"The Downfall of the Dervishes; or, The Avenging of Gordon" by Ernest Nathaniel Bennett. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Ernest Nathaniel Bennett. The Downfall of the Dervishes; or, The Avenging of Gordon
The Downfall of the Dervishes; or, The Avenging of Gordon
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I FROM CAIRO TO THE ATBARA
CHAPTER II FROM THE ATBARA TO WAD HAMED
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER III THE WEEK BEFORE THE BATTLE
CHAPTER IV THE BATTLE OF OMDURMAN
CHAPTER V GUNBOATS AND GAALIN
CHAPTER VI AFTER THE BATTLE
A BRIEF NOTE ON A FEW ENTOMOLOGICAL SPECIMENS BROUGHT FROM THE SUDAN, 22nd September 1898
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Ernest Nathaniel Bennett
Published by Good Press, 2019
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The sight of a luggage van at a terminus was enough to drive any inexperienced voyager to utter despair. When we arrived at Shellal the moon had not yet risen, and the feeble light of a few lanterns was all we had wherewith to disentangle our separate lots of luggage and stores from the general mélange. The chaos of luggage was fearful. Under the weight of two of our store cases an officer's sword had been bent almost into the prophetic pruning hook, and a band-box belonging to our one lady passenger had, with all that it contained, been squashed absolutely flat. Everybody had to see after his own possessions or he was lost. Later on, as the boat steamed off from Shellal, an officer who had entrusted the embarkation of his horse to his säis was horrified to see the man calmly sitting on the bank smoking a cigarette with the horse beside him.
During our stay at Shellal we slept in the garden of a shabby one-storeyed house, dignified with the title of the "Spiro Hotel." This was run by one of those ubiquitous Greeks who invariably turn up in the East where there is any chance of making money. All along the line of advance to Omdurman we were accompanied by Greeks, who trafficked in bread, fresh meat, and the like. Like the Irishman and the Jew, the Greek seems to flourish the more the further he is removed from his native country.
