Gordon

General, often called “Chinese Gordon,” was born in 1833, and left to die in Khartoum in 1883. It was during the Taeping Rebellion, that he gained his nickname for his wonderful succe in training Chinese troops. Mr. Gladstone sent him to withdraw the garrisons shut up in the Soudan by the Madhi in 1882, and then, from cowardice or procrastination, failed to relieve him.