Word: egypts
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Before the Graduates' Club this evening, Charles Dudley Warner will give "A Talk on Egypt...
Last evening, in the lecture room of the Fogg Art Museum under the auspices of the Engineering Society, Colonel H. G. Prout addressed a large audience on "General Gordon and the Soudan." The lecture was particularly interesting for the reason that Colonel Prout had himself served under Gordon in Egypt and Central Africa. Colonel Prout had intended to speak of Gordon's work as an engineer; but as such a talk would have been chiefly technical, he changed his mind and spoke of Gordon's character and his achievements in the Soudan. The following is a short summary of Colonel...
...evening in the Fogg Art Museum at 7.45 p. m., by Col. H. G. Prout on "General Gordon and the Soudan." Colonel Prout will speak of Gordon as an engineer more than as a commander and will probably tell of some of his own experiences when under Gordon in Egypt and Central Africa. The lecture is certain to prove very interesting and is open to the public...
...first of the series of public lectures by prominent engineers under the auspices of the Engineering Society will be given Friday in the Fogg Museum. Col. H. G. Prout, who is to speak on "General Gordon and the Soudan," was one of "Chineses" Gordon's right hand men in Egypt and Africa, and saw a great deal of hard service and fighting. He was at one time governor of the Province of the Equator under the Khedive, and took the first steamboat to the Victoria Nyanza under great difficulties. The address cannot fail to prove interesting. Chief Engineer Melville...
...however has always been between Great Britain and France. During the last few years the latter country has been more active, and has succeeded in pushing its power inland. The dispute has centered in the attempt of the French to force England to give up her present control of Egypt. These questions have not been settled yet, but it is probable that a treaty will soon be made, in which both nations will have to compromise their claims...