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.
Your dying thought?
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"she’s Married?!?! Did i just s**t myself?!?!
Speaking of Custer
Didja’ hear the one about:a wealthy history buff commissions a painting
“i want Custer’s last thoughts on the canvas. Paint it just like you were there, reading Custer’s mind”Several weeks later, the painting is brought before the buyer. He is shocked to see a number of naked native people in various very sexual poses. In the middle is a large fish with a halo over its’ head.
“what the hell is this?” the history buff asked?
“well, it’s like you asked - you wanted Custer’s last thoughts! I imagined it was something like:
holy mackeral - where did all of these f**king indians come from?” -
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@cystic:
"she’s Married?!?! Did i just s**t myself?!?!
Speaking of Custer
Didja’ hear the one about:a wealthy history buff commissions a painting
“i want Custer’s last thoughts on the canvas. Paint it just like you were there, reading Custer’s mind”Several weeks later, the painting is brought before the buyer. He is shocked to see a number of naked native people in various very sexual poses. In the middle is a large fish with a halo over its’ head.
“what the hell is this?” the history buff asked?
“well, it’s like you asked - you wanted Custer’s last thoughts! I imagined it was something like:
holy mackeral - where did all of these f**king indians come from?”LOL
Love it CC!
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