the mahdi in khartoum; chinese gordon forced to surrender his stronghold.uncertainty as to the fate of the gallant general--the gladstone government assailed on all sides. Share full article Feb ...

chinese gordon killed; the hero of khartoum treacherously stabbed. his fate no longer in doubt--the egyptian soldiers massacred in the streets by the mahdi's followers.

Charles Gordon, circa 1880. Born in 1833, he was murdered on the steps of the palace in Khartoum in 1885. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption ...

CHINESE GORDON: THE STORY OF A HERO (256 pp.)—Lawrence and Elisabeth Hanson—Funk & Waqnalls ($4).When General Charles George Gordon was speared to death at Khartoum in 1885, Queen ...

The ring belonged to my grand-mother who was a cousin of General Gordon of Khartoum ('Chinese Gordon' as he was called) was made from a coin found on his body after he was murdered on the steps of ...

Britain's colonial adventures: The truth about Gordon of Khartoum When David Cameron taunted Tony Blair in the Commons this week about going to Sudan 'to see the place where Gordon was murdered ...

Workers cover the coffins of the killed Chinese workers with red Chinese flags before unloading them from an aircraft at the airport in Khartoum on Tuesday, October 28, 2008. [Xinhua] The bodies ...

Charles George Gordon, Gordon of Khartoum, was born in Woolwich on January 28, 1833, one of ... a force of Chinese soldiers led by European officers which was instrumental in putting down ...

Khartoum is a mixture of historical fact and Hollywood fiction that tells the story of the confrontation in 1884 and 1885 between British Gen. Sir Charles “Chinese” Gordon (CHARLTON HESTON ...