Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 248William Blackwood, 1940 - England |
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... Bordein to do . Rumours were beginning to filter through that the Relief Expedition was on its way . Gordon acted with promptness . He would divide his fleet and send part of it down to Shendi to help in the advance on Khartoum . It was ...
... Bordein to do . Rumours were beginning to filter through that the Relief Expedition was on its way . Gordon acted with promptness . He would divide his fleet and send part of it down to Shendi to help in the advance on Khartoum . It was ...
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... Bordein's wheel and saved the situation eleven years before , they had now suc- ceeded in wrecking her sister ship . The whole of the next day was spent in coaxing the Bordein through the shallow rapids . Time and again she went aground ...
... Bordein's wheel and saved the situation eleven years before , they had now suc- ceeded in wrecking her sister ship . The whole of the next day was spent in coaxing the Bordein through the shallow rapids . Time and again she went aground ...
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... Bordein it was only the end of a chapter . Fourteen years were to pass before British troops again set eyes on her ; and when they came back they did not find her a stranded hulk on the island . There is no reliable record of the ...
... Bordein it was only the end of a chapter . Fourteen years were to pass before British troops again set eyes on her ; and when they came back they did not find her a stranded hulk on the island . There is no reliable record of the ...
Contents
REFUGEES BY D FRANCIS | 354 |
RETURN TO HARBOUR BY IAN SCOTT | 391 |
SAILING IN THE SOUTH SEAS WITH FIJIANS | 600 |
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