Note 119 — Chapter XLIV · THE FALL OF KHARTOUM.
Reading edition
During the last six days before the fall of Khartoum, the rations of the soldiers consisted of gum, and, when that failed, of palm-fibre only.
Reading edition
During the last six days before the fall of Khartoum, the rations of the soldiers consisted of gum, and, when that failed, of palm-fibre only.