The Canadian Voyageurs
Jul 30, 2021
2 minutes
Adjutant-General to the Forces Wolseley had decided that the best way of reaching Khartoum would be to ascend the Nile River. Based on his favorable experience with them during his expedition along the Red River to Fort Garry (now Winnipeg) in 1869–1870 to suppress the Red River Rebellion,Wolseley asked the Governor General of Canada, the Marquess of Lansdowne, if it would be possible
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