Siege of Khartoum (THGC) - AAR and Gameplay Discussion

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"On the night of 25–26 January an estimated 50,000 Mahdists attacked the city wall just before midnight. The Mahdists took advantage of the seasonally low level of the Nile, which allowed them to ford the river on foot. The details of the final assault are unclear, but hearsay accounts were that by 3:30 am, the Mahdists had outflanked the city wall where it met the Nile. Meanwhile, another force, led by Al Nujumi, broke down the Massalamieh Gate, despite taking casualties from the land mines and barbed wire obstacles laid out by Gordon's men. The defending garrison, weakened by starvation and low morale, offered only patchy resistance. Within a few hours, the entire garrison was killed, as were 4,000 of the town's male inhabitants. Many women and children were enslaved by the victorious Mahdists. Accounts differ as to how Gordon was killed. According to one version, when Mahdist warriors broke into the governor's palace, Gordon came outside in full uniform and disdained to fight; he was then killed with a spear, despite orders from the Mahdi to capture Gordon alive. In another version, Gordon was recognised by Mahdists while attempting to reach the neutral Austrian consulate in the city, who shot him dead in the street. The most detailed account of his death was given by his servant Khaleel Aga Orphali, when debriefed by the British in 1898 (13 years later). According to Orphali, Gordon died fighting on the stairs leading from the first to the ground floor of the west wing of the palace. Gordon was seriously wounded by a spear that hit him in the left shoulder, but continued fighting with Orphali beside him. Orphali stated that: 'With his life's blood pouring from his breast [...] he fought his way step by step, kicking from his path the wounded and dead dervishes [...] and as he was passing through the doorway leading into the courtyard, another concealed dervish almost severed his right leg with a single blow.' Orphali claimed he was then knocked unconscious, waking unharmed several hours later to find Gordon's decapitated body near to him. However he died, Gordon's head was taken to the Mahdi's headquarters at Omdurman (opposite Khartoum on the other side of the White Nile). There it was shown to Rudolf Carl von Slatin, a prisoner of the Mahdi who had worked for Gordon during his first term in Sudan, who verified it was Gordon's. The head was then brought to the Mahdi. According to some sources,[citation needed] the rest of Gordon's body was dumped in the Nile."--Wikipedia After action report (AAR) and discussion of game play for Siege of Khartoum, published by THGC, designed by Steve Kling. Siege of Khartoum Game (Unboxing) - https://youtu.be/grRSrUcdCXY Other Games from THGC: Fort Jefferson Attack Game - https://youtu.be/jqKEf3v-7s0 Siege of Khartoum - https://youtu.be/grRSrUcdCXY 55 Days at Peking Game - https://youtu.be/ffqt5G9knHk Battle of Poltava - https://youtu.be/tOz2BNy-Tn0 Battle of Saint Louis - https://youtu.be/RfVSZiadMR4 Siege of Queretaro - https://youtu.be/0RvN-5C0PiM Battle of Leuthen - https://youtu.be/8r7HdfmiYtQ Attack on Cahokia - https://youtu.be/103V_uWef6I Siege of Tenochtitlan - https://youtu.be/1kK8JiJl3XE Battle of Wagram - https://youtu.be/NO9g1tqW4Qg Buy from Noble Knight and Support the Channel! https://www.nobleknight.com/?awid=1521