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CHAPTER XXII
AT LAST
Threats of the prisoners — The routed army in flight — Macdonald's brigade — Illuminating the Ratib — Soudanese sang-froid — Sheikh ed Din repulsed — Attack upon Macdonald — Destruction of Yacoub — Flight of the Khaleefa — His narrow escape from the Sirdar — The Sirdar enters the prison — We meet — The head-quarters' mess — Mr. Bennet Burleigh — My German tongue forsakes me 269-280
CHAPTER XXIII
THE SIRDAR AND SAVAGE WARFARE
The looting of Omdurman — Soudanese troops to the rescue — Genial horseplay — A war correspondent's article — The Sirdar errs in giving quarter — Lex talionis — The ferocity of wounded dervishes — No succour desirable — A challenge to correspondents 281-288
CHAPTER XXIV
BACK TO CIVILIZATION
High hopes — Disillusionment — Attitude of the War Office — I am forced to defend myself — Newspaper calumnies — The News Agency representative — A good Samaritan — Sir George Newnes 289-299
CHAPTER XXV
HOW GORDON DIED
Conflicting accounts — A hero's death — Hope deferred — Gordon's last night — Value of my testimony — Father Ohrwalder's evidence — "Ten Years' Captivity" criticized — Justification of Gordon — The trader as missionary — A tribute to Gordon 300-324


APPENDICES
Appendix 1.
Hassan Bey Hassanein 325-331
Appendix 2.
Orphali 332-337
Appendix 3.
Letter dictated by the Khaleefa to General Stephenson 338-339
Appendix 4.
Ibrahim Pasha Fauzi Gordon's favourite officer 340-345
Appendix 5.
Ahmed Youssef Kandeel 346-348
Appendix 6.
The Soudan: its Past, Present, and Future 349-359