Note 192 — Chapter XXVII · GENERAL GORDON’S MISSION.

The alternative courses were (1), calling in the aid of Turkish troops; (2), the employment of Zebehr Pasha; (3), the opening up of communications between Suakim and Berber after Graham’s victories on the Red Sea littoral; (4), the evacuation of Khartoum in accordance with a scheme whereby Gordon’s colleague, Colonel Stewart, was to take the fugitives down to Berber, while Gordon and a picked body of troops were to retreat up the White Nile in steamers to the Equator.