his position, 150-1;
- his last Journal, 151;
- views on Soudan Question, 152-3;
- his relations with the Government, 152-6;
- effect of silence from Khartoum, 156;
- his view of the Relief Expedition, 159;
- his shrewdness, ibid.;
- his last messages, 160;
- situation desperate, ibid.;
- "the town may fall in ten days," 165;
- "quite happy, and, like Lawrence, have tried to do my duty," ibid.;
- "spilt milk," ibid.;
- his last message of all, 168;
- death of, 169;
- details supplied by Slatin, 169-70;
- a great national loss, 173;
- his example, 173.
- Gordon, David, i. 2.
- Gordon, General Enderby, i. 8, 9.
- Gordon, Fred, i. 5, 138.
- Gordon, Sir Henry W., i. 4-6, 8-10, 60, 102, 134; ii. 19, 43, 91, 92, 95, 132.
- Gordon, Miss Mary Augusta, i. 10; ii. 130;
- Gordon, General Peter, i. 2.
- Gordon, William Augustus, i. 3.
- Gordon, William Augustus, junior, i. 5.
- Gordon, Mrs, mother of Charles Gordon, i. 127, 128;
- death of, 138.
- Gordon, William Henry, Lieut.-General, i. 3, 4.
- Gordon, Sir William, i. 131.
- Gordon, Sir William, of Park, i. 2.
- Goschen, Mr, ii. 19, 23.
- Graham, Sir G., i. 12, 13, 22, 24, 25; ii. 125, 128, 129, 153, 156, 165.
- Grand Canal, the, i. 69.
- Grant, Colonel, ii. 51.
- Granville, Earl, ii. 96, 117-123, 155.
- Gravesend, i. 129, 132, 136.
- Gresswell, Mr, ii. 83.
- Griffin, Sir Lepel, ii. 45.
- Gubat, see Abou Kru, ii. 164.
- Gura, ii. 34.
- Gura plateau, ii. 5.
- Guyon, General, i. 34.
- Hake, Mr Egmont, revives Gordon's retracted libel on Sir Halliday Macartney, 109.
- Halfiyeh, ii. 141, 167.
- Hamaçem, ii. 5.
- Hangchow, i. 116.
- Hankow, i. 68, 69.
- Hanyang, i. 68.
- Harcourt, Sir W., ii. 40.
- Harrar, ii. 25.
- Haroun Sultan, ii. 10, 32.
- Hart, Sir Robert, i. 113; ii. 49, 54, 55.
- Hartington, Marquis of, ii. 96.
- See Devonshire.
- Hassan Helmi, ii. 11.
- Havelock, reference to, ii. 161, 172.
- Heang Yung, i. 71.
- Hensall, M., ii. 145.
- Herbin, M., ii. 144-46.
- Hicks, Colonel, ii. 102, 103, 109.
- Hienfung, Emperor, i. 47.
- Hill, Dr Birkbeck, ii. 11, 47, 65.
- Holland, Capt., i. 57-60.
- Holy Land, the, ii. 89-91.
- Hoo Wang, i. 74, 119.
- Hoonan, i. 67, 68.
- Hope, Admiral, i. 45, 49, 57.
- Hukumdaria, the, ii. 136.
- Hung-tsiuen, i. 62,
- see Tien Wang.
- Huntly family, the, i. 2, 3.
- Husseinyeh, ii. 148, 149.
- Hwaiking, i. 69.
- Hwangho, the, i. 69.
- Hyson, steamer, i. 81, 83-87, 90-92, 94, 95.
- Ibrahim Pasha, i. 141.
- Idris Ebter, ii. 128.
- Inkerman, i. 16-7.
- Ireland, ii. 65-8.
- Ismail, Khedive, i. 106, 140;
- Ismail Yakoob Pasha, ii. 144, 146-8.
- Ismailia, steamer, ii. 99, 148-9.
- Jaalin tribe, ii. 164.
- Jaffa, ii. 89.
- Jakdul, ii. 161-3;
- James, Sir H., i. 32.
- Jebel Gedir, ii. 100.
- Jebel Masa, ii. 100.
- Jefferies, Mr, i. 4.
- Jerusalem, ii. 89.
- John, King of Abyssinia, ii. 5-6, 32, 33-4.
- Jones, Captain, i. 92.
- Jones, Sir Harry, i. 31.
- Joubert, M., ii. 19.
- Journal, the, ii. 165.
- Kaba Rega, i. 155, 157-9, 162.
- Kabbabish tribe, the, ii. 104.
- Kachiaou, i. 56.
- Kahding, i. 50-2.
- Kahpoo, i. 91.
- Kaifong, i. 69.
- Kajow, the, i. 90-2, 94.
- Kalgan, i. 48.
- Kanghi, i. 122.
- Kars, i. 34, 36.
- Kassala, ii. 105, 134, 151.
- Katamori, i. 32.
- Kawa, i. 98.
- Kemp, Mr, i. 148.
- Kemp Terrace, i. 1.
- Khalifa Abdullah, ii. 169.
- Khartoum, advantageous position of, i. 141-2; ii. 6, 101-3, 105;
- Kherson, i. 28.
- Kimberley, Earl of, ii. 75, 80-1.
- Kimburn, i. 28.
- King William's Town, ii. 82.
- Kinglake, i. 9, 20, 22, 24;
- opinion of Gordon, i. 25.
- Kintang, i. 115-6.
- Kirkham, Major, i. 94.
- Kitchener, Sir H., Gordon's opinion of, ii. 158;
- his suggestion, ibid.
- Kiukiang, i. 68-9.
- Kolkol, ii. 11.
- Kongyin, i. 116-8.
- Kordofan, i. 99, 102.
- Korosko Desert, i. 154; ii. 143, 155.
- Korti, ii. 158, 161-3.
- Kuldja, ii. 50.
- Kung Prince, i. 123.
- Kurds, the, i. 36.
- Kuyukdere, i. 34, 36.
- Kweiling, i. 66.
- Laguerre, Admiral, i. 72.
- Laing, Mr Samuel, ii. 22.
- Lar Wang, i. 98-9-100-2, 105, 108.
- Lardo, i. 155.
- Lausanne, ii. 38-39.
- Lazes, the, i. 37.
- Leeku, i. 97.
- Leopard tribe, ii. 11.
- Leopold, King of the Belgians, ii. 39, 89, 91, 92;
- Lerothodi, ii. 77, 83-85.
- Lesseps, M. de, ii. 19-23.
- Letsea, ii. 77, 82, 83, 85.
- Li Hung Chang, i. 57, 58;
- admires Gordon, 80;
- reconnoitres Quinsan, 84;
- opposes Burgevine, 89;
- relations with Macartney, 89, 90;
- energy of, 95;
- statement about Gordon, 99;
- withholds pay, 100;
- protected by Gordon, ibid.;
- seeks shelter in Macartney's camp, 106;
- exonerates Gordon, 107;
- sends Macartney as envoy to Quinsan, 107;
- gives a breakfast to Gordon and Macartney, 111;
- summons Gordon to return, 116;
- solicitude for Gordon, ibid.;
- supports Gordon, 119;
- lays wreath on Gordon's monument, 123; ii. 50, 53-59, 61, 63.
- Lilley, Mr W. E., i. 13, 135.
- Limming Pass, i. 70.
- Linant, M., i. 147, 150.
- Liprandi, General, i. 17.
- Livadia, ii. 50.
- Liyang, i. 114-116, 119.
- Long, Colonel, i. 147, 157.
- Loring, Colonel, ii. 5, 6.
- Low Mun, the, i. 97, 98.
- Lucknow Residency, resemblance between its siege and Khartoum, ii. 161, 172.
- Lupton Bey, ii. 105.
- Lytton, Lord, ii. 45.
- Macartney, Sir Halliday: sent to Gordon on a mission, i. 88-9;
- his work described by Gordon, 89-90;
- with Gordon on the wall of Soochow, 101;
- scene there, 103;
- requested by Gordon to go to Lar Wang's palace, ibid.;
- his earlier relation with Gordon, 104;
- offered and accepts succession to command of army, 104-5;
- what he learnt at the palace, 105;
- tries to find Gordon, 106;
- and Li Hung Chang, ibid.;
- discovers latter in his own camp, ibid.;
- declines to translate Gordon's letter, ibid.;
- sent to Quinsan by Li, 107;
- Gordon shows him the head of Lar Wang, ibid.;
- scene at the breakfast-table, 108;
- his advice, 108-9;
- hastens back to Soochow, 109;
- Gordon's libel on, 110;
- explains facts to Sir Harry Parkes and Sir F. Bruce, 110-11;
- receives letter from Gordon, 111;
- Gordon's public apology and retractation, 111-12;
- a full amende, 112;
- happy termination of incident, 113; ii. 43.
- Mackinnon, Sir W., ii. 65, 89, 91, 92.
- Macmahon, Marshal, ii. 137.
- Magungo, i. 156, 157.
- Mahdi, the (or Mahomed Ahmed), ii. 98;
- his first appearance, ibid.;
- defies Egyptian Government, 99;
- meaning of name, ibid.;
- his first victory, 100;
- defeats Rashed, ibid.;
- further victories, 101;
- captures El Obeid, 102;
- annihilates Hicks's expedition, 104;
- height of his power, 105;
- basis of his influence, 105-6;
- Zebehr on, 130, 135;
- salaams Gordon, 136;
- basis of his power, 137;
- learns of loss of Abbas, 146;
- arrives before Khartoum, 149;
- knowledge as to state of Khartoum, 150;
- exaggerated fear of, 161;
- aroused by Stewart's advance, 163;
- sends his best warriors to Bayuda, 164;
- captures Khartoum, 167;
- mode of that capture, 169.
- Mahe, i. 74.
- Mahmoud Khalifa, ii. 162.
- Maida, i. 3.
- Maiwand, ii. 45, 68.
- Majuba Hill, ii. 70.
- Malakoff, the, i. 21-23, 26.
- Malta, ii. 74.
- Mamelon, the, i. 21, 22.
- Mansourah, ii. 147.
- Markham, Mr, i. 80.
- Marseilles, i. 14, 15.
- Masindi, i. 157, 159.
- Massowah, ii. 25, 32-35.
- Masupha, ii. 77, 80, 82;
- Mauritius, the, ii. 72-75.
- Mediterranean, the, ii. 74.
- Medjidieh Order, i. 160; ii. 3.
- Mehemet Ali, conquers Soudan, i. 141, 154.
- Menelik, ii. 6, 32.
- Merowe, ii. 160.
- Merriman, Mr, ii. 84, 85, 87, 88.
- Metemmah, ii. 17, 161-166;
- delay at, 166-7.
- Moffitt, Dr Andrew, i. 10.
- Moffitt, Mrs, i. 10.
- Molappo, i. 77, 82.
- Mombasa, i. 155.
- Monding, i. 94.
- Mow Wang, i. 75, 90, 93, 98-100.
- Mrooli, i. 158.
- Mtesa, i. 155, 157-60, 162.
- Muchir or Marshal, ii. 3.
- Munzinger Bey, ii. 5.
- Murchison Falls, i. 157.
- Najao, i. 51.
- Nanking, i. 49, 58, 68, 69, 72, 76, 120;
- capture of, 121.
- Nanning, i. 64.
- Napier of Magdala, Lord, i. 132.
- Naval Brigade, the, ii. 164.
- Negus, the, ii. 32.
- Nelson, references to, ii. 162, 172.
- New York Herald, ii. 62.
- Niam Niam, i. 151.
- Nile, the, ii. 142;
- "not a bad Nile," 157.
- Nineteenth Century, The, i. 14; ii. 129.
- Ningpo, i. 74, 81.
- Northbrook, Earl of, ii. 96, 132.
- North China Herald, the, i. 111.
- North Fort, the, ii. 147.
- Nubar Pasha, i. 139, 140, 145; ii. 109, 120, 128, 139.
- Nuehr Agha, i. 158, 159.
- O'Donovan, Edmond, ii. 102.
- Omdurman, i. 141; ii. 102, 103, 136;
- Opium, ii. 63, 64.
- Orpen, Mr, ii. 80, 84, 85.
- Osman Bey, i. 35.
- Osman Digma, ii. 103, 105, 136, 139, 156.
- Outram, reference to, ii. 161, 172.
- Palestine Canal, the, ii. 90, 91.
- Pall Mall Gazette, the, ii. 111, 120, 124.
- Paoting-fu, i. 49.
- Parkes, Sir H., i. 110.
- Paskievitch, i. 34.
- Patachiaou, i. 91, 93.
- Pattison, Mr A., ii. 83.
- Peking, ii. 46, 47, 56, 70.
- Pelissier, General, i. 20, 22, 25.
- Pelissier, Colonel, i. 34.
- Pembroke Dock, i. 8, 14.
- Perry, Capt., i. 99.
- Pitso, A., ii. 79.
- Power, Mr Frank, ii. 134, 135, 137, 144;
- leaves on Abbas, ibid.;
- death of, 145-6.
- Prestonpans, i. 2.
- Protet, Admiral, i. 50, 52.
- Rabi, ii. 29, 32.
- Raglan, Lord, i. 22, 23, 25.
- Ragouf Pasha, i. 147.
- Raouf Bey, i. 149.
- Raouf Pasha, ii. 25, 98-100.
- Ras Alula, ii. 33, 34.
- Ras Arya, ii. 34.
- Rashed Bey, ii. 100.
- Ratib Pasha, ii. 5, 6.
- Redan, the, i. 21-2;
- Redout, Kaleh, i. 41.
- Revenue, the, of Soudan, ii. 25-26.
- Riaz Pasha, ii. 108.
- Rionga, i. 157-158.
- Ripon, Marquis of, ii. 42-44, 47-49, 68.
- Rivers Wilson, Mr, now Sir Charles, ii. 19, 107.
- Roberts, Lord, ii. 68.
- Robinson, Sir Hercules, ii. 75, 87.
- Rockstone Place, i. 127.
- Rogers, Mr, i. 4.
- Russia, i. 54-55, 62.
- Russian Army, Gordon's opinion of, i. 28.
- Russian Convent at Jerusalem, ii. 90.
- Said Pasha, ii. 102.
- San Diego, ii. 74.
- San Tajin, i. 81-82, 95-97, 113, 116.
- Sankolinsin, i. 70.
- Santals, the, ii. 147-148.
- Saphia, ii. 147.
- Saubat, i. 148.
- Sauer, Mr, ii. 82;
- Scanlan, Mr T., ii. 81-82, 88.
- Schweinfurth, Dr, i. 142-143, 156.
- Scotia, ii. 76.
- Sebastopol, i. 16-17, 28-30.
- Sennaar, ii. 134, 151.
- Seton, Sir Bruce, ii. 43.
- Seward, Mr, i. 93.
- Seychelles, ii. 72, 74.
- Shabloka, ii. 167.
- Shaka, ii. 12, 14, 27, 31.
- Shanghai, i. 49-50-55;
- Shekan, ii. 104.
- Shendy, ii. 17, 143, 145-147, 158.
- Shereef Said Hakim, ii. 6.
- Siaon Edin, i. 85-86.
- Simmons, Sir Lintorn, i. 33, 41.
- Siuen-hoa, i. 48.
- Slatin Pasha, i. 162; ii. 12-13, 16, 104-105, 166, 168-169;
- his epitaph on Gordon, ii. 170.
- Slave Trade, i. 148-149, 152-153;
- Smith, Sir Harry, ii. 86.
- Snake flags, the, i. 136.
- Soady, Captain, i. 5.
- Soochow, i. 74-75, 78, 84-87, 91, 94-98, 100-102.
- Souakim, i. 146; ii. 25, 153.
- Soudan, meaning of name, i. 141;
- Southampton, i. 127;
- the home at, ii. 93.
- Speke, Captain, i. 142.
- Stanley, Mr H. M., ii. 93.
- Stannard, Mr Arthur, i. 14, 129-130.
- Stanton, Colonel, i. 32-33; ii. 21.
- Staveley, Sir Charles, i. 19, 50-52, 54, 56, 58-60, 78, 132.
- Stead, Mr W. T., ii. 111.
- Steamers, the penny, ii. 142;
- Stewart, Colonel Donald, ii. 122, 125, 137, 141, 144;
- Stewart, Sir Herbert, ii. 162;
- Stokes, Colonel, ii. 19.
- Strangeways, General, i. 9.
- "Sudd," the, i. 146.
- Suders, General, i. 31.
- Suleiman, Zebehr's son, ii. 10-14, 25-29;
- Sulina, i. 137.
- Sultan, proposal to surrender Soudan to the, ii. 119, 121.
- Sultan Idris, ii. 29.
- Summer Palace at Peking, i. 45-46.
- Sungkiang, i. 54-55, 60, 78-80, 83, 88, 90, 121.
- Sussex Regiment, the, ii. 164.
- Ta Edin, i. 85, 91.
- Taeping, meaning of name, i. 65.
- Taepings, the, i. 50, 53-54, 59 (see Chapter IV.);
- Taiho Lake, i. 95, 101-102, 113.
- Taitong, i. 48.
- Taitsan, i. 52, 59, 80-83.
- Taiyuen, i. 49.
- Takee, i. 54, 56-58.
- Taku Forts, i. 45, 47; ii. 59.
- Talataween, ii. 147, 167.
- Tamanieb, ii. 156.
- Taoukwang, i. 61.
- Tapp, Colonel, i. 119.
- Taunton, i. 4.
- Tayan, i. 119.
- Tchad, Lake, ii. 10.
- Tchernaya, i. 17, 26.
- Teb, ii. 156.
- Tewfik Pasha (Khedive), ii. 31-32, 36, 106-109, 118, 125, 139.
- Thaba Bosigo, ii. 77.
- Thames Forts, i. 129-130.
- Theodore, ii. 33.
- Tientsin, i. 45-47, 70.
- Tien Wang, i. 49, 62, 65;
- Times, The, i. 124; ii. 40, 66, 68, 92, 94, 110, 116-117, 134.
- Ti-Tu, i. 122.
- Todleben, General, i. 17.
- Tokar, ii. 105, 136.
- Transkei, the, ii. 77.
- Travers, Colonel John, i. 6.
- Trebizonde, i. 34.
- Triads, the, i. 61, 66.
- Tseedong, i. 56.
- Tseki, i. 57.
- Tseng Marquis, ii. 59.
- Tseng Kwofan, i. 67-68, 72-73, 120.
- Tseng Kwotsiuen, i. 74.
- Tsing, i. 70.
- Tsinghai, i. 70.
- Tsingpu, i. 50-52, 54-55, 57.
- Tsipu, i. 50.
- Tung Wang, i. 71.
- Tunting, i. 67.
- Tuti Island, ii. 147, 167.
- Wadelai, i. 155.
- Wade, Sir Thomas, ii. 53-55.
- Wady Halfa, i. 144; ii. 138-139, 154, 159, 161.
- Waiquaidong, i. 85-86, 95.
- Waisso, i. 117, 119.
- Walad el Michael, ii. 5, 6, 33.
- Wales, Prince of, ii. 43.
- Wales, Princess of, ii. 43.
- Wall, the Great, i. 47-9.
- Wangchi, i. 101.
- Wangs, the, i. 65.
- Wangs, execution of, i. 102.
- Wanti, i. 95.
- War Office, ii. 92, 93 passim.
- Ward, i. 54-57.
- Watson, Colonel Charles, i. 148; ii. 96, 128-30, 165.
- Watson, Mrs, ii. 96, 165.
- Willes, Capt., i. 51, 52.
- Wilson, Sir Charles, succeeds to the command, ii. 165;
- Wittgenstein, Prince F. von, i. 102.
- Wokong, i. 94.
- Wolseley, Lord, ii. 95, 96, 121, 125, 138;
- receives message from Gordon, 151;
- his letter of 24th July, 157;
- largely responsible for Khartoum mission, ibid.;
- his address to the soldiers, 158;
- his view of the expedition, 159;
- receives full news of Gordon's desperate situation, 160;
- his grand and deliberate plan, 161;
- perfect but for--Time, ibid.;
- will risk nothing, 162;
- his instructions to Sir Herbert Stewart, ibid.;
- sole responsibility of, 171;
- ties Stewart's hands, ibid.;
- the real person responsible for death of Gordon and failure of expedition, 172.
- Wongepoo, i. 57.
- Wongkadza, i. 50, 56.
- Wood, Sir Evelyn, ii. 125.
- Woolwich Common, i. 1.
- Wouchang, i. 68.
- Wou Sankwei, i. 67, 122.
- Wuliungchow, i. 94, 95.
- Wurantai, i. 64, 66.
- Wusieh, i. 94, 95, 113, 116.