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Major-General Charles George Gordon CB (28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885), also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British Army officer and administrator. He saw action in the Crimean War as an officer in the British Army.
Charles George Gordon (born Jan. 28, 1833, Woolwich, near London, Eng.—died Jan. 26, 1885, Khartoum, Sudan) was a British general who became a national hero for his exploits in China and his ill-fated defense of Khartoum against the Mahdists.
May 21, 2018 · The English soldier, adventurer, and popular hero Charles George Gordon (1833-1885) was known as "Chinese" Gordon. He was killed at the fall of Khartoum. Born at Woolwich on Jan. 28, 1833, Charles George Gordon was the son of a lieutenant general.
The Victorians glorified the hero Gordon of Khartoum. But the reality was considerably less clear-cut. In the early hours of Monday, January 26th, 1885, Major-General Charles Gordon was killed by Mahdist forces overrunning Khartoum. There are various versions as to how he met his death.
Charles George Gordon, C.B. (January 28, 1833 – January 26, 1885), known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British army officer and administrator. He is remembered for his exploits in China and northern Africa.
The siege of Khartoum (also known as the battle of Khartoum or fall of Khartoum) took place from 13 March 1884 to 26 January 1885. Sudanese Mahdist forces captured the city of Khartoum from its Egyptian garrison, thereby gaining control over the whole of Sudan. Egypt had conquered Sudan in 1820, but had itself come under British domination in 1882.
This chapter examines the death of General Charles George Gordon as an example of heroic failure. In October 1884, a relief expedition was sent to Khartoum in the Sudan to help Gordon and a garrison of Egyptian troops who were being besieged by the forces of the Mahdi, the leader of an Islamic revolt against the authority of Britain's ally the ...
