Charles Townshend (British Army officer) known for his theatrical style, and he liked to associate with actors. In 1884, Townshend was part of the relief expedition to rescue the besieged army of General Charles Gordon, better known to the British public as "Chinese Gordon", at Khartoum. As a Royal Marine officer, he strictly speaking should not had been part of an Army expedition, but he wrote to Field Marshal Garnet Wolsely asking if he could go, and his request was granted. The way that Gordon had defied the orders of the government to leave Khartoum, knowing full well that the government could not abandon a
Khartoum International Community School accredited by the Council of International Schools in 2010 and is authorized by the International Baccalaureate to offer the IB Diploma and Primary Years programmes. In the 2010/11 school year, KICS had 416 students. KICS then employed 124 staff of which there were 59 faculty and 23 teaching assistants. Khartoum International Community School Khartoum International Community School (KICS) is a private English medium International School established by the DAL Group in 2004. Located on a purpose-built campus in the Hai El Raqi area south of Khartoum, Sudan, KICS caters for students from age of 3 to 18 years. KICS is