
3.2“Where the Nile divides, the great Cinerama adventure begins!”/ June 9, 1966
English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.
“Where the Nile divides, the great Cinerama adventure begins!”

Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon

Mahdi

Colonel Stewart

William Gladstone

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Sir Evelyn Baring

Khaleel

Lord Granville

Zobeir Pasha

Sheikh Osman

General Wolseley

Lord Hartington

Sir Charles Dilke