Book IV
On outside wrapper (a handkerchief):
No secrets as far as I am concerned.
C. G. GORDON.
Lt.-Colonel Stewart, C.M.G.,
Chief of the Staff, or Lord Wolseley, G.C.B.
Soudan Expeditionary Force.
Journal of Events—Kartoum, Vol. IV.
From 12th Oct. to 20th Oct., 1884.
General Gordon’s Journal.
EVENTS AT KARTOUM.
From 12th Oct. to 20th Oct., 1884.
To be pruned down if published.
C. G. GORDON.
The following note accompanied this Journal, addressed to
Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart:—
Kartoum, 20th October, 1884.
My dear Stewart,
Here is the Journal up to date—not much in it. I hear you got down all right. Kind regards to Lord Wolseley. I have given up now all idea of getting information from you all.
Yours sincerely,
C. G. Gordon.
On inside sheet:
General Gordon’s Journal, Vol. IV.
From 12th Oct. to 20th Oct. 1884.
EVENTS OF KARTOUM.
Together with a paper, Intelligence Department, on False Prophet.118
To be pruned down if published.
C. G. GORDON.