Note 218 — Chapter XXVIII · THE NEW DEPARTURE.
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On this point see an entry in Gordon’s Journal under date the 6th of October, 1884. It was not till the 17th of May, 1884, that Lord Granville wrote enjoining Gordon to adopt “measures for his own removal and for that of the Egyptians at Khartoum by whatever route he may consider best.” But it was now too late to attempt the evacuation of Khartoum save in co-operation with a relief force.