Major General Charles George Gordon, or Chinese Gordon as he was known, died in Khartoum today in 1885. He made his reputation 20 years before in the Taiping Rebellion. He was sent to the Sudan to safeguard the country and Egypt from the Mahdi, a Muslim fanatic with an enormous following. The Prime Minister, Gladstone, was in the process of arranging a relief force and Gordon was told he could leave the city. He refused.
What happened next is etched on my memory(and perhaps other schoolboys’ minds) as the garrison fell and Gordon, unarmed, was struck down by countless spears.
The relief force arrived on the 28th, Gordon’s 52nd birthday.
Gordon was born in London in 1833, the son of a Major General and was commissioned a Lieutenant in 1852. He saw service in the Crimea as well as in China. He never married and was a Christian Evangelist, who spend much time helping orphans. He welcomed death.
His effigy can be found in St Paul’s Cathedral, London; his body was never found.
Keep a LQQK out for an odd die included with A&A game
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My A&A buddies and I just found one of the red die has (4)twos and (2)sixes on it - all the other dice are correct but we have played at least 7 games with these dice and this is the first time we saw this - has anyone else had this problem - it was interesting to find that die
[ This Message was edited by: SirScott on 2002-01-16 22:55 ]
[ This Message was edited by: djensenmod on 2002-01-17 11:15 ]
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Sorry, I was just testing something out. I didn’t change any of the text of the message.
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hey man I have the exact same dice with my game .annoying isn’t it.