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Sources:

https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nile-expedition

Michael Asher. Khartoum: The Ultimate Imperial Adventure

Charles Trench. The Road to Khartoum: A Life of General Charles Gordon

Mike Snook. Beyond the Reach of Empire: Wolseley's Failed Campaign to save Gordon and Khartoum

Simon Craig. Breaking the Square: Britain Takes on Mahdi at the Battle of Abu Klea. Military Heritage Magazine. Vol. 3 No. 3.