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... Khartoum , I met several of the British officials who administer this territory , which is as large as Europe with the exception of Russia . Of British officials there are only a mere 200 , a number which has been subsequently depleted ...
... Khartoum , I met several of the British officials who administer this territory , which is as large as Europe with the exception of Russia . Of British officials there are only a mere 200 , a number which has been subsequently depleted ...
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... Khartoum . For the rest , the brown clay smothering the brick walls was adorned with the usual Victorian engravings - the charge of the Lancers at Omdurman , the Battle of Atbara , the Gordon Memorial Services at Khartoum , with ...
... Khartoum . For the rest , the brown clay smothering the brick walls was adorned with the usual Victorian engravings - the charge of the Lancers at Omdurman , the Battle of Atbara , the Gordon Memorial Services at Khartoum , with ...
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... Khartoum at the time of the siege would have saved Gordon from the fate that overwhelmed him . If the aeroplane had existed at that time , particularly those Vickers Victoria troop carriers , Khartoum could not only have received a new ...
... Khartoum at the time of the siege would have saved Gordon from the fate that overwhelmed him . If the aeroplane had existed at that time , particularly those Vickers Victoria troop carriers , Khartoum could not only have received a new ...
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CHAPTER PAGE I PRELUDE TO ADVENTURE | 13 |
MARSEILLES | 37 |
COASTING ITALY | 55 |
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