When the long-awaited rescuers finally came, they carried the ambiguous flag of the "Anglo-Egyptian" forces led by General Kitchener (it should also be remembered, however, that political hesitation in London prevented the forces of his majesty's gov- ernment from arriving on time to rescue Gordon from the Mahdï's armies).

Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Coloni…, loc. 599