The Story of General Gordon

About this eBook

Author

Lang, Jean, 1867-1932

Credits

Produced by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Generals -- Great Britain -- Biography

Category

Text

eBook-No.

24756

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24756

Release Date

March 5, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.He would lead the troops onwards with the little cane he nearly always carried. — THE CHILDREN'S HEROES SERIES
2. 2.THE STORY OF — GENERAL GORDON — BY JEANIE LANG — LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK, LTD., 35 and 36 Paternoster Row, E.C. AND EDINBURGH 1906 — TO ARCHIE AND BERTIE DICKSON AND ALL BOYS WHO ARE GOING TO SERVE THEIR KING ON LAND OR SEA — PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS — He would lead the troops onwards with the little cane he nearly always carried . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece — The Corporal was butted downstairs — The shell struck the ground five yards in front of him — With his own hands he dragged him from the ranks — Gordon appeared with soap, towels, a brush, a sponge, and a fresh suit of clothes — In the Soudan buying two children for a basketful of dhoora — There rode into their camp Gordon Pasha — Looking for the help that never came
5. 5.THE STORY OF — GENERAL GORDON — CHAPTER I — "CHARLIE GORDON" — The Corporal was butted downstairs — CHAPTER II — GORDON'S FIRST BATTLES — The shell struck the ground five yards in front of him — CHAPTER III — "CHINESE GORDON" — With his own hands, he dragged him from the ranks — CHAPTER IV — THE "KERNEL" — Gordon appeared with soap, towels, a brush, a sponge, and a fresh suit of clothes — CHAPTER V — GORDON AND THE SLAVERS — In the Soudan buying two children for a basketful of dhoora — There rode into their camp Gordon Pasha — CHAPTER VI — KHARTOUM — Looking for the help that never came

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