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yre, General, i. 24. Fascher, ii. 10-11. Fashoda, i. 148. Ferratch Pasha, ii. 148. _Firefly_, the, i. 113. Fisher, Corporal, i. 39-40. Forrester, Colonel, i. 57. Forster, Rt. Hon. W. E., ii, 115. Foweira, i. 156. France, i. 62. Franco-Chinese, the, i. 92, 102. French soldiers, Gordon's opinion of, i. 17-8. Fusaiquan, i. 97. Fusham, i. 80-81, 116. Gagarin, Prince, i. 42. Galatz, i. 32, 136-8. Gandamak, i. 45. Gara, ii. 30. Gebra, i. 103. Geographical Society, Royal, i. 156. Gessi Romulus, i. 148, 155-7; ii. 26-31. Gezireh, i. 111. Giegler Pasha, ii. 143. Gladstone, Rt. Hon. W. E., ii. 94, 122; Gladstone and his Government, ii. 151; how they came to employ Gordon, ii. 151-2; undeceived as to Gordon's views, ii. 152-3; their indecision, ii. 153; statement in House, ii. 154; dismayed by Gordon's boldness, ii. 155; their radical fault, ii. 156; degree of responsibility, ii. 170; acquittal of personal abandonment of Gordon, ii. 171. Golden Fleece, the, i. 15. Gondar, ii. 34. Gondokoro, i. 146, 147, 155. Gordon, derivation of name, i. 1, 2. Gordon, Charles George: birth, i. 1; family history, 1-4; childhood, 4; enters Woolwich Academy, 5; early escapades, 5-6; put back six months and elects for Engineers, 6; his spirit, 7; his examinations, _ibid._; gets commission, _ibid._; his work at Pembroke, 8; his brothers, 9; his sisters, 10; his brother-in-law, Dr Moffitt, _ibid._; personal appearance of, 11-14; his height, 11; his voice, 12; ordered to Corfu, 14; changed to Crimea, _ibid._; passes Constantinople, 15; views on the Dardanelles' forts, _ibid._; reaches Balaclava, 16; opinion of French soldiers, 17, 18; his first night in the trenches, 18-19; his topographical knowledge, 19; his special aptitude for war, _ibid._; account of the capture of the Quarries, 21-22; of the first assault on Redan, 22-24; Kinglake's opinion of, 25; on the second assault on Redan, 26-28; praises the Russians, 28; joins Kimburn expedition, _ibid._; destroying Sebastopol, 29-31; his warlike instincts, 31; appointed to Bessarabian Commission, 32; his letters on the delimitation work, 33; ordered to Armenia, _i
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