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General Gordon's Death: Startling Barbarities of the Arabs

An early account of General Gordon's killing during the fall of Khartoum, one of the defining imperial tragedies of the era, as first reported to the British press.

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Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 13, 1885 · Page 1

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LONDON, Feb. 11.

On the day of the capture of Khartoum, which is variously stated as the 26th and 28th of January, General Gordon's attention was attracted by a tremendous tumult in the streets. He left the building in which he had made his headquarters, to ascertain the cause of the disturbance. As he reached the street he was stabbed in the back and fell dead.

The tumult was caused by the Mahdi's troops, who had gained access to the interior of the town through treachery, and who were soon in complete possession of the place, including the citadel.

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