Troops loyal to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ahmad" id="mwlg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Muhammad Ahmad">The Mahdi</a> conquer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Khartoum" id="mwlw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Khartoum">Khartoum</a>, killing the Governor-General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_George_Gordon" id="mwmA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Charles George Gordon">Charles George Gordon</a>.<sup about="#mwt106" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"about1"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-about1-18"}}' id="cite_ref-about1_18-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_26#cite_note-about1-18" id="mwmQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 18;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwmg">[18]</span></a></sup>