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Bennett - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most -other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The Downfall of the Dervishes - or The Avenging of Gordon - -Author: Ernest N. Bennett - -Release Date: March 21, 2016 [EBook #51520] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DOWNFALL OF THE DERVISHES *** - - - - -Produced by Brian Coe, John Campbell and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="transnote"> -<p><strong>TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE</strong></p> - -<p>Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been -corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within -the text and consultation of external sources.</p> - -<p>More detail can be found at <a href="#TN">the end of the book.</a></p> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/cover.jpg" alt="" /> -</div> - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> - -<p class="p6" /> -<h1>THE DOWNFALL OF -THE DERVISHES</h1> -<p class="p6" /> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/frontispiece.jpg" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"> - -<p class="right xs padr2"><em>Art Photogravure C<sup>o</sup>. L<sup>td</sup>.</em></p> - -<em>Lord Kitchener of Khartoum.</em><br /> -<span class="small"><em>From a Photograph by Bassano.</em></span></div> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> - -<p class="pfs180">THE DOWNFALL OF THE DERVISHES</p> - -<p class="pfs80">OR</p> - -<p class="pfs150">THE AVENGING OF GORDON</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs100">BEING A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF THE<br /> -FINAL SOUDAN CAMPAIGN OF 1898</p> - -<p class="p4 pfs80">BY</p> - -<p class="pfs100">ERNEST N. BENNETT, M. A.</p> - -<p class="pfs60">FELLOW AND LECTURER OF HERTFORD COLLEGE, OXFORD<br /> -SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT FOR "THE WESTMINSTER GAZETTE"</p> - -<p class="p4 pfs70">WITH A PORTRAIT, MAP AND PLANS</p> - -<p class="p4 pfs80">LONDON</p> - -<p class="pfs100">METHUEN & CO.</p> - -<p class="pfs80">NEW YORK</p> - -<p class="pfs100">NEW AMSTERDAM BOOK COMPANY</p> - -<p class="pfs80">1899</p> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> -<p class="p6" /> - -<p class="pfs60">TO</p> -<p class="pfs70 lsp">MY FRIEND</p> -<p class="pfs90">H. R. H.</p> -<p class="pfs70">I DEDICATE THIS LITTLE BOOK</p> -<p class="p6" /> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_vii" id="Page_vii">[Pg vii]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="PREFACE" id="PREFACE">PREFACE</a></h2> - - -<p class="drop-capx">In the following pages I have aimed at furnishing -some account of the interesting -experiences which fell to our lot during the -recent campaign in the Sudan.</p> - -<p>My best thanks are due to several friends -for the assistance they have rendered me, -and I feel especially grateful to H.H. Prince -Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein and -Major Stuart-Wortley, C.M.G., for their very -kind help in supplying me with much additional -and interesting information about the -work of the Gunboats and the Friendly -Tribes.</p> - -<p>I must also acknowledge the courteous -permission accorded me by the Editor of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_viii" id="Page_viii">[viii]</a></span> -the <cite>Westminster Gazette</cite> to use in the compilation -of this book some of the letters -which I had previously contributed to the -columns of his newspaper.</p> - -<p class="right small">ERNEST N. BENNETT.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Hertford College, Oxford</span>,<br /> -<span class="pad2"><em>1st November 1898</em></span>.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_ix" id="Page_ix">[ix]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="CONTENTS" id="CONTENTS">CONTENTS</a></h2> - - - -<p class="p2 pfs100">CHAPTER I<br /><br /> - -<span class="smcap">From Cairo to the Atbara</span></p> - -<p class="right xs">PAGE</p> - -<div class="blockquotx"> -<p class="negin2">Correspondents' Permits—Academic Obstacles—Fellow-Passengers -to Alexandria—French Animosity in -Egypt—Indifferentism of Egyptian Natives—An -Interesting Dinner—Preparations for the Campaign—Egyptian -Magic—A Native "Medium"—Ali buys -a Sword—Departure from Cairo—A Matrimonial -Quarrel—Rumours about the Khalifa—Discomforts -of the Night Journey—The Luxor Hotel—Malevolent -Spiders—Karnak—By Rail to Shellal—Imbecility of -Ali's Brother—Hospital Arrangements—Dreariness -of a Nile Voyage—Cheerfulness of Tommy Atkins—A -Classic Tale of Horror—Death of a Soldier—From -Wady Halfa in a Cattle Truck—Abu Ahmed—First -Night at the Atbara—Chequered Career of the <i>El -Tahra</i>—Life at Atbara Camp—The Plagues of Egypt -up to Date—Perverse Camels—Failure of our -Attempts to overtake Lancers</p></div> -<p class="rt small"><a href="#Page_1">1</a></p> - - -<p class="p2 pfs100">CHAPTER II<br /><br /> - -<span class="smcap">From the Atbara to Wad Hamed</span></p> - -<div class="blockquotx"> -<p class="negin2">A Crowded <em>Ghyassa</em>—A Talking Mummy—Slatin Pasha—Animal -Life on the Banks—The Pyramids of Meroe—Work -for Archæologists—A Gaalin Sheikh—A -Dervish Deserter—Abu Klea—A Sandstorm—Arrival -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_x" id="Page_x">[x]</a></span> -at Wad Hamed—We meet the Sirdar—Types of the -War Correspondent—Entomology—Insect Life in the -Sudan—Desert Circulating Library—Fly-fishing in -the Nile—Military "Fatigues"—Fugitives from -Omdurman—Our Camp Life at Wad Hamed—Thirst -in the Tropics—How we Dined—Good-bye to -Wad Hamed</p></div> -<p class="rt small"><a href="#Page_56">56</a></p> - - -<p class="p2 pfs100">CHAPTER III<br /><br /> - -<span class="smcap">The Week before the Battle</span></p> - -<div class="blockquotx"> -<p class="negin2">Embarkation of Friendlies—The Shabluka Cataract—Our -Delay at Rojan Island—First Glimpse of Omdurman—The -Evening Ride from Hagir—The Joys of -Good Health—Sudanese Wives—Importance of the -"Drink Camel"—An Adventurous Greekling—Mr. -Villiers' Bicycle—Um Teref Camp—Sudanese Music—The -First Dervish—Scorpion v. the "Father of -Spiders"—A Cavalry Reconnaissance—A Rainy -Night—Within Twenty-five Miles of Omdurman—Deserted -Villages—A Disappointing Capture—Seg-et-Taib—The -Water Question—Corpses in the River—The -Khalifa's Army in Sight—The Ridge of Kerreri—Sururab—Gunboats -at Work—Troublesome -Donkeys—Sniping—A Tropical Downpour spoils our -Rest—Mr. Villiers and Myself stung by Scorpions—Chasing -Hares on the March—Cavalry Scouts on -Kerreri—Howitzers in Action—Skirmishing with the -Khalifa's Cavalry—Waiting for the Dervish Advance—The -Khalifa halts—The Evening before the Battle—The -Perils of a Night Attack—False Alarms</p></div> -<p class="rt small"><a href="#Page_105">105</a></p> - - -<p class="p2 pfs100">CHAPTER IV<br /><br /> - -<span class="smcap">The Battle of Omdurman</span></p> - -<div class="blockquotx"> -<p class="negin2">A Comfortable Breakfast—All ready for the Dervishes—Egyptian -Cavalry engage the Enemy—Gunboats to -the Rescue—The Joy of Battle—Here they come!—A -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xi" id="Page_xi">[xi]</a></span> -Splendid Spectacle—The Dervishes open Fire—The -First Shell—A Dervish Battery—Effect of our -Shell Fire—Wounded Men—Curious Tricks played by -Bullets—Maxims at Work—A Dervish Cavalry -Charge—Persistent Sharpshooters—The Army leaves -the Zeriba—The Lancers' Charge—Mutilation of the -Dead—Wounded Horses—Killing the Wounded -Dervishes—Renewal of the Fight—Steadiness of the -Sudanese and Egyptians—Final Repulse of the -Enemy—Dreadful Effects of our Fire—Men falling -out—We halt beside a <em>Khor</em>—Regimental Music—Escape -of the Khalifa—Death of Hon. Hubert -Howard—A Champagne Dinner in the Street—The -End of Mahdism</p></div> -<p class="rt small"><a href="#Page_156">156</a></p> - - -<p class="p2 pfs100">CHAPTER V<br /><br /> - -<span class="smcap">Gunboats and Gaalin</span></p> - -<div class="blockquotx"> -<p class="negin2">The Sirdar's Fleet—Difficulties of Navigation—The Loss -of the <i>Zaphir</i>—Concentration of Friendlies at Wad -Hamed—Their Love for Firearms—Rout of a Dervish -Detachment—Gunboats shell the Kerreri Ridge and -Riverside Villages—Some Faint-hearted Friendlies—Gallantry -of the Gaalin—Tuti Island—The Shelling -of the Mahdi's Tomb—Gunboats silence the Forts—Lyddite -Shells—Maxim Fire upon the Fugitives—Gunboats -proceed up the River—The Fate of Gordon's -old Flotilla</p></div> -<p class="rt small"><a href="#Page_203">203</a></p> - - -<p class="p2 pfs100">CHAPTER VI<br /><br /> - -<span class="smcap">After the Battle</span></p> - -<div class="blockquotx"> -<p class="negin2">The Mahdi's Tomb—A Wounded Man lands under False -Pretences—Villiers' Bicycle in Omdurman—Loathsome -Streets—The Arsenal—Dervish Ammunition—The -"Man-stopping" Bullet—Awful Effects of Modern -Rifle Fire—The Gordon Memorial Service—Varieties -of Loot—A Tommy's Quaint Mistake—Enrolment -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xii" id="Page_xii">[xii]</a></span> -of Dervishes under the Khedive's Flag—Charles -Neufeld—The Austrian Sisters—Slatin Pasha in -Camp—Good-bye to Omdurman—We strike on a -Sandbank—Our Sleeping Arrangements—Failure of -Attempts to move Gunboat—A Soldier Drowned—A -Dead Egyptian—We get off the Bank—Loss of my -Luggage—Cross goes to Hospital—Delays on Homeward -Journey—Mohammedan Divorce Laws—A -Camel dies from the Bite of an Asp—A Good Dinner—From -Alexandria to Marseilles—Announcement of -Cross's Death—The Future of the Sudan</p></div> -<p class="rt small"><a href="#Page_222">222</a></p> - - -<p class="p4 pg-brk" /> -<hr class="r30" /> - -<p class="pfs135 wsp">MAP AND PLANS</p> -<p class="p2" /> - -<div class="center fs90"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="95%" summary="maps"> -<tr><td class="tdl smcap">The Nile from the Atbara to Khartum</td><td class="tdr wd30"><em><a href="#I_104">Facing page 104</a></em></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl smcap">The Battle of Omdurman (two plans)</td><td class="tdr"><em><a href="#I_202">Facing page 202</a></em></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl smcap">Plan of Omdurman and Khartum to illustrate the Operations of the Gunboats - and the Friendlies</td><td class="tdr"><em><a href="#I_214">Facing page 214</a></em></td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[Pg 1]</a></span></p> - -<p class="pfs150">THE DOWNFALL OF THE DERVISHES</p> - - <div class="chapter"></div> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_I" id="CHAPTER_I"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">CHAPTER I</a><br /> - -<span class="fs80">FROM CAIRO TO THE ATBARA</span></h2> - - -<p class="drop-capx">Towards the end of last July I heard -to my great joy, from the editor of the -<cite>Westminster Gazette</cite>, that a permit had been -granted me to act as his special correspondent -during the forthcoming campaign in -the Sudan. Sinister rumours had been -afloat for a long time to the effect that the -utmost difficulty would be experienced in -securing such permission, and several officials -at the Foreign Office had warned applicants -that even in the event of a formal pass beyond -Wady Halfa being accorded, there would -be no certainty that correspondents would be -allowed to proceed actually to the front. The -baselessness of these apprehensions was amply<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[2]</a></span> -shown by subsequent events. War correspondents -in the recent campaign had little to -complain of on the score of any curtailment -of their liberty of movement, though the -Sirdar's subsequent refusal to take any pressmen -to Fashoda may have provoked some -unreasonable criticism.</p> - -<p>A day or two after the receipt of the Sirdar's -permit I happened to meet at dinner an old -college acquaintance, Mr. Henry Cross, who -had rowed five in the 'Varsity boat of 1888. -When I told him of my intended visit to -the Sudan, he was all eagerness to join me; -but as he was utterly inexperienced in the -sort of travel that would fall to our lot before -Khartum was reached, I did my best -to dissuade him from making any rash resolves -of the sort on the spur of the moment. The -daily round of a war correspondent's life -amid a charming environment of scenery and -climate is simply delightful, when to the joys -of an open-air existence and abundant exercise -there is added the pleasant excitement which -springs from a risk of danger. Such delights -as these I had experienced during the Cretan -troubles in the spring of 1897, but from what<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[3]</a></span> -one knew personally of tropical travel, and -what one gathered from various accounts of -the Sudan, one realised that the forthcoming -campaign would be in the Lancer's words, -already become historical, "no bloomin' picnic." -Accordingly I laid before Cross graphic -and horrible pictures of sandstorms and sunstroke -and the other unpleasantnesses which -one might expect to meet amid the torrid -plains of the Sudan. Would that my advice -had been acted upon and his bright young -life preserved! As it was, my friend secured -a permit through the editor of the <cite>Manchester -Guardian</cite>, and rapidly made his preparations -for departure. Our last meeting before we -left Charing Cross was at Bletchley Junction, -and over some railway tea and a couple of -buns we made our final arrangements.</p> - -<p>The great difficulty which I had to surmount -before leaving England arose from a gigantic -heap of examination papers which went far -towards filling up my college rooms. The -limits of time imposed by the authorities -who preside over the destinies of University -and other examinations appear sometimes to -the fevered imagination of the anxious <em>employé</em><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</a></span> -to be strongly flavoured with the ancient -Egyptian spirit of "bricks without straw." -Under time pressure of this kind one's ethical -system becomes quite distorted. How heartily -one gets to hate the good little boys and girls -who write four or five pages of cram! With -what satisfaction one surveys the work of the -stripling whose indifference or ignorance has -curtailed the product of his mental training -within the more reasonable limits of a few -lines, to be marked after a single synoptic -glance! However, with the aid of several -hirelings, whose unskilled labour sufficed to -execute the merely clerical portion of my -task, I contrived to break the back of this -obstacle to my happiness. The penultimate -batch was finished at the Charing Cross -Hotel, the final lot completed just before our -train steamed into Folkestone.</p> - -<p>I shook off the dust of these papers from -my garments, and stepped upon the steamer's -deck a free agent. Away with lectures and -pupils and essays, the solemnity of the Senior -Common Room, and the good-humoured -toleration of the smart undergraduate! Farewell -for many a week to dear Oxford—with<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a></span> -its scouts and "bedders"—porters and -proctors—bursars and battels! Just as I was -leaving the walls of the college a copy -reached me from a continental professor of his -<i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Acta Apostolorum Apocrypha</i>, to which I had -furnished a slight contribution some months -ago. "Pray accept this trifle," I said to a -sorrowful friend, "for your own edification -during the 'Long'; I am now going to -another region rich in apocryphal acts, to wit, -those of the war correspondent."</p> - -<p>There is no need to dwell upon the trite -journey to Alexandria. Such a subject may -well be left to the pen of the tourist, who, -under the capable management of Dr. Lunn, -enjoys at the same time economic and -religious satisfaction, and travels at reduced -fares to further the reunion of Christendom. -The Messageries steamer which conveyed us -from Marseilles carried, as is generally the -case, scarcely any passengers, except a conglomerate -mass of human beings at the -foc'sle, and very little freight. Nevertheless, -thanks to the enormous subsidy furnished by -the French Government, these half-empty -steamers invariably afford good accommoda<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a></span>tion -and excellent food. On board our boat -were Major Mitford and Lieutenant Winston -Churchill. The latter gentleman was going -out to be attached to the 21st Lancers, and -in the intervals of campaigning conversation -and graphic accounts of his recent experiences -on the Indian frontier, he supplied us with -luminous information as to the principles -and practice of Tory Democracy. Another -fellow-passenger with whom I was privileged -to enjoy a good deal of pleasant conversation -was an Egyptian Bey of high official rank. -As we neared Alexandria, he told me a great -many interesting facts about the bombardment -of 1882. He was present during the -engagement, and ridiculed the ground which -was alleged at the time for the action of our -ironclads. Sir Beauchamp Seymour had been -ordered from home to "prevent the construction -of fresh fortifications at all costs," and -when a number of Arabi's levies were seen to -be shovelling some spadefuls of sand upon -the wretched mounds which stretched towards -Ras-el-tin, the concentrated fire of our warships -opened upon the whole line of so-called -"fortifications." The Egyptian artillerymen<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span> -did their best, although some of their heaviest -guns were not fired from ignorance of their -mechanism; nor was the assistance rendered -them by a host of men, women, and even -children, of much practical utility. My friend -told me he saw one of these amateur gunners -endeavouring to load a breech-loading Krupp -by shoving a shell wrong way about down the -mouth of the gun! The shell, of course, -stuck fast, and its base projected from the -muzzle.</p> - -<p>We reached Alexandria by August 2nd, on -which day was fought, exactly one hundred -years before, the Battle of the Nile. The -words which were used to describe this -achievement, "It was not a victory, it was a -conquest," might, exactly one month afterwards, -have been well used of another British -triumph before the walls of Omdurman! But -whereas the Mahdist enemy has vanished -never to reappear, our ancient adversaries, the -French, are still in Egypt with all their traditional -eagerness to thwart and injure us—an -eagerness which seems to be increased, if -possible, by their realisation of the fact that -their power in Egypt is gradually waning. I<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span> -learnt from an authority of the highest standing -that in a list of official appointments made from -day to day there is a marked decrease in the -number of French names, and of course a corresponding -increase in English ones. It is -certain, too, that the vast majority of educated -Egyptians are coming to realise clearly the -injury which is inflicted on their country by the -obstinacy and perversity of the French, whose -policy is one of sheer obstruction to any -measure of progress suggested by the British -advisers of the Khedive, however reasonable -its conditions and beneficial its results. The -present scheme of new irrigation works at -Philae, which will bring thousands of fresh -acres under cultivation and increase the -revenue enormously, has, needless to say, -received the most violent opposition from the -French. How long are we going to tolerate -this absurd political farce? When will a -British Government have the courage to -inform the world that we officially recognise -what is already a <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">fait accompli</i>, and intend to -remain in sole and permanent possession of a -country for which we have done so much?</p> - -<p>Several amusing stories are told in Cairo of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span> -the animosities which often exist between -Englishmen and Frenchmen as individuals. -Some time ago, a naval lieutenant in uniform -entered the Bar Splendid, near the Esbekiyeh -Gardens, and called for some refreshment. -Three Frenchmen entered simultaneously, and -as the lieutenant raised the glass to his lips -his arm was jogged so roughly that half the -liquor was spilt. He turned to the three -Frenchmen, but as they did not look at him -he concluded that the occurrence was a mere -accident due to his neighbours' clumsiness, but -unnoticed by them. He therefore raised his -half-filled glass once more, and this time -actually saw one of the Frenchmen deliberately -jog his arm. Justly furious at this uncalled for -insult, the Englishman, who was an excellent -"bruiser," laid about him with such vigour -and dexterity that in a twinkling two of his -assailants were sprawling on the sanded floor -of the restaurant. He turned to the third. -"No, you're too small," said he, and forthwith -seizing the diminutive Gaul by the back -of his collar, he slid him under one of the -tables, and, leaving the trio in their undignified -positions, he walked quietly out of the café<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span> -and reported the occurrence to his superior -officer. Next day, three Frenchmen, whose -features were somewhat discoloured and bedraggled, -rang the bell at the lieutenant's -quarters with a view to "demand satisfaction." -But on the doorstep stood the lieutenant's -servant, a huge bluejacket, who informed the -visitors that a British officer could not cross -swords with persons of their inferior social -standing. As the Frenchmen were persistent -and noisy, the sailor exclaimed, "Well, it was -my master's day yesterday, but, strike me blue, -it's mine to-day!" and with that he cleared -for action by rolling up his sleeves. The -sight, however, of his brawny arms, coupled -with a vivid recollection of <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">le box</i> as practised -by the British, appeared to impress the -three would-be duellists, and they speedily -withdrew.</p> - -<p>We stayed for several days at Shepheard's, -where the semi-comatose servants gradually -awoke from the lethargy which overtakes them -out of the season, and did their best to make -us comfortable. The general torpor which -seizes upon Cairo during the hot summer -months was broken during our stay by the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span> -incessant despatch of troops to the front. -Every afternoon detachments of infantry and -cavalry marched briskly through the streets -towards the station with drums and fifes, and -"Auld Lang Syne" was played as the train -steamed away. It was curious to notice how -infinitesimal was the interest which seemed to -be aroused in the passers-by. The Egyptian -natives scarcely took the trouble to glance at -the columns as they marched past in full war -kit and brown kharki uniforms. A little knot -of Europeans, whose smallness served to -emphasise the emptiness of the hotel, would -step out upon the verandah—where, by the -way, the temperature was nearly 100° in the -shade—and follow with their eyes the passing -battalions; but otherwise no interest whatever -seemed to be aroused by their departure. -The fact is, that it never occurs to Egyptians -of the lower classes that they have any share -or lot in what is perpetrated by the powers -that be. They are, as Aristotle expressed it, -"slaves by nature," and centuries may roll by -before any other political sentiment is instilled -into this most conservative of nations than -that of fear and acquiescence. At the same<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span> -time, this lack of interest is certainly not -prevalent to the same extent amongst the -educated and enlightened sections of Egyptian -society. Whatever may be the divergency -of opinion <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">à propos</i> of various questions of -internal reform, or larger problems as to the -ultimate government of the country—whatever -be the diverse opinions on topics such as -these amongst the educated natives—there is -a practically unanimous approval of two enterprises -now in hand—the new <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Barrage</i> of the -Nile, and the recovery of the Sudan.</p> - -<p>The social life of the upper classes in Egypt -is gradually yielding to European influences. -Much has been accomplished in this direction -during the space of a single generation. -Egyptian gentlemen, whose fathers wore the -turban and loose native dress, now get their -tweed suits and patent leather boots from -English firms. The position of women too is -steadily improving as education advances, and -home life, to the dismay of the "Old Egyptian" -party, is being slowly but steadily revolutionised -in the direction of greater freedom -and independence for the ladies. Some time -ago I received a most kind invitation from an<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span> -Egyptian Pasha to dine with him. I dressed -and drove off to his house, thinking, of course, -that I should merely share a <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">tête-à-tête</i> meal -with His Excellency. What was my surprise -to meet in a kind of drawing-room the Pasha's -wife and three charming daughters, who all -spoke English, French, German, and Arabic -with fluency! An excellent dinner was served, -towards the end of which a strange compound -made its appearance in a large tureen. I was -on the point of declining this delicacy, when it -flashed upon me that the mess of pottage must -be meant for plum-pudding, and had been -prepared expressly in my honour. It was even -so. As I ladled some of the pudding into a -soup plate I expressed my keen satisfaction at -the appearance of this British dish; and I -think that my enthusiastic remarks led the -family to believe that the staple article of diet -in English households was plum-pudding, -served at all meals all the year round. After -dinner we returned to the drawing-room, where -the Misses Pasha played admirably a variety -of selections from Grieg and Brahms, and -finally, "God Save the Queen," at the close of -a very pleasant evening, which gave me a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span> -vivid impression of the advancement which is -being gradually effected in the home life of the -more enlightened Egyptians, though, of course, -the liberty enjoyed by my kind hostess and her -accomplished daughters is as yet the exception -rather than the rule.</p> - -<p>Our few days in Cairo were fully taken up -with preparations for the campaign. One consequence -of the inrush of officers and correspondents -was a dearth of horses. The neighbourhood -had been ransacked for animals, and -if the demand continued it seemed as though -Ammianus' prediction, slightly altered, would -become true of Cairo, "<i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Creditur jam equos -defuturos esse</i>." The price of riding horses -advanced by leaps and bounds, and as the -Government had been offering from £20 to -£25 for them, I thought myself lucky when I -learnt from my friend, Mr. A. V. Houghton, -that he had kindly secured me a passable steed -for £17, 10s. Beasts outworn, with irregular -gait and hair in scanty tufts, were being purchased -by despairing voyagers in default of -better horseflesh.</p> - -<p>Then came the choice of servants, and many -of the individuals who offered themselves were<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span> -quaint enough. Before the final selection, -batches were paraded before me from time -to time, some of whom were alleged to be -bilingual, nay, even trilingual; but in most -cases a little <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">viva voce</i> examination revealed -the fact that their English consisted of little -else than half a dozen "swear words"; others -again were persons with a "past," and so -unsuitable for the future. In Egypt one can -rarely put any trust in written "characters," -for such documents, either forged or secured -from former servants, can be purchased in -the bazaars at so much a dozen, the price, of -course, varying according to the social status -of the master whose signature they are alleged -to bear. All that a disreputable Arab in search -of employment has to do is to ask the shopman -for a testimonial to the zeal and honesty of -"Ali" or "Mahmoud," according as his name -is one or the other. After one's choice had -fallen upon a comparatively blameless Ethiopian -from Dongola as cook, and a Cairene -Egyptian as <em>säis</em>, the rejected candidates were -dispersed by the jubilant pair amid a babel -of imprecations heaped upon each others' -relatives dead and alive. Finally, the grateful<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span> -cook came to me in the evening, and amid the -laughter of my friends, solemnly presented me -with a worked cholera belt, which, he declared, -his swarthy daughter had expressly knitted -for my comfort in the Sudan. With many -blushes I accepted this useful present.</p> - -<p>Our stores were purchased from Messrs. -Walker of Cairo, a veritable firm of Egyptian -Whiteleys, from whom one can buy anything, -from condensed milk to a trotting camel. It -is on occasions like this that a bachelor, unaccustomed -to anything like a quantitative -analysis of the food he consumes from day -to day, deplores the absence of feminine assistance. -He knows <em>what</em> he wants but not <em>how -much</em> of it. Acting under the prejudiced -advice of a chocolate-coloured shopman, we -laid in large quantities of things comparatively -useless, and neglected the weightier matters. -For example, our rice gave out after three -weeks, while we had enough pepper to last -us a lifetime.</p> - -<p>We were altogether very busy in Cairo, -and had little time for any side issues. -This was a pity, as my companion wished -to visit the pyramids, the mosques, and so<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span> -on, while I personally wanted to see something -of the magical practices which still -prevail to a considerable extent in Cairo.</p> - -<p>Egyptian magic was, of course, famous in -antiquity. The author of Exodus speaks of -it, and, at a later date, Celsus, the able -opponent of Christianity, declared, strangely -enough, that Christ worked all His miracles -by means of magic which He had learnt in -Egypt! I have heard on excellent authority -that necromancy is still practised in Cairo, -and if our departure could have been delayed -I should have done my best, with the aid of -some Egyptian friends, to be present at one -of these <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">séances</i> for the evocation of the -dead. Another species of magic consists of -gazing into ink in order to see pictures -prophetic of the future. This practice is, -after all, simply a form of the katoptromancy -or crystal-gazing which was used for divination -in the remotest antiquity, and still -yields results full of psychological, if no -longer of supernatural, interest. Scripture -appears to contain several references to the -curious phenomena which frequently exist in -connection with crystal-gazing. The Hebrew<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span> -divination by Urim and Thummim, and by -cups, of which we read, was almost certainly -based on this ancient practice; and -at a still later period St. Paul compares our -imperfect conceptions of what lies beyond -things temporal to the perplexing images -which can be "seen through a mirror in a -riddle" (<span title="di' esoptrou en ainigmati"><span lang="grc" xml:lang="grc">δι' ἐσόπτρου ἐν αἰνίγματι</span></span>). -Mr. Lane's delightful book, <cite>The Modern Egyptians</cite>, contains -an account of the ink-gazing which is -still carried on by young boys.</p> - -<p>I should like to add to these remarks on -Egyptian magic a most curious account which -I had first-hand from an official who was high -in the favour of the late Khedive, Tewfik -Pacha. During the critical weeks which -immediately preceded the bombardment of -Alexandria, my informant was suddenly summoned -to an immediate audience with His -Highness. Several matters of vital importance -were discussed between the Khedive -and his Minister, and the latter went home -pledged to the utmost secrecy with respect -to what he had learnt. Soon after entering -his house, his wife mentioned to him that -during the course of the afternoon she had<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span> -heard from another lady of a wonderful -medium, whom she had asked to call that -evening. After a short time the medium in -question, an extremely old woman of the -very poorest class, arrived, and the Minister -laughingly promised his wife to test the -genuineness of the visitor's gifts. When -admitted to his presence the old creature -almost immediately fell down in a kind of -fit, and to his amazement he heard proceeding -from her lips in strange tones, quite -unlike her normal voice, the very words -spoken to himself two hours before by the -Khedive under pledge of the most stringent -secrecy!</p> - -<p>Shortly before leaving Cairo my cook Ali -appeared before me with a huge two-handed -Dervish sword, which he had purchased out -of his own money for twenty piastres. The -creature had already the day before begged me -to buy him a rifle for defensive purposes, as I -was quite unable to eradicate from his mind -the belief that his kitchen utensils and himself -might at any moment during the next six -weeks be exposed to an attack from a frenzied -rush of Dervishes. I could not see my way to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span> -gratify his wishes in this respect. To have -a cook bending over the fire with a belt full of -cartridges, or walking round one's tent with a -loaded rifle—these were indeed added terrors -to the perils of a Sudan campaign. He was, -however, permitted to wear the gigantic sword, -as I thought it might come in handy for -cutting wood or opening tins of meat.</p> - -<p>We were not sorry to get out of Cairo. The -moist heat which prevailed in the town clogged -all the pores of the skin and was extremely -trying. Just before we left, a detachment of -the Grenadier Guards entrained for the front. -These fine fellows were marched from Abbasseeyeh -to the station—no great distance—in -the hottest part of the day, between twelve -o'clock and two. When they reached the -station the perspiration was streaming from -their faces, and they were kept at "attention" -to prevent them from drinking water in this -condition. But the heat had already begun to -tell in several cases; three men fell prostrate, -and quite a number were attacked by violent -sickness. The drainage, too, of the city was in -a deplorable condition. The old native system -had been recently abolished, and during the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span> -period of transition sanitation was in a state -of chaos. Which things are an allegory! In -consequence probably of the escape of sewage -into water-pipes, enteric fever and diphtheria -were far from infrequent, and quite recently -two young officers of the 21st Lancers had -succumbed to these fatal diseases.</p> - -<p>When we arrived at the railway station in -the evening <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">en route</i> for the South, we found -our servants already there. But how transformed! -Ali and the <em>säis</em> had exchanged their -native cotton garments for <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'bran new suits'">brand new suits</ins> of -yellow kharki, purchased at my expense. -From some association of ideas in connection -with the forthcoming campaign, they were "got -up" in a pseudo-military fashion, with brass -buttons and shoulder straps. As Ali the cook -stood before us in his ill-fitting garments, with -an enormous crusading sword in one hand and -a kitchen colander and soup ladle in the other,—a -kind of walking allegory of Peace and War,—we -laughed so much that we could scarcely -ask for our tickets. At the last moment a native -rushed into the station closely pursued by his -wife. The man was evidently bent on securing -a seat in the train, but his better half<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span> -disapproved of this, and as he was getting into -the carriage she suddenly struck a violent blow -at his hand luggage. It was a most effective -stroke. The bundle he carried exploded like -a shell, and its contents lay scattered in hopeless -confusion over the platform. Long before -the baffled husband could collect the <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">disjecta -membra</i> of his travelling kit, the train steamed -off into the darkness, and he was left to settle -matters with his triumphant wife.</p> - -<p>We rapidly left Cairo behind us, and with it the -joys and comforts of civilisation. It was a positive -relief to feel that we had now commenced -in real earnest to travel the twelve hundred -miles which separated us from our final goal far -away in the Sudan. Still, at the time of our -departure from Cairo, no certainty was felt that -there would be any fighting at all. Rumours -were persistently current that the Khalifa and -his forces had retreated from Omdurman. It -would, as somebody said, be simply a case of -<i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">cherchez la femme</i>. If the women and children -became panic-stricken and retired, it was -certain that the Dervishes would lose heart -and make a poor show of resistance. Take, -for instance, the case of Berber. Here a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span> -vigorous defence might reasonably have been -expected, but it was afterwards found that an -exodus of the women brought about the total -evacuation of the town, which our advancing -forces thus occupied without any fighting -whatever. Still it was too early to speculate -on the amount of opposition our troops were -likely to encounter. Whether there would be -one or more sharp struggles before we found -ourselves face to face with the ramparts of -Omdurman; whether even then those ramparts -would be held by Dervishes driven to bay and -fighting with their old desperate courage, or we -should bivouac in a deserted city—all these -things, we felt, lay verily on the knees of the -gods!</p> - -<p>Our first taste of discomfort was provided -by the night journey to Luxor. Soon after -leaving Cairo the motion of the train raises an -almost continuous cloud of dust, which penetrates -into the carriages, scheme one never so -wisely. One may put the glass windows up or -merely raise the wooden venetians according -as one prefers the alternative of being almost -asphyxiated by too little air or stifled by too -much dust. Even with the windows up the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span> -dust insinuates itself into the compartment -somehow; and if one can sleep through the -night one finds next morning a thick layer -of dust over everything, and reflects with -astonishment and dismay on the condition of -one's lungs and internal economy in general. -The train was not a "troop train" in the special -sense, but it contained a good many officers. -It is worth noticing, by the way, that Egyptian -officers, even of high military rank, travel -second class with British sergeant-majors and -warrant officers. As no horse boxes would be -available for the conveyance of our animals -for two days, we were compelled to stay a -couple of nights at the Luxor Hotel. The -dreariness of this hotel out of the season was -still more marked than at Shepheard's. -Outside, all blistered by the heat, hung the -quaint notice, as a warning to that species -of knicker-bockered tourist who shoots gulls -from the Clacton cliffs, "<i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Il est défendu de -chasser dans le jardin</i>." The servants shuffled -listlessly about, the long corridors were -covered with dust, and forlorn notices about -church services which were no longer served, -and trained nurses who had vanished, were<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span> -almost the only outward and visible signs of -the past season, with its crowded <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">table d'hôte</i>, -the vulgar chatter of American globe-trotters, -and the irritating atmosphere of valetudinarianism.</p> - -<p>At the hotel we met two hard-worked transport -officers, Captain Hall and Lieutenant -Delavoy, busied night and day with the -incessant despatch of stores and ammunition -to the front. People are often apt to forget -to what an extent the success of a campaign -is due to the honest work of the Army Service -Corps and transport officials. Upon these -departmental troops fell the onerous labour -of forwarding for many weeks all the stores -required for the feeding of some twenty-three -thousand men and several thousand animals.</p> - -<p>Our recent campaigns in the Sudan have -been unique in military history from the fact -that the army's line of communication with -its base was ultimately over twelve hundred -miles in length. Every ounce of food, with -the exception of a little fresh meat occasionally -obtained along the line of march, had to be -conveyed from Cairo by river, rail, or camel. -The best thanks of the public are due to the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span> -indefatigable labours of the transport officers -and men, many of whom were not brought -by their work within the area which will be -covered by the forthcoming medal.</p> - -<p>As we sat at dinner in the cool of the -evening under the palms and tamarisks, somebody -chanced to look under the table and -saw a number of large yellowish tarantulas -waltzing about our feet. A panic ensued, and -the meeting rose as one man and got upon -chairs, until these repulsive insects were driven -away by the waiters. The incident forcibly -recalled the famous congress of ladies which -was convened to demonstrate the Superiority -of Woman over Man, and was broken up by -a small box of mice opened by a son of Belial -in the audience. These horrid spiders, whose -bite is very painful, and, in the case of young -children, occasionally fatal, seemed to be -ubiquitous at Luxor; nor did they even respect -the sanctity of our bedrooms. Medical psychologists -tell of a case in which a gentleman -suffering from hallucinations declared that he -saw "pink pachyderms" in his bath, but was -unable to secure a specimen owing to the -rapidity of the creature's movements. But I<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span> -had much rather see a pink pachyderm—which -may after all be merely subjective—inside my -tub than a brace of tortoiseshell tarantulas, -whose objectivity is undoubted, racing round -and round the bath and cutting off one's retreat.</p> - -<p>We took the opportunity afforded us by our -enforced wait at Luxor to visit the temples. -No tickets were demanded, no touts clamoured -at one's heels and interfered with one's reflections. -We rode to Karnak in the moonlight, -and after dismounting we were suddenly -mobbed by scores of dogs, who came rushing -upon us from the Bedawin houses near the -ruins. The animals became so menacing and -approached so close that I was compelled to -use my revolver. The pariah doggie in Egypt -does not seem to be quite like his Constantinople -cousin, who is probably descended -partly from the jackals who accompanied the -Turkish armies from their Asiatic settlements. -The puppies of these pariah dogs are, by the -way, the dearest little creatures in the world, -with rough woolly coats like tiny bears.</p> - -<p>There is absolutely nothing in the world to -compare with the temple of Karnak in point -of magnificence and grandeur. When one<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span> -gazes on the colossal pillars, the huge pylons, -and the rows and rows of sculptured sphinxes, -it would be alike difficult and painful to believe -that all this mighty effort, this outcome of the -blood and sweat of thousands, could after all -be based on a mere delusion and groundless -enthusiasm. On the contrary, one may wonder -whether the full force of the religious motive -which raised these giant structures has not -been to some extent lost in later ages. At -anyrate, it seems certain that in the West -our religious consciousness has never been -marked by that intense appreciation of God's -omnipotence which underlay the creation of -such stupendous monuments. On the contrary, -there seems to be a tendency in modern -Christianity to anthropomorphise the Deity -into the official Head of a scheme of charity -organisation, to which the belief in a future -life, so powerful a factor in the ancient religion -of Egypt, is attached as a subsequent phase -of subsidiary importance. As the race grows -less and less disposed to endure physical -pain and discomfort, we clamour more and -more for tangible and material blessings, and -refuse to be comforted by any contemplation of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span> -the problematic joys of another world. There -is something to be said for this point of view, -and much evil has undoubtedly been done by -the reckless bestowal on suffering humanity -of "cheques to be cashed on the other side -of Jordan." Still, if this process continues, it -is difficult to realise how, in the conduct of -future generations, any place can be found for -a religious and supernatural, as distinct from a -merely ethical, obligation.</p> - -<p>The railway journey from Luxor to Shellal, -a village on the river bank just above the -first cataract, where the railway terminates, -ought to have taken about eight hours, but -it took over sixteen. All the trains have -third-class carriages or rather trucks, and an -excellent object lesson in Oriental procrastination -was afforded at the moment when the -train started. All night long crowds of natives -had been sleeping on the ground just outside -the station with all their curious goods and -chattels—beds and bundles and babies—around -them. Scarcely one of them made the slightest -effort to get on board the train until the whistle -went, and then a terrific scramble took place. -"Gyppies" of all sizes, sexes, and ages rushed<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span> -wildly down the line, trying to hurl their -baggage into the carriages and then climb up -after it. This went on for some three hundred -yards, and despite the increasing speed of the -train most of these procrastinating creatures -contrived to find some sort of place on it. If -they failed, they simply went to sleep again till -the day following, when they tried again.</p> - -<p>The traffic on this line was enormous, and -the rolling stock available could scarcely bear -the unusual strain put upon it. We were repeatedly -stopped on the way by a variety of -accidents. First of all a carriage got off the -rails; then an axle became red hot from lack of -grease, and set fire to the woodwork; and -finally a train in front of us left the metals, -and a long interval elapsed while two lengths -of rail were taken up and straightened. The -line has, from motives of false economy, been -laid in a miserably inefficient manner, and an -official casually informed me that trains ran off -the rails about three times a week. One of -the most difficult things to deal with was the -transport of horses and mules. Sometimes -one saw a loose box filled with sixteen mules -all kicking together, and on the steamers<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span> -accidents continually happened amongst the -crowded horses.</p> - -<p>As we ran past Assouan down to the water's -edge at Shellal, the graceful temple of Philae -in midstream was flooded with an orange -glow from the setting sun. Along the bank a -forest of slender masts and lateen sails stood -out against the sky. Across the river the -strange rocks, bared of all earth and vegetation -and polished smooth by the flying sand, have -assumed the oddest shapes, and look for all the -world like the primeval work of some Titanic -infant at play.</p> - -<p>The sight of a luggage van at a terminus -was enough to drive any inexperienced voyager -to utter despair. When we arrived at Shellal -the moon had not yet risen, and the feeble -light of a few lanterns was all we had wherewith -to disentangle our separate lots of luggage -and stores from the general <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">mélange</i>. The -chaos of luggage was fearful. Under the -weight of two of our store cases an officer's -sword had been bent almost into the prophetic -pruning hook, and a band-box belonging to our -one lady passenger had, with all that it contained, -been squashed absolutely flat. Everybody<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span> -had to see after his own possessions or -he was lost. Later on, as the boat steamed -off from Shellal, an officer who had entrusted -the embarkation of his horse to his <em>säis</em> was -horrified to see the man calmly sitting on the -bank smoking a cigarette with the horse beside -him.</p> - -<p>During our stay at Shellal we slept in the -garden of a shabby one-storeyed house, dignified -with the title of the "Spiro Hotel." This was -run by one of those ubiquitous Greeks who -invariably turn up in the East where there is -any chance of making money. All along the -line of advance to Omdurman we were accompanied -by Greeks, who trafficked in bread, fresh -meat, and the like. Like the Irishman and the -Jew, the Greek seems to flourish the more the -further he is removed from his native country.</p> - -<p>By this time our horses had caused us such -signal inconvenience, and it was becoming so -difficult amid the congested traffic to find room -for them, that Cross and I determined to do -without our mounts. Accordingly, we sold one -to an officer at a slight profit, and sent the -other back to Cairo. If British officers could -march on foot to Khartum from the point<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span> -where rail and river failed us, why shouldn't -we? If one is taking part in a campaign where -there is a probability of a reverse, a sound horse -may be useful; but one felt on the present -occasion that, if any running away was to be -done, it would not fall to our lot.</p> - -<p>At Shellal a brother of Ali's, called Mahmoud, -suddenly turned up from some quarter or other, -and we annexed him at a moderate rate of pay. -His was the most unskilled labour I have ever -witnessed. He generally drove the tent pegs -into the ground sloping inwards, and with the -notches inside instead of out! When he loaded -a camel, he would place a Gladstone bag on one -side and a heavy box of stores on the other, -and then looked quite surprised when the camel -rose and the whole structure fell with a crash to -the ground. At times like these his imbecile -features would be illumined with a fearful smile, -and if we rebuked his folly and menaced him -with punishment, his grin became broader and -broader. When on one occasion I smote him -with a thorn stick, his mirth became so -uproarious that we abandoned all hope of his -reformation, and merely gave Ali orders that in -future his brother's activities were to be strictly<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span> -confined to the hewing of wood and drawing of -water.</p> - -<p>A large base hospital, with two hundred beds, -had been established at Assouan, and throughout -the line of advance strenuous efforts were -being made to cope with any demands upon the -medical service. It is generally admitted that -at the Atbara fight the medical arrangements -were not as complete as they might have been, -and considerable confusion is said to have been -produced by the inadequacy of the accommodation -for the wounded. This time, however, -Surgeon-General Taylor had arrived on the -scene, and throughout the campaign there was -no cause for complaint. In addition to base -hospitals at Assouan, Atbara, Rojan Island, -and elsewhere, each brigade had no less than -five field hospitals attached to it. The National -Aid Society proffered its assistance, undertaking -to send its own transport; but the Sirdar -refused the offer, with the idea probably that an -army in the field ought to supply its own -medical requirements. Some of the officials of -the Society were, I heard, incensed at this -refusal; for they alleged, with some reason, -that during a campaign nobody "goes sick"<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span> -unless he is practically too ill to move about, -and that the voluntary assistance rendered by -the Society may be of the greatest service to a -large number of devoted men who, despite their -sufferings, are too keen and patriotic to enrol -themselves on the sick-list—the only means of -securing treatment from the Army Medical -Corps. Just before we embarked, a batch of -invalided men passed northwards on their way -to Cyprus, where the climate is comparatively -cool in August. Sunstroke was beginning to -claim its victims; a sergeant and a private of -the Northumberland Fusiliers had already -succumbed to the heat, which, amid the rocks -of Philæ, was driving the quicksilver up to 110° -in the shade. The Nile was still rising perceptibly -day by day, and in one spot I saw -hundreds of tons of Government stores—reserve -supplies for ten thousand men—which would -have to be moved, as the waters gave promise -of reaching an abnormal height this year. -Scores of natives found employment about the -landing-stage as porters, and were perpetually -fighting over the division of the luggage and -the <em>bakshish</em>. I noticed four of these men, -during a frantic struggle on the river bank,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span> -collapse into the water, where they still continued -their combat of words and blows, even -when occasionally submerged—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry" lang="la" xml:lang="la"> -<p class="verse">Quamquam sunt sub aqua sub aqua maledicere tentant.</p> -</div></div> - -<p>We journeyed towards Wady Halfa in the -old stern-wheeler <i>Ibis</i>, which was crowded -with officers of the Lancashire Fusiliers, and -as it towed a large barge on either side full -of the rank and file of the 2nd Battalion, -we made slow progress. There is but little -incident to chronicle on a Nile voyage, and -it is difficult to understand why, even in -winter, people select the Nile as the river -<i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">par excellence</i> for steamboat tours. The eye -falls continually upon bleak hills and dreary -sand plains on either bank, relieved only by -occasional patches of <em>dhurra</em> and date palms, -while the monotony which hangs like a pall over -everything Egyptian—landscape, architecture, -sculpture—becomes in time most oppressive -and wearisome. The fact is, that were it -not for the social pleasures one may, or may -not, derive from several weeks' sojourn on one -of Cook's steamers, nobody except a few souls -really interested in the antiquities of Upper -Egypt would undertake this voyage.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span></p> - -<p>The Tommy Atkinses were packed like -sardines on the barges, but seemed to be -in excellent spirits throughout the voyage. -They continually talked about the coming -battle, and were as keen as possible to get -a sight of the Dervishes. All this arose, of -course, from sheer love of adventure and -fighting, for the campaign could scarcely be -regarded as undertaken in defence of "our -hearth and home," and was only indirectly -waged for the sake of our country. As we -advanced up the river the soldiers grew more -musical day by day. Local lyrics from the -North alternated with Moody and Sankey -hymns, and occasionally some very fair -attempts at harmony helped to beguile the -tedium and discomfort of the voyage. In one -respect the result of the "territorial system" -in our British regiments is not altogether -good. Numerous little <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">coteries</i> exist amongst -the men enlisted from the same families and -districts, and the result is that the bonds of -discipline between non-commissioned officers -and privates tend to become relaxed. I -noticed, for instance, to my surprise, that -some of the sergeants were sitting down on the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span> -deck playing cards with the men—a species of -<i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">camaraderie</i> which is certainly not desirable.</p> - -<p>A few hours before we reached Assouan -the ruins of Kumombo had come in sight. -This town, the ancient Ombi, was once, if we -may trust an unknown imitator of Juvenal, the -scene of a strange and horrible fight between -the residents and some malevolent visitors -from Denderah, a hundred miles farther down -the river. The cause of the encounter has -quite a modern flavour about it—each town -imagined it had secured the sole and exclusive -means of Salvation—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry" lang="la" xml:lang="la"> -<p class="verse">Inde furor vulgo quod numina vicinorum</p> -<p class="verse">Odit uterque locus, cum solos credat habendos</p> -<p class="verse">Esse deos quos ipse colit.</p> -</div></div> - -<p class="noindent">The pious citizens of Ombi worshipped the -crocodile. At Tentyra this ugly beast -appeared on the dinner-table, and was -devoured with all the added relish which -would arise from cooking and eating the -deity of a hostile sect. The Tentyrites, in -fact, specialised in crocodiles. Plunging into -the river they climbed upon the saurians' -backs—so Pliny tells us,—and when the -crocodile opened his jaws they neatly placed<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span> -a cudgel across his back teeth, and so steered -their captive to the shore. After landing -they stood round in a circle and swore -roundly at the crocodile, and this scolding -so alarmed the timid monster that it "threw -up" all the bodies it had eaten, which thus -secured a respectable funeral.</p> - -<p>Our four days' journey by river from Wady -Halfa was only twice broken, once by an hour's -halt at Korosko to send off telegrams and take -on board some chickens and fresh limes. The -other halt was a sad one. A young private of -the Fusiliers, after a brief illness, died of -internal hæmorrhage, caused, possibly, by lifting -heavy luggage. There were, of course, no -hospital arrangements on board the crowded -barges, but his comrades placed the sick man -in as cool a spot as could be found, and tended -him as well as they could. But the case was -hopeless, and on 11th August the poor fellow -died. The steamer drew up beside the bank, -and a section of the dead man's company -speedily dug a grave in the dry sand. The -colonel read the burial service, and after a little -heap of stones had been piled above the grave, -soon to be obliterated by the drifting sand of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span> -the desert, we steamed on our way southwards. -Amid the excitement of battle and sudden -death, one looks with something akin to -indifference as men are struck down by shell-splinter -and bullet—it is all part of the day's -work, and all must take their chance. But -amid quieter surroundings the feelings have -freer play, and we all felt, I think, that there -was a peculiar element of sadness about this -young soldier's death. As the end approached -he lay half conscious in a corner of the deck, -unmindful of all that passed around him—the -swirl and rush of the torrent, and the ceaseless -chatter of his comrades.</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verse16">His eyes</p> -<p class="verse">Were with his heart, and that was far away—</p> -</div></div> - -<p class="noindent">away, perhaps, in the far-off Lancashire village -where his boyhood was spent and his friends -awaited his return.</p> - -<p>On 12th August universal dismay was caused -on board by the news that our supply of ice -had given out. The Arab <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">restaurateur</i> was -promptly kicked for his gross negligence, but -this did little good. The weather was stifling -hot, and unless we wished to drink lukewarm -soda water some means had to be devised.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span> -The best thing to do if one cannot secure ice -in the Sudan is to put one's bottles into a -canvas bucket, full of water. The sides are -slightly porous and the consequent evaporation -brings down the temperature of the contents. -Otherwise, merely placing the bottles in straw -cases, and then immersing them up to the neck -in water, serves to keep the drink fairly cool. -The <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">restaurateur</i>, who charged us no less than -eight shillings a day for food, really deserved -the kicking which he received, for ever since -the commencement of the voyage he had -consistently dropped one course a day from -the dinner, so that if the journey had been -prolonged much further, our dinner promised -to become a negative quantity.</p> - -<p>We were not sorry to leave the <i>Ibis</i> at -Wady Halfa, and the Tommies must have -been delighted to get, even for an hour or so, -an opportunity of stretching their limbs. The -train, consisting of a number of horse boxes -and open trucks, stood waiting for us, and -after a brief delay we steamed off for our -thirty-six hours' run across the open desert -to the Atbara. Cross, Major Stuart-Wortley, -and I found ourselves ensconced in a covered<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span> -cattle-truck, half full of baggage; but we got our -beds out, and speedily made ourselves as comfortable -as possible under the circumstances. -In the middle of the truck stood a big "zia," and -we managed to have this filled with decent water -before we left—a sensible precaution, as only -two wells exist along these three hundred and -fifty miles of desert railway; and when three -men have to cook and "wash up" and cool -their drinks, not to mention a succession of -personal ablutions, the possession of a big -"zia" full of good water is a great alleviation -of the cattle-truck's discomforts.</p> - -<p>In the old days of vacillation and weakness, -which ended in the surrender of the Sudan, -and thus spread untold miseries over thousands -and thousands of square miles, the selection of -Wady Halfa as the frontier of Egypt was -made in defiance of the best expert opinion on -the subject. But if the advice of, at anyrate, -one of the experts consulted by the Conservative -Government of the day had reached -England a little earlier, it seems very probable -that El Debbeh, the obvious and natural -frontier post under the circumstances of the -time, would have been chosen instead of a spot<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span> -two hundred and fifty miles farther north. -The advice in question was, I believe, given to -Lord Salisbury on a Monday; but as the fate -of the Government was already sealed, and it -was known that the Thursday following would -see the Ministry out of office, there was no time -to effect the proposed change, and Wady Halfa -was thus left as the temporary frontier town of -the Khedive's loyal provinces, and an enormous -tract of country, which would have been protected -by a garrison at El Debbeh, was left to -Dervish control and devastation.</p> - -<p>As we neared the end of our journey the -train again skirted the Nile, and whenever we -halted crowds of natives grouped themselves -along the line, either to sell eggs and dates or -simply to stare. The railway is still a source -of never-ending wonderment. The simple -unmechanical minds of these Arabs seem to -regard an engine as a being endowed with life -and will-power; and quite recently a village -sheikh near Berber protested to a railway -official against the cruelty of forcing a small -engine to draw a long line of heavily laden -trucks. All these people are really ex-Dervishes, -and I noticed a fair number of the genuine<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span> -"fuzzy-wuzzies" amongst them. One of their -sheikhs came up and informed us that when we -got to Omdurman the Khalifa would fight like -<em>Sheitan</em> (the devil). These natives appeared -to vastly enjoy the blessings of peace. How -vividly impressed they must have been by the -constant succession of trains passing across the -desert, laden with fighting men and countless -tons of stores, visible evidences of the power -and wealth of the conquering <em>Inglizi</em>!</p> - -<p>As we approached Abu Hamed, the scene of -the sharp, brief fight last year, we noticed some -object roll along the side of the line; and when -the train pulled up we learnt that a non-commissioned -officer had fallen off one of the -carriages. In a few minutes the missing -Fusilier picked us up, walking along quite -coolly without having sustained a scratch. On -a subsequent journey another poor fellow was -not so lucky, for he fell off in the same way, -and was instantly cut to pieces by the wheels.</p> - -<p>The sun was setting as we neared Berber, -and in the distance across the river the outlines -of "Slatin's Hill" stood sharply out against -the sky. This was the spot where the fugitive -took shelter at a critical moment when pursuit<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span> -seemed close upon his heels and capture -imminent. On our own side of the stream the -train ran slowly through the scattered suburbs -of Berber, and one realised how, as on every -occasion during the Khalifa's attempts to -oppose our advance, the Dervishes had -blundered, by selecting Abu Hamed for the -fight instead of Berber. At the latter place -there were fully five miles of detached mud-huts -extending inland from the river. Not a -particle of cover would have been available -for an attacking force, and the expulsion of -a resolute body of Dervishes from the shelter -of these mud walls would have cost us dear.</p> - -<p>When the train finally crawled into the vast -area covered by the Atbara camp, it was quite -dark, and, amid the confusion, Cross and I, -with two officers, thought it best to sleep as -we were on the ground beside the railway. -However, as bad luck would have it, a heavy -shower of rain descended upon our devoted -selves just as we had fallen off to sleep, and -the downpour was followed by a strong wind -from the river, which covered our quaternion -with a thick layer of sand and dust. A more -unpleasant night it would be difficult to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span> -imagine, as, beside the dust and wet, it was -extremely difficult to breathe amid the clouds -of sand. At last I could stand the discomfort -no longer, and, jumping up, I seized my bed -and bolted for an enclosure hard by. Here -my onset was suddenly barred by the bayonet -of a sentry, who brought his rifle down to the -"charge"; but a little explanation secured a -passage for myself and my half-soaked bed, -and I found an empty tent, to which my three -companions came running like rabbits.</p> - -<p>We enjoyed a few hours' sleep before dawn, -and then reported ourselves to Colonel Wingate -and General Rundle, the commandant. -We learnt from the former that the 21st -Lancers and some gunners had crossed the -river that day with the intention of making -their way by land to the proposed camp just -north of Shabluka. As these were the last -troops who would ascend the left bank of the -river, it was imperative that the two camels -which we had purchased for our stores should -proceed at once by the same route; and as -this route promised to be an interesting one, -Cross and I determined to accompany our -beasts of burden on foot in the absence of our<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span> -horses. Accordingly we secured an order for -the transport across the river of ourselves, our -servants, camels, and stores in the old paddle-boat -<i>El Tahra</i>. This ancient tub had a rather -peculiar history. She had fifteen years ago -formed one of the Government flotilla on the -upper Nile. When the evacuation of the -Sudan took place an Egyptian battery fired -half a dozen shells into her and sank her at -Rafia to prevent the Dervishes from making -use of her. The <i>El Tahra</i>, however, was -destined for something better than this inglorious -fate, and she was raised, patched up, -and throughout the recent campaign performed -much useful service. Amongst her -more notable achievements was the embarkation -of the officers and crew of the ill-fated -<i>Zaphir</i> after they were left stranded on the -bank without an ounce of baggage. The scars -inflicted by her former masters were quite -visible, as the big holes torn by the shells -had been neatly covered with iron plating.</p> - -<p>Orientals are wonderfully good at renovating -old vessels. A few years ago I crossed from -Galata to Scutari in a vessel which twenty years -ago had been condemned as unseaworthy by our<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span> -Board of Trade. She was then bought for a -mere song by a Turkish company, which began -to patch her up. In the middle of this process -the venerable craft broke her back and fell in -two; but the Orientals were not discouraged. -They set to work again and put the fragments -together, and the result of their zeal and -patience has now been steaming to and fro -between Europe and Asia amongst the choppy -waters of the Sea of Marmora for several -years.</p> - -<p>The prospect of speedily leaving the Atbara -camp behind us was a pleasant one. The -place was absolutely detestable; no one had a -good word for it. The air was full of flying -clouds of dust raised by an interminable succession -of blasts from the river. Often before -one could get a cup of coffee to one's lips it -was coated with a layer of dust. In order to -keep the eyes from being inflamed one was -driven to wear huge goggles or a gossamer -veil over the face.</p> - -<p>In addition to the moral training which is -alleged to result from all forms of worry and -vexation, our discomforts during the campaign -frequently possessed an exegetical value. One<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span> -realised more forcibly than hitherto the meaning -of some of the "Plagues of Egypt." Nile -boils are only too well known amongst the -hapless officials who dwell along the banks of -the river. Again, as the ancient narrative -speaks of the dust as the vehicle of malignant -forms of insect life, so now bacilli are spread -broadcast by this means. When we woke -up in the morning and shook an inch of dust -from our blankets, we were lucky not to find -in addition that our mouths and throats were -ulcerated; and men suffering from enteric -fever and other internal inflammations found -their recovery retarded, and often, I am -afraid, prevented, by the penetrating dust -which they were compelled to swallow and -breathe, however fast tents were tied up or -windows fastened.</p> - -<p>Another abomination was the plague of flies. -At meals one made a sweep to get rid of -these beasties and then a rush to convey the -food to one's lips; but even in this brief space -a couple of flies often found time to get their -beaks into the morsel and so perished miserably. -Tobacco was useless against these Sudanese -flies; they seemed to enjoy the fumes. The<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span> -only way to circumvent them was to sacrifice -a little jam on a bit of bread and put it aside -to attract the vermin. In a twinkling bread -and jam had become invisible. Nothing was -to be seen but a thick bunch of greedy flies -jostling each other like people at an "early -door."</p> - -<p>On 16th August, owing to a series of those -vexatious delays which are inseparable from -Eastern travel, we did not get our two camels -to the water's edge until nearly six o'clock, -and even then the perverse beasts absolutely -refused to get into the barge which was to -convey them to the other side. At length -we tied their legs together, and then dragged -and shoved them over the plank by main -force. How utterly one loathes a camel -sometimes! Its disposition is morose and -malignant even from its birth; it is full of -original sin, and any affection lavished upon -it is quite wasted. In a word, the camel is a -hopelessly depraved beast—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry" lang="la" xml:lang="la"> -<p class="verse">Monstrum nulla virtute redemptum.</p> -</div></div> - -<p>The other day I came across a magazine -article by a writer who claimed to know all -about camels, and he spoke sympathetically<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a></span> -of the "soft, purring sound" which issued -from the animal's lips. What an amazing -euphemism for the horrid guttural snorts with -which the peevish brute protests against any -attempt to control its movements or put a -load upon its back. There is no chivalry in -the camel's breast. It will bite a pound of -flesh out of you as you lie asleep, or if you -are riding will suddenly turn round as you -are admiring the scenery and nibble your -legs.</p> - -<p>At length the obstinate creatures were -ferried over the river, but before they were -loaded and ready to start it was already dark. -On the bank I met Howard for the first time -since his Balliol days, and he most kindly -offered to lend me his second horse if I cared -to ride after the Lancers; but as Cross had no -horse I decided to stay with him.</p> - -<p>As Cross, Howard, and myself stood there -in the brief twilight, how little we dreamt that -I alone of the trio should live to return from -the campaign! No thought of coming disaster -overshadowed us as we laughed and chatted -together. It is not always so. I have -personally known three cases in which brave<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a></span> -men, accustomed to the perils of battle, -suddenly experienced a vivid presentiment that -they would be struck down in the approaching -fight, and in each case a bullet found its mark -in their bodies.</p> - -<p>Howard rode off, and then Cross and I -set out to overtake the column already -encamped thirteen miles away. The general -lie of the ground I knew. If we followed the -telegraph lines we should reach the village of -Abu Selim, and thence a sharp turn to the -left would bring us to the Lancers' camp -beside the Nile. Starting as we did at seven, -we hoped to reach our goal by midnight, and -then a few hours' sleep would have intervened -before a fresh move forward at four next -morning. But the scheme fell through. None -of the servants knew the way in the dark; -there was no moon, and the starlight was not -strong enough to show the telegraph posts. -We struggled on in the uneven scrub, pushing -through mimosa thorns and falling over logs -of palm wood, while our servants struck -matches to look for the hoof-marks of the -cavalry. After two hours of this wearisome -work we had advanced less than three miles,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span> -and we saw that the enterprise was hopeless. -We sat down on a stump and reviewed the -situation. Neither of us had been overfed -that day. Cross had had some cocoa at dawn, -a cup of bovril at midday, and tea and bread -at four o'clock. My own diet had been the -same as his, minus the afternoon meal. I have -a great belief, personally, in the hygienic value -of temporary starvation, but as we sat there -in the dark, Cross paid scant attention to my -eulogies upon the utility of emptiness, and -very wisely voted for our immediate return to -the starting-place. I did not like to give up -our scheme, but there was not much in the -way of alternative, so after a noisy palaver -with our servants, reinforced by three -suspicious-looking Arabs, who emerged from -the bush, we finally sent one camel and two -servants along the bank, and after another -two hours' floundering through the scrub, -found ourselves again opposite the junction of -the Atbara and Nile. We felt that the stores -would probably pick up the column sooner or -later, but as for ourselves, it would be foolish -to be wandering about the west bank, nearer -the Dervish country, without military escort.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[54]</a></span> -Woe betide any stragglers who chanced to fall -into the hands of the Dervishes at present! -The best thing to do would be to empty five -chambers of one's revolver and keep the sixth -for one's self!</p> - -<p>One of the suspicious-looking Arabs walked -back with us and showed us a dear little hut -made of wattled branches, which would shelter -us for the night. Our guide turned out to be -a native who had suffered at the hands of the -cruel Mahmoud just before that scoundrel was -defeated and captured at the battle of the -Atbara in the spring. He bared his arm and -showed us a hideous wound, now healed over, -where a Dervish spear had cut through his -flesh from shoulder to elbow. The poor man -had lost his wife and child—slain, both of -them, by the savage Baggaras. This incident, -one among thousands of the same kind, may -give one some idea of the cruel sufferings -to which whole tribes were abandoned by our -cowardly evacuation of the Sudan. We had -put our hand to the plough, and then drew -back.</p> - -<p>We had a good square meal, washed down -by a bottle of claret, the solitary survivor of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[55]</a></span> -four. Its three companions had fallen from -the camel's back, and lay shattered on the -ground, with their life-juice ebbing fast. -That night I dreamt that I was shooting -rabbits amongst bracken in Essex, and -suddenly awoke, to find myself covered with a -quantity of vegetable matter. Everyone has -experienced the curious feeling of hopeless -bewilderment which occasionally comes over a -man when he wakes in the dark amid fresh -surroundings, and wonders where on earth and -what on earth he is; whether he is in this -world or the next. I found ultimately that -the camel had literally eaten us out of house -and home, for it had ambled up in the night -and devoured the wattled branches of our -hut to such an extent that the sides and roof -suddenly collapsed upon our sleeping forms.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span></p> - - <div class="chapter"></div> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_II" id="CHAPTER_II"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">CHAPTER II</a><br /> - -<span class="fs80">FROM THE ATBARA TO WAD HAMED</span></h2> - - -<p class="drop-capx">Early on the morning of the 17th our -old friend the <i>El Tahra</i> came in sight, -and we hailed her and crossed again to the -Atbara. Next day, with the rest of the correspondents -still remaining in the camp, we embarked -on board a native <em>ghyassa</em> which was -towed up the river by the gunboat <i>Tamai</i>. -We were thoroughly crowded and uncomfortable -on this miserable barge, and even when -we stepped on to the lower deck of the gunboat -the dirt and confusion was indescribable. -The first night I attempted in the dark to get -a little exercise in this way, but I fell over -a live goat into the middle of a dead sheep -newly slaughtered, and resolved to do without -any further exercise until I landed.</p> - -<p>The Arab servants were quite happy amid -these horrid surroundings, and according to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</a></span> -their wont would sit about in groups telling -stories till the small hours of the morning. -One of their tales, I learnt, concerned a -mummy which arose and talked to the Bedawin -who unearthed it. In view of certain evidence -which has lately been forthcoming, it is just -possible that some substratum of truth may -have underlaid this weird story. The evidence -to which I allude is contained in the following -account, which is alleged to be authentic.</p> - -<p>A short time ago an Englishman who was -travelling in Mexico happened to discover a -mummied body of which the extremities were -missing. He carried off his find to the home -of a Mexican friend whose guest he was, and -after dinner showed the mummy to the master -and mistress of the house. The case with -its contents was placed on the billiard table, -and the trio sat on a couch some distance -off, when suddenly a voice seemed to issue -from the box. The Englishman turned to his -host to compliment him on his supposed ventriloquism, -when he saw that both the Mexican -and his wife were deadly pale, and the lady -in a fainting condition. He rushed to the -case on the table and declares that as he<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a></span> -stooped over it he heard articulate speech -issue from the mummied form inside! The -voice, however, was only momentary, and after -a time his host informed him that already -before he entered the room the sound had -been heard by his wife and himself proceeding -from the box.</p> - -<p>This mummy is now, I hear, in England, -and one authority who has been consulted -suggests that the employment of the Röntgen -rays might perhaps reveal in the mummy's -interior some mechanical device employed by -the ancients to produce the semblance of the -human voice. That some contrivance of this -kind was known in antiquity seems almost -certain. Priestcraft sometimes caused the -statues of gods to talk, as, for example, the -famous statue of Memnon amongst the ruins -of Thebes. In the case before us some vibration -may have started this venerable clockwork -into renewed activity, just as nowadays -the pressure of infantile fingers causes the -mechanical doll to squeak and gibber, or cry -"Papa," "Mamma."</p> - -<p>At length Colonel Wingate took pity on -our abject position in the <em>ghyassa</em>, and we were<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a></span> -permitted to leave the society of "Gyppy" -officers and native servants, and have our -meals on the upper deck.</p> - -<p>The gunboat conveyed the Staff of the -Intelligence Department, including Slatin -Pasha. The long years of hardship endured -at Omdurman have left few traces on Slatin; -he is always in excellent spirits, and a most -kind and unselfish travelling companion. He -told me that he was utterly weary of the -Sudan, and would, like many others, be -heartily glad to see the last of campaigning in -these torrid regions. He told me, too, many -interesting things about Omdurman and the -prisoners still in the Dervishes' power; and how -the Austrian mission-sister had been compelled -to marry a Greek by the Khalifa on the quaint -ground that it was indecorous for an unmarried -lady to reside at Omdurman without adequate -protection.</p> - -<p>The Nile becomes much more interesting -above the Atbara, and the banks in places are -clothed with dense vegetation. We stopped -several times to take in wood for the engine, -and at one of our halting-places, Zeibad, -during a ramble on shore, I found the bushes<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a></span> -full of little doves (<i lang="la" xml:lang="la">turtur Senegalensis</i>), and a -flock of wild geese got up, offering a fine -shot had one carried a gun. A few hundred -yards away I noticed a line of huge Marabout -storks. The plumage of these birds is very -striking, and I have heard it suggested that -when on one occasion during the Atbara -campaign a correspondent rode back to camp -in hot haste with the report that he had been -chased by Dervishes, he had really fallen in -with a line of Marabout storks, and mistaken -their mottled plumage for Arab "gibbehs." -Farther along the bank we skirted a huge -marsh—a perfect paradise for a sportsman: -teal, duck, and snipe rose in vast coveys; on -a tall bush a large fishing eagle was perched, -which paid scant attention to the steamer; -while at the foot two small crocodiles or very -large water-lizards lay basking in the sunshine. -On every side a multitude of cranes, secretary -birds, and the sacred ibis stalked solemnly -about in dignified silence. The whole formed -a charming picture of animal life undisturbed -by the presence of man—every creature -working out its own perfection in "delight -and liberty."</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[61]</a></span></p> - -<p>The voyage was full of interest. By day we -wrote up our diaries, took photographs of -interesting bits of river scenery, or occasionally -got a shot at a wild duck or goose, which -formed a welcome addition to our larder. -About half-way to Shabluka we sighted the -curious pyramids of Meroe, thirteen or fourteen -in number. These seem to be often -irregular in shape, and are not nearly so large -as the pyramids of Ghizeh or Sakhara. They -stand all solitary in a waste of sand and rock, -strange enigmatic relics of a vanished race. -The region of Meroe once formed a kingdom -in itself, which succeeded the Ethiopian kingdom -of Napata, lower down the river. The -dynasties of the Meroitic kings attained considerable -power, and were able to retain their -independence when the rest of Egypt became -subject to foreign control. Meroe was -formerly a flourishing centre for caravan and -river-borne trade, but this seems to have -disappeared by the Christian era, for in Nero's -time it is described as a desolate wilderness, -and this fact seems to render untenable the -belief that the Queen Candace mentioned in the -Acts was the sovereign of Meroe. From the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[62]</a></span> -time of Justinian to the 14th century Meroe -was absorbed in the kingdom of Dongola, -whose inhabitants professed the Jacobite form -of Christianity. Quite recently I heard that -an altar had been found somewhere in the -Meroe region with an inscription to Isa -(Jesus), who still lives in the tradition of the -country as a great Sheikh. Now that the -Sudan has been opened up, and travellers -need not fear a compulsory experience of the -Khalifa's hospitality at Omdurman, one of the -first steps which English archæologists ought -to undertake is the investigation of the -countless ruins, tombs, inscriptions, and so -forth, which exist south of Wady Halfa. No -one, for instance, has yet deciphered the script -which is met with amongst the ruins in the -Wady Ben Naga. Lepsius explored these ruins -in 1844, and published some of the curious -inscriptions in his <cite>Denkmäler</cite>; but until a -bilingual inscription is discovered which will, -like the Rosetta Stone, furnish a clue to this -mysterious writing, Egyptologists will continue -to sigh over its inscrutable characters. -Professor Sayce had asked me to bring back -some "squeezes" and photographs from the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[63]</a></span> -Meroitic inscriptions; but, alas, on the return -journey the squeeze paper and photographic -apparatus were lost by the capsizing of some -<em>ghyassas</em>, and so I could do nothing in the -cause of palæography.</p> - -<p>A short distance past the pyramids we -caught up a curious procession wending its way -along the bank. A famous Gaalin sheikh, -Hamara Wad Abu Sin, was journeying southwards -to join the Anglo-Egyptian forces. This -important ally led the way on foot, followed by -a retainer armed with a Remington. Then -came a baggage camel carrying the personal -luggage of the chieftain, and the rear was -brought up by two men and two boys. When -the gunboat got opposite the old sheikh, he at -once jumped into the river and swam to us, -followed by one of the small boys, who kept -his master's bundle of clothes out of the water. -Wad Abu Sin is head of the Shukryeh tribe, -and is noted throughout the Sudan for his -personal bravery. His father was <em>mudir</em> of -Khartum under Gordon, and he himself was a -prisoner in that town until he managed to -escape through Abyssinia. It was touching to -see the old man's joy at meeting Slatin, his<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[64]</a></span> -fellow-sufferer under the cruel tyranny of the -Khalifa.</p> - -<p>At Magyrich, on the western bank, we found -the Lancers encamped in a beautiful palm -grove, and Cross and I were especially glad to -see our camel with the two servants, who had -evidently managed to pick up the column. -Some distance lower down than Magyrich we -had already passed two little groups of Lancers. -One batch of twelve stood on the bank, and -asked us to take them on board, as their horses -had broken down; the other party consisted of -only two men, whose comrade had just died of -sunstroke, and been buried by the survivors -under a mimosa bush.</p> - -<p>At 5 a.m. a man swam to the boat from the -shore, who turned out to be a deserter from -Omdurman. He stated that when he left two -of the Dervish boats were on the point of -starting to the South, in order, perhaps, to fetch -grain, and that the Khalifa was at present with -his army, at the outermost of the Omdurman -lines of defence, about three miles to the north -of the town. This seemed to confirm the -general belief, which was afterwards verified, -that the decisive battle would not be fought in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[65]</a></span> -front of the Kerreri ridge, some ten miles -north of the capital, but in front of Omdurman -itself.</p> - -<p>The sight of Metemmeh was full of interest. -On the opposite bank lay the ingeniously -constructed forts of Shendy, with solid mud -walls, thirty-five feet thick. Miles back beyond -Metemmeh, in the desert, lay Abu Klea, and -between the two the hamlets of Abu Kru and -Gubat. The fighting which we were destined -to experience before Omdurman was as nothing -compared with the desperate struggles in 1885, -when the gallant column of British troops -fought its way through overwhelming numbers -from Abu Klea to the Nile. Englishmen may -well be proud of this splendid feat of arms, -unexampled as it is in the history of the Sudan -campaigns. Major Stuart-Wortley, who was -present at the series of fights from Abu Klea -to the Nile, pointed out to me the mud-hut to -which Sir Herbert Stewart had been carried. -How pitiful to think that the lives of this -gallant leader and many another brave man -were sacrificed in vain! Instead of helping to -save the beleaguered city and rescue Gordon, -the dearly-won victory of Abu Klea only<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[66]</a></span> -seemed to hasten the destruction of Khartum. -The Mahdist forces were so incensed by the -sight of their wounded comrades brought back -after the battle, that they demanded to be led -at once to the assault, and captured the town -almost without resistance.</p> - -<p>We heard, by the way, at Nasri that all -the graves of the gallant men who fell in the -fighting from Abu Klea to Metemmeh had -been desecrated by the Dervishes, and that -the white bones lay scattered over the desert. -One exception, however, had been made. The -resting-place of Sir Herbert Stewart had not -been molested.</p> - -<p>The above news was, I believe, embodied -in several telegrams, but was struck out by the -Press Censor, as it was thought likely to cause -pain to many in England whose relatives had -fallen in the Abu Klea campaign. Afterwards, -too, some doubts were thrown upon the -truth of the report; but even if the story was -well founded, it matters little. Of our valiant -dead we may surely say, in the immortal words -of the Athenian statesman, "They received -each one for himself the noblest of all sepulchres. -I speak not of that in which their<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[67]</a></span> -remains are laid, but of that in which their -glory survives.... For the whole earth is a -sepulchre of famous men: not only are they -commemorated by columns and inscriptions, -but there dwells also an unwritten memorial -of them, graven not on stone, but in the hearts -of men."</p> - -<p>The evening before we reached Nasri Island -we were suddenly overtaken by a terrific sandstorm. -Two vast columns of sand rose straight -up from the desert and swept rapidly towards -us. The sky was black with clouds, birds -ceased to sing, and the grasshoppers chirruped -no more, as all living creatures, from ourselves -downward, prepared for the coming terror. -The <i>Tamai</i> at once tied up to the bank, and -we waited for the hurricane. Suddenly it -came rushing upon us. Everyone clutched -books, camp-chairs, cameras, plates, bottles—whatever -lay within reach—and sat tight, while -the gunboat heeled over beneath the shock. -The storm was shortlived; streams of sunshine -broke afresh through the clouds, and -birds and insects came forth from their hiding-places, -and rejoiced that the tyranny was overpast. -We speedily collected our scattered<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[68]</a></span> -properties and went on our way. Yet all night -long the lightning flashed incessantly, showing -up every bush and rock on the river bank as -clearly as at noonday.</p> - -<p>Nasri Island had been converted into a vast -depôt for stores. All the people who were -obliged to remain at this station throughout -the campaign seemed very depressed. There -was nothing whatever to do out of work hours -except to prowl along the river bank, on the -chance of slaying a goose or catching a fish. -One of the officers came on board, and, in -answer to our query as to his welfare, said he -felt "a bit cheap," as in addition to being -soaked to the skin as he lay in bed, he had -been stung by two scorpions during the night. -As the <i>Tamai's</i> condensers had gone wrong, -and the engineer seemed to have lost his head -altogether, we tied up to the bank until 2 a.m., -and four more hours brought us to Wad -Hamed, where the Sirdar's forces were to be -finally concentrated before the march upon -Omdurman.</p> - -<p>We thoroughly enjoyed the week's sojourn -at Wad Hamed, as the camp seemed healthy, -and along the Nile there were many charming<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[69]</a></span> -bits of scenery. In fact, in some places where -the enormous breadth of the river was broken -up into narrower channels, one might almost -imagine oneself on the Thames. The banks -were clothed with the bright green foliage of -the nebek and mimosa bushes, which afforded -shelter to innumerable birds. The thorns of -the nebek are worse even than those of the -mimosa; they curl inwards, and are very -strong. Nevertheless, the camel rejoices exceedingly -when it can seize a mouthful of this -prickly tree, and the yellow berries are not to -be despised by human beings when they are -really hungry. There is, however, one feature -which is sadly lacking even in the nicest bits of -Nile scenery; there are no flowers.</p> - -<p>After we had pitched our tents amongst -some mimosa scrub, during which process our -barefooted servants leapt about like cats on -hot bricks, we were informed that the Sirdar -would receive the correspondents in his tent. -Bennett-Burleigh had arrived in the meantime, -having stolen away from the Lancers' camp -and the other correspondents, and ridden forty -miles that day—a fine performance, if not -strictly in accord with military discipline. We<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[70]</a></span> -thereupon collected our little cohort of fifteen, -and went off to meet the General. I did not -enjoy the interview, which was as barren of -results as it was humiliating. The only -parallel to it which I can think of is that of a -row of curates before a brusque and autocratic -bishop. During the brief commonplaces which -passed between us, the general impression -conveyed to me was the immeasurable condescension -of our chief in even deigning to -address the representatives of a Press which -has never failed to extol even to the verge of -exaggeration the achievements of the Anglo-Egyptian -Army and its leader! How deep -the gulf which appeared to separate the -Egyptian commander-in-chief from the civilian -correspondent! In short, I should advise -anybody who cannot put his pride in his pocket -to avoid the rôle of amateur war correspondent -in Egypt. The professionals are, I suppose, -to some extent inoculated by this time, and -cling to the delusion that correspondents -during a campaign are treated like officers.</p> - -<p>At the same time, I am bound to confess that -if I were a commanding officer I should not be -favourably impressed with the <em>genus</em> "corre<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[71]</a></span>spondent" -as a whole. There is sometimes a -blatant self-conceit and vulgar swagger about a -war correspondent which is very irritating, -while in other cases intolerance of discipline -and incessant attempts to override military -regulations for mere private ends have gone -far to justify Lord Wolseley's <em>dictum</em> that -correspondents are "the curse of modern -warfare." Of course there are delightful -exceptions to this sort of thing to be met with -in a war correspondent's camp. Some of the -men who engage in this most delightful -occupation are good fellows in every sense of -the phrase,—brave, generous, and clever,—and -it is a privilege to enjoy the companionship of -men like Steevens, Scudamore, Villiers, and -others whom I could name.</p> - -<p>Altogether, the little <em>kosmos</em> of our camp was -full of interest, as the types of war correspondent -one meets with vary considerably. -There is the rough man who glories in his -roughness, scorns luxury, and doesn't wash. -An excellent fellow in his way, he yet renders -himself more unhappy than he need be by his -unstinted devotion to discomfort. To imitate -an ancient Eremite by never changing one's<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[72]</a></span> -shirt when you can purchase one for 2s. 11¾d., -and to sleep on the ground when you have got -plenty of money to buy a valise bed, may have -certain charms when the weather is fair and -you haven't got fever; but when rain is falling -upon you, as it knows how to fall in the -tropics, or you would give half your income for -a little shade from the midday sun, which has -got you by the back of the neck and made you -limp and listless—it is then that the swashbuckler -and old campaigner theory breaks -down.</p> - -<p>In signal contrast with the above type, one -finds the war correspondent who makes himself -as comfortable as possible. His editor does -not grudge the supply, nor he the expenditure, -of large sums of money. He puts on a clean -shirt every day, and has his boots polished in -the heart of the desert. He wears beautiful -cummerbunds, and is all glorious within; his -underclothing is of wrought silk. When less -fortunate mortals drink muddy water this -Sybarite calls for a whisky and Rosbach, and -finishes off a dinner of five courses with a -glass of excellent liqueur. But, after all, why -shouldn't a man make his camp life as pleasant<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[73]</a></span> -as possible as long as his comforts don't interfere -with other people's? Indeed, so far from -this being the case, the "comfortable" correspondent—as -far as my experience goes—is -often a really kind and generous fellow, who -never grudges a friend a share in his good -things; and as to his picturesque costume and -careful toilette, a man preserves his self-respect -all the better when he is clean and nicely -dressed. The hospitality, too, which, when -camels and servants abound, can be generously -dispensed to agreeable and communicative -officers, is a most valuable factor in the success -of a war correspondent's career; its quality is -like that of mercy—it blesses him that gives as -well as him that takes.</p> - -<p>Another type meets us in the veterans, the -self-constituted <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">doyens</i> of the pressmen, who -claim to regulate the camp and lay down the -law generally. Some old persons of this sort, -on the strength of their own antiquity and their -experience of half a dozen campaigns, are loud -in their denunciation of all "interlopers," as -they are pleased to call all gentlemen who pay -their own expenses and do literary work in -connection with the campaign.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[74]</a></span></p> - -<p>Again, all campaigners must know the type -of correspondent, who, ignorant of any language -except his own, and speaking that imperfectly, -ill-treats his servants when they fail to -understand his orders. Such persons as this -are either too stupid or too lazy to master even -a few common words of the vernacular, yet they -imagine that for £2, 10s. a month they can -secure an accomplished linguist as a servant! -"Untwist that knot; not that knot, that other -knot! Great Scot! You," etc. etc. The poor -Arab boy stands perplexed and fearful—he -cannot understand this bewildering utterance, -and becomes helpless or makes a bad shot and -begins to open a tin of marmalade or lay the -table. Then "thud, thud," as a heavy stick -falls on the servant's bare flesh, or the wretched -boy emerges from the tent, his face streaming -with blood from a cowardly blow by his -master's fist. I have known an Arab servant to -be followed for yards and beaten most cruelly -with a heavy stick, because, owing to a breakdown -of the telegraph, he was unable to forward -a message sent by his master. The boy -was absolutely blameless in the matter, but his -master would not listen to a word of explana<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[75]</a></span>tion, -and the sound of the brutal strokes he -showered upon the servant were audible far -away. The foul abuse bellowed at servants -frequently made our camp a disgrace to the -zeriba. Everybody in the East swears at his -servants, but still—whether the proposition be -ethically sound or not—there is a gentlemanly -way of swearing—brief and incisive, and not -intended to reach the ears of others than the -delinquent.</p> - -<p>Moreover, if one treats one's Arab servants -with kindness and firmness withal, they generally -do their best, and often become quite -devoted to their master. When after the -battle Mr. Villiers was lost for some time, and -fears were entertained about him, his servant -was full of genuine distress and anxiety. If, -on the other hand, no tie exists between master -and servant except fear of the <em>kurbash</em> and the -loss of the paltry wages, what can one expect -in the way of zeal and devotion?</p> - -<p>The yells and screams of fury which commenced -at daybreak, and often made night -hideous in the correspondents' camp, were -never heard amongst the officers, who surely -had infinitely more to put up with in the way<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[76]</a></span> -of discomfort than we had. In short, disgust -was often the prevailing sentiment with which -one could contemplate our own camp, and it -was a delightful relief to get away for a quiet, -pleasant chat with one's officer friends.</p> - -<p>There are other types also. The "new -hand," some peaceful-looking journalist who -has never fired a shot in his life, even at a -bunny, stands before the door of his tent <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'yclad in all'">clad -in all</ins> the trappings with which Messrs. Silver -adorn the noumenal war correspondent of -their imagination. Every strap in the <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'bran new kit'">brand -new kit</ins> is in its place, and the poor man is so -festooned with cameras and field-glasses and -revolvers and haversacks that respiration must -be difficult, as he bumps along on his gee-gee -in an enormous helmet. He cannot ride, -to walk he is ashamed. Yet, if the "new -hand's" enthusiasm for a war correspondent's -career is not disillusioned by the stern realities -of a Sudan campaign, he will appear in our -next "little war" as an old hand, and will -be all the happier for having left behind him -the outfit dear to the war correspondent of -comic opera, and donned a less intricate -but more effective costume.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[77]</a></span></p> - -<p>Once more, there is the non-journalistic -amateur, who, in order to go through the -campaign, has secured a permit to act as a -correspondent for some newspaper. As I was -myself a humble member of this class, I will -refrain from criticising its merits and defects, -though later on a brief tribute may well be -paid to the memory of two of its members, -who, alas, did not return—Cross and Howard.</p> - -<p>Now, concerning war correspondents enough -has been said. Let no one be offended by -fair criticism and good-natured banter—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry" lang="la" xml:lang="la"> -<p class="verse">Quicquid agunt homines, votum, timor, ira, voluptas,</p> -<p class="verse">Gaudia, discursus, nostri est farrago libelli.</p> -</div></div> - -<p>At the same time it seems likely that the -day of the highly paid war correspondent, -with <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">carte blanche</i> to spend as much as he -likes, is almost over. Scores of capable men -with a 'Varsity education would be delighted -to do war correspondent's work for a tithe of -what is paid to some of these gentlemen; and -as agencies like Reuter supply excellent telegrams, -there is no crying need for additional -"wires." At least one of our leading newspapers -was quite uncertain for a long time -as to whether it would send a special corre<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[78]</a></span>spondent -to the Sudan or not, and an editor -remarked to me that the copy sent was often -scarcely worth the outlay. "We don't want -to read," said he, "how our correspondent -was bitten by mosquitoes, or left his pyjamas -behind him."</p> - -<p>As my friend Professor Poulton of Oxford -had kindly bestowed upon me a small net -and a "killing bottle," I resolved to collect -some butterflies and insects for the University -Museum, and made frequent excursions outside -Wad Hamed camp for the purpose. But -ill-luck pursued my untrained efforts at -practical entomology. The only thing the -bottle came within measurable distance of -killing was myself, for it got broken almost -at the start, and my cook, thinking the strong-smelling -concoction at the bottom was some -form of curry powder or seasoning, had -carefully annexed the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">débris</i> of the bottle, -and was proceeding to use it for culinary -purposes, when I seized the stuff and hurled -it into the river.</p> - -<p>The butterfly net also fell upon evil days, -for the donkey which carried it began to roll -one evening before its load was removed, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[79]</a></span> -the apparatus was utterly smashed. The stick -and brasswork I reluctantly left on the field, -but the green gauze served to protect one's -eyes and complexion when sandstorms swept -through the air.</p> - -<p>In consequence of these disasters my -entomology had to be carried out with ruder -implements—to wit, a bath towel and a thick -stick. If a butterfly settled on the ground I -stalked it carefully, and then fell upon it with -the towel; but I often rose from the earth -with no butterfly, and nothing in my hands -except half a dozen mimosa thorns. Incensed -at failure, one struck at the gaudy insects as -they fluttered past, and sometimes succeeded -in braining a few; but as I gathered up the -scattered remains I trembled to think of the -Professor's sarcasms upon the condition of -my Sudanese specimens. The natives used -to gaze upon my pursuit of butterflies with -looks of amusement and surprise. What -could the Englishman want with these worthless -insects? Were they his totems or -fetiches? did he collect them for gastronomic -purposes, or as material for magical rites? -I sometimes offered some trifling <em>bakshish</em><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[80]</a></span> -for butterflies, but the Arabs could never be -brought to realise that I wanted variety -and quality as well as quantity. On one -occasion a struggling mass of fifteen or -twenty common white butterflies in a matchbox—all -exactly the same—was triumphantly -brought me by a small boy. I liberated the -unhappy prisoners, and rewarded the boy with -one penny and a severe lecture.<a name="FNanchor_1_1" id="FNanchor_1_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a></p> - -<p>As to the other insects in my collection, -many of these were so appallingly ugly and -malignant in appearance that one had to pull -oneself together to attempt their capture. A -soda-water bottle had been filled with whisky -amid the protests of Cross, who thought this -a waste of good liquor, and when some grisly -insect with a striped body, projecting eyes, and -aggressive antennæ appeared inside the tent, -something like this conversation used to take -place:—</p> - -<p>E. N. B.—"Do you mind catching that -harmless lepidopt, Cross, while I hold the -bottle?"</p> - -<p>H. C.—"I think, somehow, that you're better -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[81]</a></span>at catching those beasts than I am; give me -the bottle."</p> - -<p>As I had decreed death as the penalty for -any creeping thing which invaded our tent, -the noisome creature was, as a rule, gingerly -secured and forced into the spirit, where it -speedily died of <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">delirium tremens</i>. Nothing -is more unpleasant in tropical countries than -to have a winged insect of great size and -energy enter one's tent in the dark. <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Omne -ignotum pro terribili</i>: suddenly the Unknown -makes its presence felt by rising up from the -ground with a loud buzz; it necessarily strikes -against the tent pole or the canvas, and immediately -collapses with a thud on the bedclothes -or one's face; and then, after a brief -interval for recovery, it recommences its -clumsy gambols and aërial flights.</p> - -<p>Our stock of literature in the Wad Hamed -camp was of amazing variety. We established -by usage a sort of Desert Circulating Library, -and novels, old magazines, and even newspapers -of venerable antiquity were eagerly -sought for and exchanged. My own parcel of -books on board the <i>Tamai</i> consisted of Whyte -Melville's <cite>Holmby House</cite>, <cite>The Juggler and the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[82]</a></span> -Soul</cite>, by Helen Mathers, and a penny edition -of <cite>Quentin Durward</cite>. I was surprised on one -occasion to find a Scotchman engaged in reading -Horace's <cite>Satires</cite> in a new translation by -Mr. Coutts. He knew nothing of the original -Latin, but had purchased the volume, and was -wading through the archaic material with -apparent relish. Possibly the jokes of antiquity -may have succeeded in striking that -chord in a Scottish temperament which is so -often unresponsive to contemporary humour! -Whenever one got a periodical of any sort, -such as <cite>The Wide World</cite>, one did not toy with -it in a dilettante fashion. Every line of it was -read from cover to cover, and even the advertisements -of life assurance offices were perused -with some degree of interest amid this comparative -dearth of intellectual pabulum.</p> - -<p>One evening, in an interval of leisure before -dinner, I strolled along the Nile to see if I -could add a little fresh fish to our <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">ménu</i>. I -had with me one of the excellent rods made -for a few shillings by Slater of Newark-on-Trent, -which pack up into very small compass, -and can easily be carried in a hold-all or -Gladstone bag. The river was much too<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[83]</a></span> -muddy for fly fishing, and one of my officer -friends remarked that the fish would have to -jump a foot out of the water before they saw -the fly. Nevertheless I tried a few casts with -a Zulu and a nondescript chub-fly, and after a -couple of rises managed to land a curious fish -of the carp (?) tribe with long barbules, which -is called by the Arabs "Abu Shenab" (Father -of Moustaches). There is another very common -fish in the Nile of the bream species. It -is shaped like a pair of bellows, and has about -the same flavour when cooked.</p> - -<p>It is always worth while to try a cast or -two on unknown waters in the course of one's -travels. This spring I was fortunate enough -to get some excellent sport from a few hours' -fly fishing in the Waters of Merom and the -Jordan. The latter river simply teems with -fish of seventeen different species, some of -which, including the "Father of Moustaches," -are found elsewhere only in the Nile—a fact -which seems to indicate a connection between -the two streams at some remote period.</p> - -<p>Sir Francis Grenfell told me that a friend of -his had landed some huge fish at the junction -of the Nile and Atbara, and during our stay<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[84]</a></span> -there a native caught a fish weighing nearly a -hundred pounds, which was served up, I believe, -at the Guards' mess. When the Nile gets lower, -some splendid sport might be enjoyed with -these monstrous fish. In fact, when one fishes -in a stream like the Atbara, there is a delightful -uncertainty about the nature of the prospective -catch. One never knows what is coming up. -That keen sportsman, the late Sir Samuel -Baker, fished in this stream with a live bait -2 lbs. in weight, and landed fish up to 180 lbs.! -On one occasion he tells how something seized -the bait, and would not budge an inch. The -dead weight on the line was tremendous, and -Sir Samuel says it felt "as if the devil -himself had got hold of the hook." At last, -after placing his feet against a rock and pulling, -something moved upwards in the water which -looked for all the world like a cart wheel. -Finally, up came a huge water-tortoise, which -gave one plunge, and broke away with the -hook and several yards of line.</p> - -<p>By day the vast area occupied by the two -British brigades, and various battalions of -Sudanese and Egyptians, was full of ceaseless -work, accompanied by a perfect babel of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[85]</a></span> -sounds, as fatigue parties hurried in various -directions, and long strings of native labourers -carried loads or hauled at ropes, with their monotonous -sing-song recitation of Koran fragments. -The Gregorian chant, which secures the exclusive -devotion of some Churchmen, is doubtless -an approximation to the music of the primitive -Church, but solely because that Church happened -to find its earliest home in the East, -where no other type of music has ever been -known or appreciated. But there is no more -reason why an Englishman should feel bound -to sing ugly Gregorians than that he should -chant the psalms in loose cotton garments -without his boots. In either case the "local -colour" is quite un-Western.</p> - -<p>In this, as in all other Sudan campaigns, -some difficulty was experienced by the officers -in keeping the soldiers from becoming almost -amphibious creatures. If he had his own way, -Tommy Atkins would have spent the greater -part of his time in floundering about the -muddy river. The spirit of sport, so deeply -ingrained in the Englishman, found few outlets -during the campaign; but now and then, in -order to witness a good swimming race, Mr.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[86]</a></span> -Atkins would gladly cast a large lump of his -rations—bread or biscuit upon the waters. -Arab urchins swim admirably, with that quick -hand-over-hand stroke which primitive tribes -always employ; and they judge their distances -so accurately that they rarely miss a crust, -even where the stream is running at the rate -of many miles an hour.</p> - -<p>But the troops were, as a matter of fact, -always far too busy to get much time for -relaxation, in or out of the water. It is -astonishing that the authorities should have -found it necessary to assign such an enormous -amount of work to the officers and men during -the concentration at Wad Hamed. On some -days the British troops had no less than twelve -hours' fatigue work! Take, for example, the -casual record of one day's round of work, got -through by a certain battalion in the heat of a -Sudan August. The troops were on parade -from 4.30 to 8. They then returned to the -camp, and, without being allowed any breakfast, -were set to cut grass. Ten minutes were -then allotted for the morning meal. The -next item was wood-cutting, and the digging -of trenches for camp purposes. This fatigue<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_87" id="Page_87">[87]</a></span> -continued till the midday dinner, and from -two o'clock to dark the men were practised -in loading camels. Next morning reveille -sounded at four, and then, although the battalion -was on the point of leaving the camp, -they were actually ordered, before their -departure, to cut a number of tree-stumps -out of the ground! I do not mention these -facts with any intent to dispute their utility -or expediency. The British soldier does, -under normal conditions during peace, infinitely -less work than falls to the lot of his continental -brethren. When the Russian soldier has -finished his parades he is set to build walls -and make roads, while Atkins is disporting -himself in the cricket or football field. So it is -perhaps not undesirable that our men should -learn the meaning of really hard work occasionally. -But it was pleasant to see how -cheerfully the Tommies bore it, at anyrate -outwardly; for I never heard a word of -grumbling or "grousing," as they phrase it. -Moreover, from a hygienic point of view, their -round of heavy fatigues most certainly agreed -with them. Wonderfully little sickness prevailed -in the ranks, in spite of the fierce heat<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[88]</a></span> -and the indifferent water, though the wear and -tear removed every ounce of superfluous flesh, -and reduced our men to the condition of those -"lean and wiry dogs" which Plato regarded as -a model in the selection of his Republican -warriors.</p> - -<p>The Sudanese, on the other hand, grumbled -a good deal. Their conception of military -discipline and obedience are somewhat rudimentary, -and manual labour is distasteful to -them. The discontent which was caused in -their ranks by what they deemed excessive -fatigue work culminated finally in a number of -desertions. In Wad Hamed alone there were, -I believe, no less than twenty cases of desertion, -and three at least of the scoundrels -were recaptured and shot. The deserters were -doubtless making off southwards to join the -Khalifa, for the life of a Baggara Dervish in -prosperous times—a mere round of eating, -sleeping, and fighting—would form an ideal -existence in the eyes of an animal like the -average Sudanese soldier.</p> - -<p>On the other hand, a constant stream of -fugitives began to reach the camp from the -south; in Wad Hamed there were some<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_89" id="Page_89">[89]</a></span> -thirteen hundred deserters from the Khalifa's -dominions. Many of them came down the -river, a motley herd of women and children, -with a sprinkling of men all packed together -in native barges. What these poor creatures -lived on I do not know, but I strolled amongst -some hundreds of them one evening, and they -all seemed in excellent spirits and quite convinced -that this time, at anyrate, they had put -their money on the right horse. The presence -of these uninvited guests caused considerable -embarrassment to the Army Service Corps, -but the authorities did the best they could -for them, and in a big camp there are always -a good many pickings which the refugees and -vultures might share between them, though -our feathered visitors had rather a pull over -the other bipeds, as they rose betimes, and, -according to the ancient adage, the early bird -got the "bully" beef. This beef, by the way, -was always to be picked up. It was issued -to the men, for greater convenience of transport, -in 3-lb. tins, which were trisected with -a hammer and chisel for three rations. But, -as the men soon got tired of the meat, and it -speedily, after being opened, became uneatable<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_90" id="Page_90">[90]</a></span> -from the heat, vast quantities of it were thrown -away; and I noticed that the line of railway -was often marked for hundreds of yards with -tins of "bully" beef more or less full, which -were speedily pounced upon by Arabs; if any -village chanced to be close at hand.</p> - -<p>Occasionally the soldiers got rations of -fresh meat, and, what was almost more welcome, -fresh bread, with now and then the -additional luxury—oh, blissful moment!—of a -little marmalade. Once a week, too, a tot of -rum was served out, and happy was the orderly -whose task it was to convey the rum rations -to his superiors; for the officers rarely drank -the fiery spirit, and when it was given back -it was not wasted. This small weekly allowance -was the only strong drink which Tommy -Atkins imbibed throughout the campaign. -The deadly effects of alcoholic excess in a -climate like that of the Sudan are, of course, -well known, and in a previous campaign the -danger of allowing the men the use of intoxicants -had been so unpleasantly demonstrated -in the case of a certain British battalion, that -the Sirdar very wisely established a system -of "total prohibition" amongst the rank and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_91" id="Page_91">[91]</a></span> -file. Some rascally Greeks brought casks of -whisky and beer to the Atbara, but the authorities -soon discovered their little game. Most -of the alcohol was sent back to Cairo, and of -the remainder, some was put under the military -seal and the rest simply emptied into the sand!</p> - -<p>At Wad Hamed officers and correspondents -alike enjoyed a life of comparative comfort and -refinement, which was necessarily impossible -in our subsequent camps during the final week -of the campaign. On ordinary days we woke -about five o'clock, when Ali brought us a mug -of cocoa and a biscuit. The biscuit supplied -to the Egyptian troops was of a dark brown -colour, and hard as a brick. On leaving Wad -Hamed, Ali went by mistake to the wrong -canteen, and brought us a bag of "Gyppy" -biscuit, on which Cross and I subsisted for -several days, and were thankful at the end -that we had only lost one tooth each in that -period. The British biscuit was much nicer, -comparatively white, and quite free from -"weevils"; for I used to shake my biscuits -to see if I could extract one of these insects, -which I much wished to see. No weevil ever -emerged, and I am under the impression that<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[92]</a></span> -this insect, which figures so prominently in -tales about pirates and "sea dogs," must be -a semi-fabulous creature, to be placed under -the same category as the basilisk and the -Barometz lamb.</p> - -<p>After dressing we generally strolled about -the camp on the banks of the river for an -hour or so, and then we were quite ready -for breakfast, which ordinarily meant porridge, -sardines, bread or biscuit, marmalade, and tea. -As at this time of the day one could generally -secure a little hot water or the remaining -contents of the teapot, I used to devote some -time to shaving. This operation was quite -an ordeal in the Sudan. Lather manufactured -from muddy Nile water spread a layer of fine -sand over one's face, which speedily blunted -the best steel, and towards the end of the -campaign I might as well have used a piece -of hoop iron as try to make my razors work -with cold water. With warm water the torture -was somewhat less acute.</p> - -<p>Perhaps it is worth while mentioning in -connection with our biscuit supply that any -traveller or explorer who cannot secure flour -as he proceeds, can easily make certain of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_93" id="Page_93">[93]</a></span> -having a continual supply of decent bread by -the following means. Let him order a quantity -of thick, flat cakes to be made of ordinary -bread dough. When these are thoroughly -baked they must be gradually dried either by -artificial heat or by the sun, if its rays are -strong enough, until every particle of moisture -is dried up. Bread thus desiccated will last -for months, and when it is wanted a lump is -sprinkled with a little water, and one finds -nice spongy bread for breakfast instead of -the hard and monotonous biscuit. Mrs. -Theodore Bent first taught me this bread-lore, -and when I explored Sokotra in company -with herself and her husband, we took several -sacks of these flat cakes, and were in consequence -never without nice fresh bread.</p> - -<p>In the interval between breakfast and midday -we got through a good deal of work in -the way of letter-writing or telegraphing. If -one had nothing to do oneself there was -always a certain psychological interest attaching -to the study of one's fellow-correspondents -and their mysterious movements. One of -them, after a successful prowl for news, would -appear walking towards his tent with an air<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[94]</a></span> -of <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">nonchalance</i> intended to conceal his eagerness -to find telegraph forms. He would dive -within the canvas, and then dispatch a servant -with a telegram, which five hours afterwards -would be received in London, and next -morning would be read by thousands of eager -eyes; for surely no Sudan campaign has ever -possessed a quarter of the interest which, for -some reason or other, the present one has -aroused in the British public. Of course all -telegrams had to be brought to Colonel -Wingate and receive his official <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">visé</i> and -approval before being put upon the wires. -The utmost precautions were taken throughout -the campaign against any bad faith on -the part of the operatives. All the clerks -employed in this service were bound over in -sureties of £240 not to divulge the contents -of any telegram. This was found necessary, -inasmuch as during the last campaign several -important telegrams—so I was informed—between -the Sirdar and Sir Francis Grenfell -were revealed to others than the lawful -recipients.</p> - -<p>After a light lunch about 12.30, everybody, -soldier and civilian alike, lolled about in shirt-sleeves<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_95" id="Page_95">[95]</a></span> -or went to sleep well under cover -of his canvas. Outside the sun blazed down -in fury on the desert, till the rocks became -too hot to be touched, and the rarefied air -quivered over the yellow sand. To walk -twenty yards in the open without a helmet -might mean death, and even inside one's tent -the heat which penetrated a double roof of -thick green canvas was so intense that a wet -towel was very welcome as a protection for -the head. Whenever the surrounding temperature -exceeds that of the surface of one's -body there is always a risk of sunstroke, and -it is amazing that during the heat which has -prevailed in England during August and -September few people took the trouble to -protect their heads by any additional covering -beyond a straw hat. In fact, Surgeon-Major -Parkes states that he had come across many -more cases of sunstroke in England than in -Africa, where he had spent many years amid -the vicissitudes of travel and exploration. -Furthermore, a "spinal pad" is almost of as -much importance as a good helmet against -sunstroke, yet in the Sudan the use of the -spinal pad supplied by the Government was<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_96" id="Page_96">[96]</a></span> -rather the exception than the rule, and men -walked about in the tropical sun with a helmet -on their heads while their back was protected -only by a flannel shirt. Sunstroke -acts in different ways. I have seen the -quartermaster of a P. and O. in the Red Sea -suddenly drop as if he had been shot; but, -in most cases, the initial stages—loss of -appetite, nausea, and headache—give one full -warning, and if the patient can at once get -under some shade and secure medical assistance, -the "touch of the sun," which has -upset him for the time being, passes away -without leaving any effects behind it except -a general lassitude for some time.</p> - -<p>About four o'clock the hottest part was -over, but the danger of sunstroke was, if -anything, greater, because the oblique rays of -the sun fell upon one's neck, unless, indeed, -as was the case with the rank and file, a -"curtain" was attached to the helmet. Nearly -everybody drank tea about this time. There -is a kind of notion abroad that this beverage -serves to cool one, but the general effect -produced in the Sudan seemed quite the -reverse. Any perspiration left in one's seba<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_97" id="Page_97">[97]</a></span>ceous -follicles after the genial warmth of -the Sudan had kept us in a sort of natural -Turkish bath for six hours, was elicited by the -warm tea, and one realised how easy under -such conditions it would be to lose every particle -of one's existing body in even less than -the seven years indicated by medical statistics, -and thus, on good Bishop Butler's showing, -secure, together with revaccination, a frequently -recurring proof of one's immortality.</p> - -<p>After tea we were amply compensated for -the discomforts of the day by the delights of a -tropical evening. The air was deliciously cool, -and the soft tints of sunset coloured all the -landscape. Everyone recovered his temper, -and such pleasures and duties of social life as -survived in the desert occupied our attention -from this hour till bedtime. Men dropped -in to see each other all over the camp, and -there was a general atmosphere of "Have a -drink, old chap." The amount of fluid one can -consume in these tropical regions is amazing. -Nobody, of course, who has any common -sense thinks of drinking much alcohol in the -heat of the day. Lime juice and soda is often -taken at lunch, while some claret or sauterne,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_98" id="Page_98">[98]</a></span> -or a whisky and Rosbach, are common -beverages in the evening. It is often very -difficult indeed—especially when one is on the -march—to keep such luxuries cool, but the -ingenious "sparklets," which were brought out -to the Sudan in thousands, will always, if fairly -good water can be got, provide one with a -decent drink, as the sudden liberation of the -compressed gas cools the water as well as -aërates it.</p> - -<p>It is worth while being really thirsty and -hungry to understand the pleasures of drink -and food. Our English meals follow each -other with such regularity and diversity that -one seldom realises what it means to crave for -food and drink as a primary instinct. But -oh! the joy of a deep draught of cool water -after long hours of abstention in the desert, or, -what is almost as bad, a long course of -brackish water—saline water, which quenches -one's thirst for the moment only to increase it -by the after-taste. Once when I was travelling -with Mr. Bent, I remember how I was walking -in a stony ravine after six days of nothing but -brackish water; suddenly, to my delighted -vision, a little brook of limpid water appeared<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_99" id="Page_99">[99]</a></span> -running down to the sea. One threw oneself -flat upon the bank and drank, and drank, -and drank! Hunger is much more easily -endured than thirst, and Æschylus did well to -class amongst the most joyful of human -experiences the sight of running water to a -thirsty traveller—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry" lang="grc" xml:lang="grc"> -<p class="verse"><span title="hodoiporô dipsônti pêgaion rheos."><span lang="grc" xml:lang="grc">ὁδοιπόρῳ διψῶντι πηγαῖον ῥέος.</span></span></p> -</div></div> - -<p>At the same time, indiscriminate drinking is -a tiresome habit, which can be shaken off -with a little practice and determination. The -inexperienced traveller in the East always -carries a huge water-bottle, from which he is -continually drinking copious draughts; but after -a few months he learns to drink at meal times, -and not to encumber himself with his water-bottle -on every occasion when he is away from -the tent. Education and self-control go largely -hand in hand. Officers stand hunger and -thirst much better than the rank and file, who, -in the Sudan, exercised very little self-control -in the matter of drink. Whenever they could -get it, the soldiers were perpetually dipping -their tin mugs in the large "zias" or -"fantasias" provided for their use.</p> - -<p>Just before the evening shadows cooled the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_100" id="Page_100">[100]</a></span> -air too much and made a chill possible, we -spread our india-rubber baths on the ground -and enjoyed the refreshment of a good "tub." -The Nile water was so saturated with mud -that when one stood in one's bath upon a thick -precipitate of sand the sensation recalled the -seaside paddling of one's childhood.</p> - -<p>The tropical twilight was all too brief, and -darkness fell suddenly like a pall upon the -landscape. Then out came candlesticks and -lanterns, and the one substantial meal of the -day made its appearance. The quality of -our <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">cuisine</i> varied considerably. At a -stationary camp like Wad Hamed we sometimes -purchased fresh meat from an enterprising -Greek called Loisa, but this was -always very lean and tough, and these fleshpots -of Egypt had few charms for us. The -Arabs devour any sort of meat, whatever be -the condition of the beast which supplies it. -Two days after the battle of Omdurman, Ali -appeared before the tent with a wretched kid -in the last stage of a rapid decline. He knew -I disapproved of loot, and declared that he -had purchased the animal, and intended to fry -the liver for me for to-morrow's breakfast. As<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_101" id="Page_101">[101]</a></span> -the poor kid was far too ill and weak even to -stand on its legs, I declined the suggested -dainty. There were quite enough bacilli -prowling around in Omdurman without incurring -the risk of trichinosis. In less than an -hour I saw our quaternion of servants with -several guests enjoying a ghoulish banquet -off the remains of the invalid animal.</p> - -<p>Sometimes we had splendid dinners of tinned -curry, preserved pine-apple, and other delicacies; -and except on the evening of the battle, nobody, -as far as I know, ever went without his dinner -if he was well enough to eat it. Occasionally, -if there was a downpour of rain or other cause -which rendered cooking difficult, we sank to -this sort of level—</p> - -<p class="center"><span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Potage à la Khalifa</span>.</p> - -<p>(Ingredients—a morsel of emaciated goat -with some onions; simmer as long as possible. -Sufficient for two. Seasonable, when one is -very hungry.)</p> - -<p class="center">Bully Beef au naturel.</p> - -<p class="center">Jam.</p> -<hr class="r15a" /> -<p class="center"><span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Biscuit à discrétion</span>.</p> - -<p class="center">Whisky. Sparklets. Lime juice. Nile water.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_102" id="Page_102">[102]</a></span></p> - -<p>On the 26th of August we were told to -hold ourselves in readiness to embark on the -<i>Metemmeh</i> next morning. The Gyppy troops -and Sudanese had already gone, and a -general exodus of the British battalions was -taking place. On the evening before our -departure I strolled once more along the river. -Scarcely a sound broke the silence; the busy -scene of the day's restless activity was still. -The rows and rows of tents and mountainous -heaps of baggage had vanished like magic; -little remained to show that for more than a -week some twenty-two thousand men had lived -and moved within this vast area. Here and -there various relics of the encampment lay -scattered about,—soda-water bottles, empty tins, -old newspapers, the framework of blanket -tents, and so on,—but the only permanent -structure which marked, and perhaps still -marks, the site of the abandoned camp -was a wattled hut which Howard's servant -built for him, as his master had arrived at -Wad Hamed without a tent of any kind. -An army of vultures had spread over all -the space within the zeriba, and seemed to -be having a good time amongst old sardine<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_103" id="Page_103">[103]</a></span> -tins and fragments of offal and similar -dainties.</p> - -<p>The glow of a tropical sunset was falling on -the Nile; yet, beautiful as it was, the scene lost -something from the dead level of the surrounding -prospect. For an ideally beautiful effect -of the kind one needs mountains as well as -water. Who, for example, that has ever seen -it, can forget the play of moonbeam and -starlight on the lake—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verse">When the blue waves roll nightly on deep Galilee?</p> -</div></div> - -<p class="noindent">It was strange to think that within a week the -campaign would be ended, Gordon avenged, -and the Crescent flag flying over the ramparts -of Omdurman—the final goal of all this vast -congeries of men and stores, guns and ammunition. -As the postal connection with the outside -world was now to cease until the capture -of Omdurman, many letters had been sent off -on the previous day, and for several of the -writers the message which sped home was a -final one. Later on, when the battle had been -fought, a man whom I knew showed me a -letter which he was sending off to his widowed -mother to tell her that he had come safe -through the fight and was on the point of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_104" id="Page_104">[104]</a></span> -returning home. This note reached its destination -a day after the receipt of a telegram -announcing his death from fever! Surely it -would be difficult to meet with a sadder and -more pathetic instance of the vicissitudes and -uncertainty of human life!</p> - - -<div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTE:</h3> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_1_1" id="Footnote_1_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1_1"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> A brief list of the entomological specimens brought back -from the campaign is given on <a href="#Page_253">p. 253</a>.</p></div></div> - - -<div class="figcenter"> -<a name="I_104" id="I_104"></a> -<a href="images/i_b_104fp-large.jpg"> -<img src="images/i_b_104fp.jpg" alt="" /></a> -<div class="caption"> -<p class="xs"><em>R. V. Darbishire 1898.</em></p> -<p class="rt screenonly small">{Click on map for larger image.}</p> -THE NILE<br /> -<span class="small">from the Atbara to Khartum.<br /> -Scale 1 : 1,500,000.</span><br /> -</div></div> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_105" id="Page_105">[105]</a></span></p> - - <div class="chapter"></div> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_III" id="CHAPTER_III"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">CHAPTER III</a><br /> - -<span class="fs80">THE WEEK BEFORE THE BATTLE</span></h2> - - -<p class="drop-capx">We said good-bye to Wad Hamed on -26th August. Cross and I had, -with several others, selected to go by river -rather than by land, as this would afford us an -opportunity of seeing the cataract of Shabluka, -which had become a household word in the -army because of the possibility of Dervish -resistance at this point. The rest of the -correspondents accompanied the two British -brigades toward Beled Hagir, our next camping -site, just south of the cataract, and opposite -Rojan Island.</p> - -<p>As we were leaving Wad Hamed about -forty Gaalins arrived on the bank, and were -embarked on the <i>Metemmeh</i>. These friendlies -were wonderfully spick and span, with nice -clean clothes. Some of them were equipped -with large Dervish swords, while others<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_106" id="Page_106">[106]</a></span> -had only sticks, which they carried with a -jaunty air at the "shoulder," in anticipation, -no doubt, of the Remington rifles which would -be issued to them before the fight. They -were accompanied to the bank by a fine old -sheikh in flowing snow-white robes, and their -farewells to the venerable chieftain were very -impressive. In the Sudan people are not -content with a single handshake. When one -group is saying good-bye to another the interchange -of courtesies and caresses is interminable. -One man falls on the other's neck, -without actually touching his face or shoulder,—rather -after the manner of a stage kiss,—and -then handshaking goes on <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">ad libitum</i> all round, -the same two people often clasping and unclasping -their hands half a dozen times or more, -according to the degree of intimacy.</p> - -<p>The Shabluka cataract, through which the -flooded Nile rushes with amazing violence, lies -in a gorge which has evidently in remote ages -been torn through the limestone ridge by the -river. A width of a thousand yards is here -suddenly compressed into a hundred yards, and -in the face of the terrific current which is thus -produced, our gunboat could barely forge ahead<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_107" id="Page_107">[107]</a></span> -at the rate of one and a half miles an hour. -It is an open secret that the new gunboats -built for the Nile service by Thorneycrofts are -regarded as failures by naval experts. One -of them, the <i>Sheikh</i>, can only make two miles -an hour against the ordinary Nile current in -August.</p> - -<p>Even in the moonlight one could realise the -amount of damage which might have been -inflicted by an effective occupation of Shabluka, -upon a force advancing up the river. When -we passed the forts, constructed, after the -manner of Dervish engineers, on a level with -the water, we found them deserted, and their -guns had been removed. But if the enemy, -who were posted here up to last May, had -maintained their position, we should have been -compelled to halt and drive them out of it from -the land side, for none of our slow gunboats -could have forced the gorge had it been lined -with artillery.</p> - -<p>We arrived at Rojan Island before daybreak -on the 28th, and were aroused out of sleep in -the dark by the pleasing intelligence that an -order had arrived from the Sirdar that we -were to be turned out of the gunboat, bag<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_108" id="Page_108">[108]</a></span> -and baggage, as the vessel was wanted for -other purposes. Floundering about in the -semi-darkness we got our luggage together -as well as we could, and in less than twenty -minutes found ourselves sitting on the river -bank with our few goods and chattels round -us. It would not have taken the gunboat -five minutes to land us at Hagir on the -opposite bank; in fact, after marooning us on -the island, it actually touched at the camp on -its return down the Nile. This was one of -several instances in which, during the campaign, -correspondents were treated with an -utter disregard of consideration or even -ordinary courtesy. It often seemed as if the -Sirdar or his subordinates went out of their -way to cause all the inconvenience they could -to the representatives of the press. Certainly -if this conduct was merely due to oversight -or thoughtlessness, it was bad enough; if it -was intentional, it was based upon a petty and -ungenerous abuse of authority. On the present -occasion we were left for seven mortal -hours on this treeless island, although the <i>El -Tahra</i> was lying off Hagir, and could easily -have been sent across the river for us. When<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_109" id="Page_109">[109]</a></span> -at last the old ferry-boat came blundering -across, the official in charge, who seemed, from -his manner, to have caught the Sirdar's mental -attitude towards correspondents, brusquely -refused to take us over to Hagir, because no -one had given him orders to do so. Consequently -the <i>El Tahra</i> left us and recrossed -to the camp with her precious commander, -although one of our number was suffering -severely from the sun, and lay prostrate on the -ground. As all our baggage was on the other -side of the river, having been sent on by -camels, we had absolutely nothing to protect -us from the heat as it grew fiercer and fiercer -every moment, so we simply sat on the ground -and grilled in the sun. The misery of such an -experience is very real indeed when the thermometer -stands at 115° in the shade! As -one lies amid a dreary waste of sand and -rock,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry" lang="la" xml:lang="la"> -<p class="verse4">sub curru nimium propinqui</p> -<p class="verse">Solis in terra domibus negata,</p> -</div></div> - -<p class="noindent">with the pitiless rays of noontide beating -down upon one's head, visions of iced cups -and other delights rise like a mental mirage -and mock one's misery! The thoughts stray<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_110" id="Page_110">[110]</a></span> -far away in fantasy from the unlovely landscape, -and rest upon an English tennis lawn, -beside the cool Cherwell or under the cedars of -the Wadham Gardens—the pleasant game, -the refreshment of shade and drink which -follows it!</p> - -<p>As there was absolutely nothing else to do -on the island—and it is always a good thing -to engage in some more or less arduous work -when one is inclined to take a pessimistic -view of one's surroundings—I scrambled up -to the top of Gebel Rojan, a rocky hill about -three hundred feet high. From this Pisgah -height one could trace far away to the south -the faint outlines of the hills of Omdurman, -our Promised Land! Below, on the desert -plain, three Egyptian battalions were marching -forward, their right flank guarded by squadrons -of cavalry. The rifle barrels and steel -scabbards glinted brightly in the rising sunlight, -and the columns themselves looked like -sinuous lines of ants threading their way -through the scrub.</p> - -<p>We were all very bad-tempered when the -<i>El Tahra</i> returned once more; but this time, -mercifully, the steamer was no longer in the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_111" id="Page_111">[111]</a></span> -hands of the punctilious sapper, with his combination -of red tape and rudeness. The new -commander ventured upon the independent -exercise of his own common sense, and most -kindly conveyed us across the river without -further ado. Whether he was subsequently -reprimanded by the authorities for this act of -ordinary politeness I do not know.</p> - -<p>By the time we had landed from the steamer, -and the servants had discovered the whereabouts -of our camels and luggage, it was nearly -two o'clock, and the camp had practically -broken up. The native battalions had left -early in the morning, as I had seen from the -summit of Gebel Rojan, and had been followed -by General Gatacre's division. The Sirdar -and his staff, the Intelligence Department, the -correspondents, and the baggage were to leave -at four o'clock; so there was barely time to get -a scratch meal before we saw to the loading of -our camels, and again set out on our forward -march towards Omdurman. Both Cross and -I had intended to walk, but Steevens and -Maud most kindly put a couple of their extra -horses at our disposal. The animal I rode -was a polo pony from Cairo, in excellent con<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_112" id="Page_112">[112]</a></span>dition -and full of "go." It hated to be alone for -a moment, and if in the scrub it found itself -separated from the rest of the column, either in -the rear or on the flank, and the rein was at -all loose, it would suddenly, without any warning, -make a clean bolt to rejoin its companions; -and when a borrowed horse tears at full gallop -through mimosa bushes and over the rough -sandy soil intersected with <em>nullahs</em>, one is -precious glad to be able to return it to its -owner in the evening without a couple of -broken knees or worse.</p> - -<p>The air was delightfully cool, with a pleasant -breeze from the river, and this evening ride -from Hagir will remain in one's memory as -one of the pleasant experiences of the -campaign. The comparative novelty of our -surroundings, and the certainty that now at -length we were within measurable distance of -the enemy, filled one with elation and banished -all the petty worries of the morning. As long -as one enjoyed good health, nothing could be -more delightful than the simple pleasures of -our open-air existence, with all its hard work -and good-fellowship. But when fever or dysentery -gets hold upon a man, all the glamour<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_113" id="Page_113">[113]</a></span> -of the campaign fades away, and one is forced -to realise all the sordid discomforts of the -march. During the recent advance upon -Omdurman many a case of unobtrusive -heroism occurred, in which men, officers and -privates alike, refused to avail themselves -of the field hospitals, which would have taken -them for the time being from their battalion, -and preferred to march along with the rest, -though their heads were racked with pain and -their strength at vanishing point from fever. -If a campaigner could secure from a fairy -godmother or other supra-mundane agency -one supreme blessing, he ought most certainly -to ask for health. Yet there is one danger to -which the healthy man is exposed. He finds -it difficult, sometimes, to sympathise with -others less fortunate than himself. To many -who enjoy vigorous health there is something -positively irritating in a sick man. It is a -painful trait in some characters, and is a -survival possibly of that terrible instinct -which leads almost every species of lower -animal to finish off those of their number who -become sick or maimed. I have known a man -who experienced this peculiar irritation in the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_114" id="Page_114">[114]</a></span> -presence of comrades who were ill, behave in -the most unselfish and generous way to the -same men when they were in sound health; -and while he had to force himself, as it were, -to show sympathy with an ailing man, he -would fetch water in his helmet for a wounded -donkey, and feel ready to weep at the sight of -a dying horse.</p> - -<p>As we rode along the edge of the Nile, well -ahead of the crowd of camels and the Lancer -escort of the Sirdar, in order to avoid the -blinding clouds of dust which they raised, we -noticed at intervals along the line of march -bands of Sudanese women. These faithful -creatures had managed by some means or -other to accompany their husbands to the -front. Although unrecognised officially, and -in consequence not accorded any means of -transport, they had contrived to cross the Nile -as stowaways, hidden under forage or flour -sacks; and they were now trudging slowly -along with large bundles on their heads, and -in some cases a brace of babies slung over -their shoulders. When they arrived at the -camp they cooked their husband's food, mended -his clothes, and introduced a general flavour of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_115" id="Page_115">[115]</a></span> -domesticity into the rough camp life. The -husbands seemed to be very kind to their wives -and children, and the Sudanese portion of the -camp was dotted with little family groups, -each of them formed under a tree and -surrounded by a miniature zeriba. In fact, -domestic life has such charms in the eyes of -the Sudanese warriors, that they become quite -depressed and morose if their women-folk are -left behind. The recent revolt in Uganda -is alleged by some to have been largely caused -by the refusal of Major Macdonald to allow -the wives of the soldiers to accompany them -on the advance northwards—a refusal which, -if it actually occurred, would most certainly -run counter to the military traditions of the -Sudan.</p> - -<p>During the earlier part of the day's march -Mr. Scudamore's "drink camel," <em>i.e.</em> the -animal which carried his stores of alcohol -and soda water, occasionally came to a sudden -halt and toyed with the branches of a nebek -or mimosa thorn. At such times his master -showed great kindness and forbearance; he -did not urge on the hesitating beast with -gibes and blows, but calling several of us<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_116" id="Page_116">[116]</a></span> -round him, quietly dismounted and relieved -the camel's load by "drinks all round." How -touching an example of humanity towards -poor dumb animals! Let the traveller and -explorer, then, always remember that when the -whisky mule halts, it is a kindness to lighten -his burden; if after some hours he jibs and -refuses to proceed, fate has clearly marked -out that spot for the site of the camp! The -whisky mule must not be left behind!</p> - -<p>On the occasion of one of these halts I was -astonished to see a diminutive boy in very -ragged clothes walking along with two half-plucked -pigeons in his hand and a large bag -over his shoulder. After mounting I rode -beside him and found that he was a Greek. -His father and mother kept a small café in -Cairo, and the boy, who was only fourteen and -very small for his age, had actually traversed -some twelve hundred miles by land and water -in order to sell cigarettes to the army. This -adventurous urchin, Anastasios by name, became -a great pet with the Tommies, who -bought his cigarettes and supplied him with -enough fragments of bully beef and biscuit -to keep him going throughout the campaign.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_117" id="Page_117">[117]</a></span> -As I spoke some Greek, I saw a good deal -of the boy subsequently, and succeeded in -getting him allowed a passage from Omdurman -on board the <i>Metemmeh</i>; but at Atbara -Camp some of the officials rather needlessly -refused to give him a place amongst the -baggage in the open trucks, and when I -last saw the imp he was being led away -by a zaptieh, or native policeman, after a -desperate attempt to override authority and -hide himself and the remainder of his cigarette -boxes under a heap of luggage.</p> - -<p>During our advance by land from Hagir, -Mr. Frederick Villiers' bicycle was much in -evidence. It is astonishing to what a number -of uses this versatile machine may be put in -peace and war alike. An Oxford professor, -whose metaphysical researches are combined -with military enthusiasm and the study of -minor tactics, has given to the world a -treatise in which is demonstrated with logical -acumen the value of the bicycle as a weapon -or rather implement of defence against a -charge of cavalry. The academical tactician -suggests, I believe, that when the enemy's -horse are galloping down upon you their<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_118" id="Page_118">[118]</a></span> -charge may be broken and rendered futile by -the terrifying aspect of a line of cyclists holding -their machines in the air and rapidly -spinning the wheels round! No war-horse, -it is maintained, could face this fearsome -spectacle, and utter discomfort would overtake -the charging squadrons! What a pity -our 'Varsity cyclist corps were not posted in -front of the zeriba at Omdurman to obviate -the necessity of bullets when the Baggara -horse came thundering down upon us!</p> - -<p>But the bicycle can be put to more regular -uses in a campaign. A correspondent, for -example, who went through the whole of the -Greco-Turkish War was mounted on his -machine, and published a book, which, under -the title of <span title="Ho Polemos apo Podêlatou"><span lang="grc" xml:lang="grc">Ὁ Πόλεμος ἀπὸ Ποδηλάτου</span></span> -("The War from a Bicycle"), had a great sale in -Athens. Still, despite their badness, roads -do exist between Larissa, Velestino, Domoko, -etc., whereas in the sandy, stony deserts of -the Sudan the road is a very open one indeed, -and ill adapted for wheeled traffic. In consequence -of this, Mr. Villiers' bicycle, which -was of a dull green tint, was usually to be -found in the charge of his servant, who had<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_119" id="Page_119">[119]</a></span> -acquired considerable skill in controlling the -movements of his master's donkey with one -hand and his master's machine with the -other. Certainly this lugubrious-looking -bicycle bore the battle and the breeze wonderfully -well, and the maker ought to secure a -splendid advertisement out of it; for tyres -which can pass unpunctured through the -terrors of the mimosa scrub, and refrain from -bursting under the rays of a Sudan sun in -August, may fairly be recommended for -"strong roadster" work in the country lanes -of England.</p> - -<p>It was almost dark when we reached the -camp, which has been called by everyone, as far -as I know, "Um Teref," though this is incorrect, -for "Um Teref" is the name of the village -on the opposite bank of the river. Though it -was difficult in the twilight to see far ahead of -our column, there was no possibility of mistaking -the whereabouts of the camp, for the -wild music of the Sudanese bands was already -in full swing. The first thing these black -troops do when they get into camp is to strike -up some of their unearthly tunes, and in the -absence of more normal appliances they have<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_120" id="Page_120">[120]</a></span> -been known to fashion old tin biscuit boxes -into a species of wind instrument. Just as -I got within the zeriba, a squad of these -blacks were giving hot chase to a curious -animal, which had been put up in the bush. -The hunted creature ran between my horse's -legs; it had a fine brush, with mottled fur, -and looked like a wolverine or some beast -of that kind.</p> - -<p>The area required for some twenty-two -thousand men, with hundreds of camels, -horses, and mules, was enormous, and we -rode hopelessly about in the gathering gloom, -trying to find the space allotted to correspondents. -After a couple of hours' search we -at length succeeded in finding our camels -and getting our tents pitched, and then we -did full justice to whatever sort of dinner -the ingenuity of our cooks could contrive -for their hungry masters. The camp was -an extremely pretty one, and in places the -vegetation by the river banks was quite -luxuriant. Bushes of all kinds, especially the -"Dead Sea apple," were dotted about; and -as these prevented one from seeing more -than a hundred yards around, it was diffi<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_121" id="Page_121">[121]</a></span>cult -to realise the vast size of the camp. A -zeriba had, of course, been formed, and just -behind it thousands of troops lay all night -under arms, ready to repulse any Dervish -attempt to surprise the camp by a sudden -rush.</p> - -<p>Next morning a rumour got about that -during the darkness a Dervish had crept up -to the zeriba and thrown his spear over with -a shout of defiance, and the veritable spear -was produced by a sentry of the Lancashire -Fusiliers as a proof of the story's genuineness. -The story was substantially true, for whilst the -troops were engaged in forming the zeriba a -Baggara cavalry scout, who, for some reason -or other, found himself within the enclosure, -suddenly dashed at a gallop out of the bush, -knocking over several astonished Fusiliers, -and hurling his spear at them as he -disappeared in the darkness.</p> - -<p>Scorpions proved most troublesome in all -our camps, but they were especially numerous -at Um Teref. In some places they simply -swarmed, and both officers and men, and, -still more, native servants, suffered from their -painful stings. Those, like myself, who<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_122" id="Page_122">[122]</a></span> -slept on a raised bed—<em>e.g.</em> the "Salisbury" -bed, made by Silvers—were not so much -exposed to risk as the possessors of the -"Wolseley Valise"—a mattress which lies -on the ground, and forms a most inviting -hiding-place for creeping things innumerable. -The pain experienced by a European from a -scorpion's sting is very acute while it lasts, -but passes off in a few hours. The natives -were continually stung, and one of the -correspondents had <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'atttained a great'">attained a great</ins> reputation -from the skill with which he scarified -the affected portions of native bodies, prior -to the application of Scrubb's Ammonia. -One poor fellow—a private in the Lancashire -Fusiliers—was stung by a scorpion in three -places along his spine, and speedily died in a -state of coma.</p> - -<p>Another insect pest was a huge yellow -spider of loathsome aspect and malignant -disposition, called by the natives "Abu -Shebek" (Father of Spiders). This creature -was frequently captured and conveyed to some -regimental mess, where it was forced to engage -in single combat with a scorpion. These -adversaries were, as a rule, pretty evenly<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_123" id="Page_123">[123]</a></span> -matched, and the "Warwickshire Pet," a -monstrous spider, appeared to be invincible -until it was matched against the "Cameron -Slogger," a redoubtable scorpion, who vanquished -his opponent after a desperate -struggle amid loud cheers from the victorious -mess.</p> - -<p>In the ordinary course of events we should -have moved on from Um Teref at daybreak on -the 29th, but owing to a succession of storms -on the Nile the full complement of gunboats -and <em>ghyassas</em> laden with stores and baggage -had not yet arrived, and so the order to march -was countermanded, and we remained in the -zeriba for another night. The extra day, however, -was not as pleasant as it might have been -amongst the shady trees, for the violent wind -which was retarding the progress of the gunboats -swept incessant clouds of dust over the -camp all the morning. Later in the day, however, -the wind sank, and I enjoyed a delightful -ramble along the river beyond the zeriba. -Here I found, amongst other treasures, an -enormous brick-red beetle, which clung to a tree -with such pertinacity that I had to cut away a -piece of the branch and boil it and the beetle<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_124" id="Page_124">[124]</a></span> -together before the latter would abandon his -hold and be duly pickled in the whisky.</p> - -<p>Early in the morning some squadrons of -Egyptian cavalry and the Camel Corps had left -the camp to make a reconnaissance, but none -of the correspondents were permitted to accompany -this force. They did not, however, lose -much, for the cavalry brought back scarcely -any information, beyond the news that fresh -tracks had been seen of Dervish horsemen -retreating southwards towards Omdurman.</p> - -<p>On the morning of the 30th we were up by -4 a.m., and the camels were loaded by lantern-light. -Nobody was sorry to rise, for, acting -under orders, we had all struck our tents the -night before to save time in the morning, and, -as bad luck would have it, a storm of rain and -lightning burst over the camp about midnight. -There are few things more disagreeable than -to have rain pouring down upon one as one -sleeps, or tries to sleep, in the open. When -the first heavy drops begin to fall everybody -knows what is to follow, and various execrations -are heard all around in the darkness, as -the suddenly awakened sleepers put some -garments on, hide others under the pillow, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_125" id="Page_125">[125]</a></span> -do their best with a mackintosh to turn off the -rain and keep it from collecting in pools under -their backs. The Arab servants are always in -the lowest depths of depression when it rains. -Their thin cotton garments soon get soaked -through, but I felt somewhat reluctant to lend -them any of my wraps, as on a previous -occasion, during a tropical downpour, I told two -Somali servants that they might cover themselves -with my waterproof, and during the -night they each rolled in a different direction, -and split my splendid red-lined mackintosh into -two portions. These two Somali boys, by the -way, whenever a heavy shower overtook us in -the daytime, always did their very best to keep -their heads dry. They would dash off and -thrust their shaven pates under a rock or inside -an old packing-case, and seemed to be comparatively -indifferent about the rest of their black -bodies, which lay exposed to the weather.</p> - -<p>When we left the camp <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">en masse</i> at five, -the rain gradually ceased, and the sun rose in -splendour across the Nile. The spectacle before -us was magnificent. Column after column of -infantry—black, chocolate, and white—advanced -in perfect order, and squadrons of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_126" id="Page_126">[126]</a></span> -cavalry scouted on the flanks and far ahead, -searching out every patch of scrub which might -conceal a force of Dervishes. The Sirdar and -his staff advanced in front, and the numerous -halts and consultations which were made -showed how carefully and cautiously the army -was advancing. The troops were actually -marching in battle order, ready at any moment -to close into square formation if the enemy -appeared; and one realised, as never before -during the campaign, that we were really in -a state of war. Our Lancer scouts had at -length come into touch with the enemy, and -had even fired a volley at one of several -parties of Dervish horse who were sullenly -retreating through the bush towards Kerreri.</p> - -<p>We were already well within twenty-five -miles of Omdurman. Along the line of march -we came across several large Dervish villages, -abandoned by their inhabitants within the last -day or two. In the hurry of flight angaribs -(native beds), calabashes, and even a little -food had been left behind. In some spots the -fires which had cooked the last meal of these -unfortunate villagers were still smouldering, -and, either from accident or design, several<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_127" id="Page_127">[127]</a></span> -of the huts had been destroyed by fire. The -ground was strewn with fragments of earthenware -cooking-pots, which the poor creatures -had carefully broken up before they fled away -to the dubious protection of the Omdurman -walls. Close beside one of the deserted huts -a tiny donkey stood and gazed upon us—the -sole surviving occupant of the village. One -of the servants, with a keen eye for loot, immediately -annexed the little donkey; but I refused -to take it, as I thought it would be happier -amid its native surroundings, where it could -eke out a precarious living amongst the -herbage on the river bank. As I rode past -several of the huts I noticed inside some strips -of leather rudely embroidered with cowries, -which had been used to suspend a gourd of -water. The workmanship was so rough that -I did not think this loot worth taking, though -several Lancers thought differently, for I afterwards -saw similar trophies hung over their -saddles.</p> - -<p>Towards the middle of this day's march a -rather amusing incident occurred. A small -party of Lancers scouting in one of the -deserted villages suddenly came across an Arab<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_128" id="Page_128">[128]</a></span> -clad in a fine <em>gibbeh</em>, with a long spear in his -hand. Here, at last, was a living Dervish -within five yards! He made no effort to -escape, and was at once surrounded and taken -prisoner. On his being searched, five Maria -Theresa dollars were discovered in the folds -of his clothing, and the triumphant Lancers -returned to the Sirdar and his staff with the -proud consciousness of having captured the -first real Dervish prisoner of the campaign. -After a modest rehearsal of their achievement, -they begged that in memory of the event the -<em>gibbeh</em>, dollars, and spear of the captive might -be handed over to themselves. No objection -being raised, the prisoner, who, throughout the -affair, had looked not at all alarmed, but only -rather bored, was again led off to be interrogated -by the Intelligence Department, when -the exultant Lancers learned that the captive -was one of Colonel Wingate's best spies, and -after doing some excellent work in front had -been quietly waiting to rejoin our forces! The -five dollars had to be unearthed from the depths -of the Lancers' pockets, and the imitation Dervish -again strutted proudly about with his coat -of many colours and his broad-bladed spear.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_129" id="Page_129">[129]</a></span></p> - -<p>The army advanced over the uneven ground -in excellent order. The long lines, now lost -in the hollows, now broken for the moment -by impenetrable masses of thorn bush, kept -their formation marvellously well; and often, -as they appeared over the crest of a sandy -ridge, the line was as perfect as on a field -day at Aldershot. As regards actual pace, -the Sudanese blacks can easily outmarch the -Tommies, and would invariably have been well -in the van if the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">échelon</i> formation had not been -carefully preserved.</p> - -<p>The day's march on the 30th was not more -than some eight or nine miles. We halted -for the night beside the river at a spot exactly -opposite a village called Merreh on the other -bank. At some little distance inland, on our -right front, a hill rose up called Seg-et-taib, -and, for convenience, the camp has been -generally named after the hill. Trees and -bushes grew abundantly within our zeriba, and -along the margin of the Nile large clumps of -bright green grass were greedily devoured -by the ponies, which, like all Oriental riding-horses, -lashed out viciously at each other -whenever their tethering ropes allowed it, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_130" id="Page_130">[130]</a></span> -sometimes fought and tore each other with -their teeth like tigers. The river banks at -Seg-et-taib were rather difficult of access, as -strips of marshy land ran in every direction -parallel to the stream. Everyone who reached -the water on foot was covered with black slimy -mud up to his knees; and as we rode through -the bog our horses sank up to their flanks -in the soft ooze, but managed somehow to -flounder through it without rolling over with -their riders. A pleasant spot beneath some -trees was assigned for our camp, but when -we reached it we found a bevy of Sudanese -ladies already in possession. A little <em>bakshish</em>, -however, solved the difficulty, and the fair ones -withdrew, after cleverly tying up pots and pans -and babies within the folds of their voluminous -garments.</p> - -<p>At Seg-et-taib my companion Cross, who -had been far from well for some days past, -and suffered especially from sleeplessness, -became so ill that I went off in search of his -friend, Surgeon-General Taylor, who throughout -Cross' illness was invariably most kind and -thoughtful. This officer at once came to see -the patient, and ordered him to be placed on<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_131" id="Page_131">[131]</a></span> -one of the hospital barges which were being -sent up the river to accompany the advance of -the army. This was a great relief to my mind, -as our surroundings were most uncomfortable -for a sick man. We had left behind a good -deal of baggage at Wad Hamed, and all our -tent except the outer fly, which afforded us -only a feeble shelter from sun or rain. On the -hospital barges, of course, the invalided men -could get proper attention and diet—things -practically impossible in our rough camp life; -and although I felt rather solitary in the absence -of my tent companion, I had every hope -that the illness which had attacked him would -be speedily checked under medical treatment.</p> - -<p>During the latter portion of the advance -upon Khartum, internal disorders of various -kinds were extremely common. Some of the -medical staff ascribed these derangements to -the use of tinned meat; but after all, the -evidence of experts in England seems to show -conclusively that the virulent poison called -"ptomaine" is so rare, that the chance of -injury from tinned meats is practically infinitesimal. -Others maintained, with greater -probability, that the drinking water was at fault.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_132" id="Page_132">[132]</a></span> -The native servants, to save themselves trouble -or a slight wetting, invariably filled their buckets -from the water close to the bank. Anyone who -is acquainted with Oriental habits can realise the -peril of drinking such water as this, fouled as it -was by hundreds of horses, mules, and camels, -and taken from a river which is treated as a vast -sewer by all the inhabitants along its banks.</p> - -<p>The water question was, indeed, a big one -throughout the campaign. Some filtered the -muddy water as it was, but the process was a -very tedious one, for the Birkfeld filter became -choked with mud after about a pint of water -had passed through it, and then all its internal -arrangements had to be cleaned. The native -servants were so stupid at any work of this -sort, that one generally had to do one's filtering -for oneself; and the exercise was so vigorous -that, by the time one had filtered a pint, one -was thirsty enough to drink a quart. Another -method was to precipitate the mud to some -extent by a few grains of alum; but there are -hygienic reasons against the employment of -this astringent in drinking water. The safest -plan is to let the mud settle, and then boil the -water. Yet, even if the water is boiled, one<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_133" id="Page_133">[133]</a></span> -is never secure from bacteria, for fresh germs -may enter it as it cools. Moreover, it is -impossible to boil <em>all</em> the water required for -camp purposes; and if a servant "washes up" -the plates and cups in unboiled water, or one -plunges one's head into it, there can be no absolute -guarantee against the intrusion of an evil -bacillus into one's system. The only hope is -that one's internal zeriba, so to speak, is well -guarded by a valiant line of those good bacilli -whose chief delight—so bacteriologists tell us—is -to gather round the malignant invader and -do him to death. Water taken from the middle -of the stream was said to be perfectly wholesome, -but even here the mud held in solution -acted as an irritant. There was another little -thing, too, which rather set one against any -Nile water at the Atbara camp, to wit, the fact -that almost every day a corpse or two of the -Dervishes killed at the fight—when the Atbara -was nearly empty—were caught up by the -flooded stream, and carried down visibly into -the Nile. Still, these bodies were almost -mummified from the heat; so perhaps there -was not much danger, after all, to be feared -from their presence in our water supply.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_134" id="Page_134">[134]</a></span></p> - -<p>We again advanced with the utmost caution -from Seg-et-taib. The cavalry searched the -scrub, and two gunboats steamed slowly up the -river in support. A party of the Lancers had -climbed the hill of Seg-et-taib, and from this -point the Khalifa's forces were at length seen -by British eyes. A vast camp had been -pitched about a mile and a half from the river, -in order, probably, to avoid the shells of the -gunboats. It stretched along the Wady -Shamba, some three miles in front of Omdurman. -The alignment of the white tents was -perfectly visible with a good glass, and groups -of Baggara horsemen were dotted about the -plain in front of the Dervish infantry. No -incident worth recording occurred during this -day's advance along the plain, except, perhaps, -a rather gruesome find in one of several -deserted villages through which we passed. -On the ground lay the corpse of one of -our native spies; the body was shockingly -mutilated and partially charred, so the poor -wretch would seem to have been cruelly tortured -before death. Some six or seven miles -ahead of us rose the bleak ridge of Kerreri -like a vast barrier across the line of our<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_135" id="Page_135">[135]</a></span> -advance. Here it was that the Khalifa had -doubtless intended to await our onslaught, but -either his heart failed him at the last moment -or the rapidity of our advance upset his plans. -Yet, in refusing to take his stand on the hills -of Kerreri, the Khalifa was acting in opposition -to the sentiment of his followers, who trusted -in a prophecy of the Mahdi, to the effect that -one day Kerreri should be the scene of a great -victory over the infidel invaders. "It was -called," writes Mr. Bennett-Burleigh, "'the -death-place of all infidels'; and thither at least -once a year repaired the Khalifa and his -following, to look over the coming battleground, -and render thanks in anticipation for -the wholesale slaughter of the unbelievers, and -the triumph of the true Moslems."</p> - -<p><i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">À propos</i> of Kerreri, it may be worth noticing -how misleading were the accounts of this -prospective battlefield which had appeared in -some newspapers, and how incorrect the maps -were. One account stated that along the <em>wady</em> -to the north of Kerreri white quartz stones -lay so thickly on the ground that at night-time -the place appears to be covered with snow. -This description was simply absurd. There<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_136" id="Page_136">[136]</a></span> -were red quartz pebbles, but one came across -very few white ones. Again, the maps led -one to suppose that the whole of the aforesaid -<em>wady</em> was densely overgrown with mimosa, -whereas I did not see a bush of any kind -whatever as we crossed the gentle declivity -leading up to the ridge.</p> - -<p>We had now arrived at the last camp which -we occupied before leaving Kerreri. Sururab -was the least pleasant of all our halting-places, -and we pitched our tents on a bare piece of -stony ground utterly devoid of vegetation.</p> - -<p>Suddenly, after lunch, as we sat under the -shade and chatted, there came borne to our -ears the dull booming of artillery. The gunboats -which had accompanied us had advanced -beyond Sururab, and were hard at work shelling -the Kerreri ridge, which was occupied by -a Dervish outpost. The sound of the guns -was faint, and as the vessels were some eight -miles ahead of us, and the intervening ground -was uneven, we could not, alas, see the effect -of their fire, though we afterwards learnt all -about it.</p> - -<p>The space which was allotted to the correspondents -at Sururab was so confined that<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_137" id="Page_137">[137]</a></span> -one could scarcely walk five yards without -stumbling across a camel or tripping over a -tent-rope, and the donkeys brayed so loudly -that sleep was difficult. It was intensely -annoying to hear one ass lead off with a full-voiced -bray, which died away in spasmodic -gasps. Almost immediately a brother donkey -would lift up his voice and utter a similar -succession of notes, and then groups of donkeys -would join in the music, and a species of antiphonal -braying between the <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">decani</i> and <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">cantoris</i> -donkeys ranged on either side of one's tent -would continue till one became absolutely -savage, and wished, like Balaam, that one had -a sword in one's hand. If an ass is permitted -to get well on with its braying, you cannot -stop it; when in full voice it takes not the -slightest notice of a good-sized stone. I sometimes -heard one of my correspondent colleagues -call his servant in the darkness, and say, -"Hassan, take that moke away—right away -into the desert—or I'll kill it." The servant -would seize the offender and lead it, still -braying, several hundred yards away. But -just as he got back again, the banished animal, -dismayed to find itself alone, would send forth<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_138" id="Page_138">[138]</a></span> -an anxious bray of diabolical energy, which -reached the long ears of its companions, and -made matters worse than before.</p> - -<p>At Sururab, as before, precautions were taken -against night attack. The order went round -that lights were to be extinguished and tents -struck. Everyone lay down to rest as he was, -in his clothes, and officers slept with their -swords and revolvers buckled on. Most of us, -I think, expected that the enemy, if they -refrained from attack, would at anyrate harass -us by "sniping" into our camp during -the darkness. Nothing would have been -easier, for, with the exception of a few native -spies, every soul in the army was within the -zeriba, and there was a quantity of scrub just -along the river north of the camp which would -have afforded excellent cover for Dervish -sharp-shooters. Against "sniping," little, as a -rule, can be done. No form of retaliation is -possible if the "snipers" are well concealed; -one simply has to sit still and take one's chance. -Of course in our own case, camped as we were -in an absolutely flat plain, not commanded by -any rising ground, the risks from sniping were -not considerable. In the frontier wars of India,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_139" id="Page_139">[139]</a></span> -on the contrary, an appalling number of -casualties frequently result from the desultory -fire of the hillmen securely posted amongst the -rocky heights above the camp.</p> - -<p>As it happened, our evening at Sururab was -scarcely troubled at all by Dervish bullets. -A few rifle shots came from the scrub, and a -bullet whistled overhead as I was chatting with -Villiers—the first one of the campaign! I -heard two revolver shots during the night, but -these were accidental, and came from inside the -camp. One of the bullets unfortunately penetrated -the thigh of a Warwickshire private, but -he ultimately recovered.</p> - -<p>No one, I think, who experienced the subsequent -wretchedness of the night at Sururab -is likely to forget it. There was a threatening -look about the clouds as the sun went down, -but we struck our tents and lay down to sleep -hoping for the best. About ten o'clock, however, -we were awakened by heavy drops of rain -splashing on our faces, and then down came -the torrent! I had, most fortunately, left my -tent loose upon the ground, so, after putting on -my mackintosh, I dragged a portion of the -waterproof tent over me. The exclamations of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_140" id="Page_140">[140]</a></span> -many of my colleagues around me showed that -they were not so comfortably bedded. Some -had not brought waterproofs with them; others -had packed their tents over night. There is -an undeniable satisfaction during a heavy -shower in feeling that one is on the right side -of a window pane, and witnessing the hurried -passage along a street of dripping pedestrians; -and as I heard the rain beating down upon the -tent canvas drawn over my bed, I experienced -the same sort of selfish complacency. Clothed -as I was in a kharki suit and boots, and -covered over with a blanket, a mackintosh, -and the waterproof canvas, I felt as if I was -being boiled alive; but still I was safe from -any moisture <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">ab extra</i>. Nemesis, however, -was close upon me in my splendid isolation. I -made a slight movement of my hand under the -rug, and instantly felt a sharp prick in the palm. -At the same moment, on the inside of the -canvas within six inches of my face, appeared a -large scorpion. I had evidently disturbed the -beast, which stung me and then ran up the -canvas. I felt perfectly horrified for a moment. -The idea that the scorpion might run over my -face was sickening. Fancy the effects of a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_141" id="Page_141">[141]</a></span> -scorpion's sting in the eye! With a sudden -sweep of my arm I dashed the whole tent -covering, scorpion and all, off the bed. Anything -in the rain line was better than scorpions -as bed-fellows. All this time the pain in my -hand increased. I tied a piece of string tightly -round the wrist and sucked the wound hard, -and then waited for the agony which I fully -expected. Fortunately, however, the pain in -an hour's time or so gradually wore off, and I -think the scorpion must have stung me through -the blanket, and so failed to penetrate the -hardened skin of one's palm to an appreciable -depth. We were now nearly all in the same -plight. Everybody in the camp, with few -exceptions, was soaked through that night. -One general officer told me that, as he found -himself lying in a large pool of water which had -collected under his back, he got up and spent -the night sitting in a camp-chair, without -getting a wink of sleep,—a cheerful experience, -forsooth! It is amazing that our -men escaped fever after experiences such -as these. During the Emin Relief Expedition, -it was noted that every wetting, whether -from wading a stream or a downpour of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_142" id="Page_142">[142]</a></span> -rain, invariably resulted in fever to man and -beast alike.</p> - -<p>Despite the soaking rain, I dropped off to -sleep, but was awaked about one o'clock by a -commotion on my left. Mr. Villiers had also -been stung in the neck by a scorpion, and was -in great pain. He told me the sting felt like -a red-hot knife plunged into his flesh, and the -whole of his left side became temporarily -paralysed. His faithful servant rubbed some -ammonia into the wound, and after somebody -had given him nearly a bottle of raw whisky, -he managed to get to sleep.</p> - -<p>Reveille sounded at 4 a.m., and we all rejoiced -to see the dawn. The rain still fell in sheets, -but notwithstanding the inclement weather, -Mr. Scudamore was sitting and calmly shaving -himself before a looking-glass, with a piece of -waterproof over his shoulders. The dripping -servants emerged from their nooks and crannies -in the lowest depths of depression, and -the camels snorted with increased petulance -as they floundered through the mud to be -loaded. The camel hates wet almost as much -as his masters. I have often been amused at -their cat-like unwillingness to put their feet<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_143" id="Page_143">[143]</a></span> -into quite shallow water. This is due, I -believe, to the fact that the animal's feet, if -wetted, have a tendency to crack in the sun -and become very painful.</p> - -<p>How servants contrive to light fires with -slush all round and rain pouring down in torrents -I cannot imagine, but Ali brought me a -cup of hot cocoa and some biscuit—a delicious -meal when one is draped in soaking garments.</p> - -<p>Villiers awoke from the heavy sleep into -which the raw spirit had driven him, and he -and I set out to march with the troops, who -were now streaming from the zeriba. He still -suffered from a semi-paralysis of the left side; -but despite this and a general weakness caused -by the virus, he kept up on foot with the -infantry battalions.</p> - -<p>September 1st, drizzling rain and thick -mud! The familiar collocation, helped out by -an occasional covey of sand-grouse in lieu of -partridges, brought one's thoughts back to the -joys of English stubble and turnip-field left -four thousand miles behind us! As the sun -rose higher in the sky the rain gradually -ceased, and as we dried our spirits rose. The -bushes along the line of our march were full<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_144" id="Page_144">[144]</a></span> -of many beautiful birds with vivid plumage, -and a valuable collection might probably have -been put together if anyone had had a light -gun and time to use it. Every now and then, -too, a hare would dart up from its "form" and -race across our front, pursued by two small -regimental doggies. These hares, like many -other species of animal in the Sudan, have -assumed the colour of their sandy environment -most marvellously. It is almost impossible to -see them sitting. They have ears of extraordinary -length, and are altogether odd-looking -creatures. They did not run as well as their -British cousins, and occasionally one was -caught by a dog or clubbed by a Sudanese -soldier. I never tasted the flesh, but an -officer told me he found it very good eating.</p> - -<p>Long before we reached Kerreri we saw the -figures of several Lancer scouts silhouetted -against the sky-line along the summit of the -ridge. Our cavalry had, as usual, pushed on -ahead through the scrub and climbed the hills. -Some of them rode up the lesser slopes towards -the east and west, while others, leaving their -chargers below, clambered up the steep crags -in the middle. As Lieutenant Montmorency<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_145" id="Page_145">[145]</a></span> -and another officer reached the top a Dervish -suddenly fired a "right and left" at them from -a huge elephant gun; but fortunately he missed -with both barrels, and then bolted. With the -exception of this man, who seemed to be a sort -of "caretaker" in the empty camp, there was -not a Dervish to be seen. The shell fire of -the gunboats had rendered the ridge untenable. -In every direction lay the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">débris</i> of a deserted -camp. Some of the fires were still smoking, -and here and there were dotted the small -wattled shelters which the Sudanese Arabs -rejoice to make. In one place a feeble sort -of entrenchment had been commenced, but -speedily abandoned.</p> - -<p>By this time the dampness of the early -morning had been succeeded by blazing sunshine. -The march was the longest and most -tedious one of the campaign, and scarcely a -sound we heard except the muffled tramp, -tramp, of thousands of men traversing the -sand. Suddenly, as we were crossing a dried-up -water-course in the Wady Suetne, a little -to the north of Kerreri, the roar of a heavy -gun reached our ears from the south—then -another, and another! A general murmur of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_146" id="Page_146">[146]</a></span> -satisfaction ran along the ranks. The tired men -brightened up, and stepped out with renewed -vigour, while the Sudanese almost broke into -a run from excitement. Major Elmslie's -Lyddite battery had got into position, and was -shelling the city from the other side of the -river. As I was a free agent, I ran as hard -as I could up the rough slopes, and reached -the crest of the ridge. Little could be seen -from the lower slopes, but from the summit a -splendid spectacle presented itself. The terrible -fifty-pounder shells had found the range, -and were playing havoc with the walls and -public buildings of Omdurman. Nothing can -resist Lyddite. Thick walls were pierced like -brown paper, and the stones hurled high in -the air amid clouds of dust and flame. A shell -had torn a vast hole through the lofty dome-like -structure which covered the Mahdi's -sepulchre, the gilded top of which had been -carried clean away. The effect of the shells -upon the wretched people who chanced to be -near to the Mahdi's tomb at the time of the -bombardment was truly awful, as I saw with -my own eyes two days afterwards.</p> - -<p>Below on the vast plain, which, broken only<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_147" id="Page_147">[147]</a></span> -by the mass of Gebel Surgham, stretched -from Kerreri to the outskirts of Omdurman -our cavalry were manœuvring with the -Baggara horse "very prettily," as one of the -generals remarked. Our regiment of Lancers, -three hundred and twenty all told, would ride -pluckily towards the dense masses of the -enemy, and then withdraw as lines of riflemen -advanced to meet them, or large bodies of -mounted Baggaras attempted to cut off their -retreat. The Khalifa's entire army, incensed -by the bombardment and by the galling fire -which our dismounted troopers took every -opportunity of pouring into them, were now -moving forward to attack and annihilate the -infidels.</p> - -<p>With Wauchope's Brigade in front, the -infantry and <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'artiilery crossed'">artillery crossed</ins> the ridge sloping -down to the river. On the left was the -village of Kerreri, guarded by an ancient -redoubt, and here we imagined would be the -site for the camp. But orders were given -to continue the march, so we trudged more -than a mile farther, to the deserted hamlet -of El Genuaia. Without further ado, mimosa -branches were cut and a zeriba was formed<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_148" id="Page_148">[148]</a></span> -on a small scale round the village. The heliograph -from the top of Gebel Surgham was -flashing incessantly, and keeping the Sirdar -well informed of the whereabouts and progress -of the enemy's advance. The Lancers too -came trotting in, having done their best to -delay the onset of the Dervishes. "We -expect," said Colonel Wingate to me, "to be -attacked in half an hour." Meanwhile fatigue -parties dragged the bushes on the southern -face of our zeriba much farther away in the -direction of Omdurman, and the result was -a vast zeriba extending along the Nile from -El Genuaia to a small village called—so I -gathered from the maps—Geren Nebi. The -length of the rough semi-circle must have -been over nine hundred yards. Nearer -Geren Nebi it enclosed a number of mud-huts, -which were ultimately used for hospital purposes; -and between this part of the zeriba and -our original site, there was a gentle declivity -terminating in a small inlet of the Nile, with -thick black mud along its margin. A little -beyond this inlet, towards the south, the plain -shelved down to the river, and within the -hollow thus formed the majority of the baggage<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_149" id="Page_149">[149]</a></span> -animals and native servants were posted. -The cover thus afforded must have been -excellent, for I do not think that a single -baggage animal was killed throughout the fight. -On the extreme left of our line lay a gap -between the end of the zeriba and the river, -left purposely, I presume, in order to admit -the cavalry. Not to go into more detail than -needful about the position of our troops—the -line began on the left side with the 32nd -Field Battery R.A., and an Egyptian battery of -twelve-pounder Maxim-Nordenfeldts. Next in -order came the two British Brigades with two -Maxim batteries, and the remaining two-thirds -of the zeriba was held by the various native -battalions. Towards the northern side of the -zeriba an Egyptian battery was posted on a -little mound of sand. The British infantry -were protected solely by the zeriba, but in -front of the native battalions under Colonels -Lewis, Maxwell, and Macdonald ran a shallow -trench. Colonel Collinson's brigade was -posted as a reserve inside the zeriba some -distance to the rear of Macdonald's division.</p> - -<p>Ammunition boxes lay in rows behind each<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_150" id="Page_150">[150]</a></span> -company, bayonets had been fixed, and everyone -looked eagerly over the plain for a glimpse -of the advancing Dervishes. For some reason -or other, which has never been adequately -explained, the Dervishes did not advance to -the attack that afternoon. The Khalifa's army, -after marching forward a couple of miles, came -to a sudden halt, and subsequently withdrew -to its camp for the night. None of the Emirs -in the enemy's lines, with the exception of the -wily Osman Digna, had had any previous -experience of British methods of warfare. -Still, some at least of the Dervish leaders must -have passed a night of anxiety, full of gloomy -anticipations of coming disaster. The brave -Wad-Ed-Nejumi, just before the battle of -Toski, addressed the followers whom he had -led across the terrible Bayuda desert, and -warned them in simple, soldierly words that -each one must be prepared on the morrow to -meet his Maker. Thoughts such as this were -surely, one would think, enough to keep the -Khalifa and his generals awake that night -with the awful sense of responsibility! Not -that the Moslem fighting man, whether of high -or low degree, has any fear of death itself.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_151" id="Page_151">[151]</a></span> -From what I have seen of him in action, I -should imagine that the contingency of death -never enters into his head as a factor of the -fight which need be regarded. Absolutely -convinced as he is of a future existence in -which bravery and devotion will be rewarded, -the Dervish faces the muzzles of Maxim -guns with a sword in his hand. It is civilisation -which sets Death upon his throne of -terror. The greater the sum of life's enjoyments -the greater the dread of losing them, -and as the nervous organism of mankind -becomes relaxed and softened by the æsthetic -and sentimental influences of social progress, -physical pain is accentuated in reality, and -dreaded all the more in anticipation. The -ordinary belief in a future life amongst Christian -peoples is, for the most part, so nebulous -and indefinite that it fails altogether as a -mainspring of action amid the risks of battle. -Thus, unless other sentimental or utilitarian -considerations can step in to fill the gap, <em>e.g.</em> -patriotism, or the preservation of hearth and -home, the Christian is invariably at a disadvantage -in contending with his Moslem -enemy. Look at the spectacle presented by<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_152" id="Page_152">[152]</a></span> -the Ottoman Empire, in which millions of -Christians have been dominated for centuries -by a small but valiant minority of Osmanlis.</p> - -<p>When it was known that the Khalifa's army -had postponed the attack, a general feeling of -disappointment pervaded the whole zeriba. -The men, both white and black, had been as -keen as possible; we had all been waiting for -the enemy, and he hadn't come! We were -robbed of our show, and it was positively annoying -to hear, instead of the warlike commands -which had prefaced the afternoon, the pacific -order for fatigue parties to leave the zeriba and -cut wood for cooking purposes! What awful -bathos! From Khalifa to kitchen utensils, from -battle and murder to bully beef and biscuit!</p> - -<p>Few of the twenty-three thousand men who -passed that night within the zeriba are likely -to forget it. We felt certain of a battle on -the morrow, for all doubts as to whether the -Khalifa would stand and fight, or flee away -into the uttermost parts of the Sudan, were -now set at rest. The two armies actually lay -encamped within five miles of each other on -an almost dead level! The whole of our force, -from the Sirdar downwards, was fully conscious<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_153" id="Page_153">[153]</a></span> -of its strength and its ability to resist the -Dervish assault in the morning. But what if -the Khalifa resolved after all to attack our -zeriba under the cover of night? When one -remembers the thinness of our extended line, -our miserably inadequate defences, the stealthiness -and rapidity of the Dervish infantry, the -impossibility of accurate fire in the darkness, -the preponderating numbers of the enemy and -their splendid valour,—when one thinks of -these and other things which may not be -discussed <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">coram populo</i>, one cannot be sufficiently -thankful that the Khalifa refrained from -attacking us on that memorable night! Had -such an assault taken place, I feel <em>absolutely -certain</em> that of the brave fellows who in the -morning advanced unflinchingly against the -most terrific fire of the century's warfare, a -vast number would have broken through the -zeriba in the darkness. The result would -have been terrible beyond words! The cut -and thrust of the Dervish sword and spear, -with the cross fire of our own men, might have -ended in a fulfilment of the Mahdi's prophecy, -instead of a decisive and almost bloodless -victory for the British arms!</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_154" id="Page_154">[154]</a></span></p> - -<p>With the exception of sentries, who were -doubled, the troops were allowed to sleep, -though their rest was broken by several alarms -during the night. Two friendly Arabs had -been sent out beyond Geren Nebi with orders, -in the event of a Dervish onset, to raise the -peculiar trilling cry which one hears in a higher -key from Sudanese women. Suddenly the -trilling sound was distinctly heard, the men -were instantly roused, and our spies came -racing in at full speed, and jumped clean over -the zeriba! They pretended that the Khalifa's -army was close upon their heels, but no -Dervishes appeared. In all probability these -worthless creatures had been alarmed by some -"sniping" shots from the river bank, or else -thought it would be more agreeable inside than -outside the zeriba, and so resolved to get back -and spend a comfortable night. The alarm -over, our men lay down once more; and now -a note of comedy was added to the anxiety, for -in the dark a camel, with its forelegs tied -together, suddenly ran <em>amok</em> through the camp, -leaping with clumsy bounds over the officers' -<em>angaribs</em>, and causing much confusion and -laughter.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_155" id="Page_155">[155]</a></span></p> - -<p>During the earlier part of the evening an -order had been passed round that all lights -were to be extinguished in five minutes; but, -as usual, a number of people were selfish -enough to disobey orders, and incur the risk -of Dervish sniping, rather than get into bed by -starlight. As a matter of fact, a number of -shots were fired into the camp from the -Surgham ridge, and some desultory sniping -from the bushes beyond Geren Nebi sent -occasional bullets whistling over the sleeping -camp.</p> - -<p>Before I fell asleep, I was astonished to see -Cross walking up from the bank. He seemed -much better, and said that he had been terribly -worried all day by the thought that, after all, he -might not be present at the battle. The floating -hospital in which he lay was moored at -an island opposite the zeriba, and it seemed -doubtful at one time whether the barge would -be moved over to our side. "If it hadn't," -said Cross, "I had made up my mind to swim -across the river to you."</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_156" id="Page_156">[156]</a></span></p> - - <div class="chapter"></div> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_IV" id="CHAPTER_IV"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">CHAPTER IV</a><br /> - -<span class="fs80">THE BATTLE OF OMDURMAN</span></h2> - - -<p class="drop-capx">On 2nd September we rose from our -broken slumbers in the dull grey -light of daybreak, and by the time the first -sunlight had flushed the surface of the Nile -everybody was hard at work over his breakfast. -When one knows that within an hour or two -the normal routine of regular meals may be -rudely interrupted by the exigencies of a whole -day's fighting, it behoves one to eat at least -as substantial a breakfast, if it can be got, as -one does in London before catching a morning -express to Edinburgh. Certainly it is impossible -to imagine a more agreeable prelude -to a battle than that which we experienced in -our zeriba. There was plenty of time for a -really comfortable meal, without being interrupted -by an unpleasantly early visit from the -Dervishes.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_157" id="Page_157">[157]</a></span></p> - -<p>As Cross and I strolled up towards that part -of the line held by the British, I stopped for a -few minutes at the huts which had been converted -into temporary shelters for the wounded. -Everything was in its place, and the <em>angaribs</em> -and stretchers ready for prospective employment. -Having just emerged from the floating -hospital, Cross was naturally very weak, and -one of the medical staff, having noticed this, -gave him a dose of <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">sal volatile</i>. Every British -soldier carried on him a little packet of medical -requisites for "first aid to the wounded." The -packet was a marvel of condensed utility—lint, -bandages, medicated silk, and other things, -all compressed into a tiny parcel about three -inches square.</p> - -<p>By the time I reached the British portion of -the zeriba the men were all in their places, -with reserve companies in position a little to -the rear. Every officer had seen to the -working of his revolver, and all the Tommies -had opened the breech of their Lee-Metfords -and tested the magazine action—a very necessary -precaution amongst the sand and dust of -Egypt. The two batteries on the extreme left -were drawn up, with the grim muzzles of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_158" id="Page_158">[158]</a></span> -fifteen-pounders and the Maxim-Nordenfeldts -pointing towards Gebel Surgham. Case upon -case of shells lay ready to hand, and a number -of these missiles were spread out on the sand -close beside the gun-carriages.</p> - -<p>Long before the advancing Dervishes came -within range and sight of our infantry, the -Egyptian cavalry, some two thousand strong, -had left the northern side of the zeriba, and -with the Camel Corps had come in touch with a -large body of the enemy under the Sheikh -Ed-Din. The Dervishes, certainly not less -than fifteen thousand in number, immediately -advanced against the Khedival cavalry, expecting, -no doubt, an easy victory over the -Egyptians: how often in the past had the -fellahin horsemen fled in utter rout before -them! But now the despised Egyptians -retreated in excellent order, dismounting and -firing volleys as steadily as on the parade -ground at Cairo. The Camel Corps were -blundering slowly along, scarcely able to keep -ahead of the native spearmen, and were -threatened every moment with annihilation. -In fact, throughout the day's fighting, no troops -were exposed to more serious risk than the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_159" id="Page_159">[159]</a></span> -cumbrous Camel Corps. The cavalry acted -splendidly, halting repeatedly under a hot fire -until the camel men came up. Captain Ricardo -of the 17th Lancers, who was attached to -the Egyptian cavalry, told me that he never -wished to command better troops than the -"Gyppies" showed themselves to be under -these trying circumstances. Nevertheless, -many saddles were emptied by Dervish -bullets, two field-guns had to be temporarily -abandoned, and it would have fared very ill -with this gallant corps if they had been compelled -to rely solely on their own efforts. As -it was, the Egyptian battery posted on a knoll -at the north-west corner of the zeriba had got -the range of the Kerreri ridge accurately, and -as the triumphant Dervishes appeared amongst -the rocks in full pursuit of the retreating -cavalry, round after round of twelve-pounder -shells burst amongst them. At the same -moment the Melik and Sultan had trained -their quick-firing guns upon the Dervishes, -and did splendid execution amongst the -crowded ranks. Under this combined fire -the enemy wavered, but not for long. They -tried to dodge the projectiles and advance<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_160" id="Page_160">[160]</a></span> -more cautiously under cover of various rocky -gullies amongst the broken ground. It was -like a terrible game of hide-and-seek. The -white gibbehs, hidden for some minutes behind -the hill, suddenly reappeared by fresh exits -from the ridge; but shells met them at every -turn, and finally the fanatics, balked of their -prey, sullenly withdrew beyond the hills altogether -with most of their wounded, leaving -some twelve hundred of their number dead or -dying on the field.</p> - -<p>Inside the zeriba we were all alert and ready. -Breakfast was over, and we simply waited for -the enemy. I looked down into the hollow -beside the river where the baggage camels, -camp followers, and servants were stowed away -in safety, and saw Ali grasping his enormous -sword. The faithful creature came up and -informed me that he intended to devote his -attention exclusively to the defence of my -person during the coming fight. I gently -restrained the vaulting ambition of my cook, -and pointed out to him the value of less ostentatious -heroism—the protection, for example, -of the camels from bullets, and the groceries -from theft. Having shaken off this enthusiast,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_161" id="Page_161">[161]</a></span> -I walked along the zeriba to a point some -way below the Lincolns. A large number of -the Tommies had never been under fire -before, <em>e.g.</em> the Guards and the Lancashire -Fusiliers, and there was a curious look of -suppressed excitement in some of the faces, -as they stared over the desert to catch a -glimpse of the enemy they were at last -destined to behold, after many long marches -by day and false alarms by night. Now and -then I caught in a man's eye the curious -gleam which comes from the joy of shedding -blood—that mysterious impulse which, despite -all the veneer of civilisation, still holds its own -in a man's nature, whether he is killing rats -with a terrier, rejoicing in a prize fight, playing -a salmon, or potting Dervishes. It was a fine -day, and we had come out to kill something. -Call it what you like, the experience is a big -factor in the joy of living: one speaks <span title="phônanta synetoisi"><span lang="grc" xml:lang="grc">φωνᾶντα συνετοῖσι.</span></span> -Lower down the line the Sudanese -showed their white teeth as they grinned with -delight at the prospect of slaughter.</p> - -<p>Suddenly the Lancers came trotting over the -ridge between Gebel Surgham and the Nile, -while several officers galloped across the plain<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_162" id="Page_162">[162]</a></span> -and reported to the Sirdar that the Khalifa's -forces were now rapidly advancing. The -signallers from Gebel Surgham had come in -by this time, and the cavalry, after a temporary -halt beyond Geren Nebi, entered the -zeriba by the gap beyond the batteries, and -there waited ready for future emergencies.</p> - -<p>"When they do show themselves," said an -artillery officer, "we'll give them beans," and -"beans" they certainly got! Even as he -spoke, a long white streak far away in the -distance suddenly spread itself over the yellow -sand; the longed-for moment had arrived! -"Here they come!" was on everybody's lips, -and a rustle of excitement ran down the ranks.</p> - -<p>True enough, on either side of Gebel Surgham, -and then on towards the western slopes -of Kerreri, line upon line of Dervish infantry -and cavalry appeared. Gigantic banners -fluttered aloft, borne on lofty flagstaffs. The -rising sun glinted on sword blades and spearheads -innumerable, and as the mighty host -drew nearer, black heads and arms became -visible amongst the white of the massed -<em>gibbehs</em>. And now, too, a dense volume of -sound came rolling over the desert as the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_163" id="Page_163">[163]</a></span> -fanatical Arabs raised continuous shouts of -defiance, mingled with chants to Allah and the -Prophet—their final battle-cry before the inevitable -death awaiting them—the veritable -requiem song of Mahdism! In the clear -morning air the pageant was truly magnificent, -a splendid panorama of some forty thousand -barbarians moving forward all undismayed to -do battle with the largest army which Great -Britain has placed in the field for forty years. -So marvellous a picture—once seen, never to -be seen again—must surely have impressed -itself indelibly upon the memory of all who -witnessed it!</p> - -<p>Our men stood unmoved within the zeriba. -Suddenly a cloud of white smoke massed -itself along the enemy's front, and one realised -that the Dervishes had opened fire on us. -The Khalifa's forces possessed eighteen -thousand Martinis and a still larger number -of Remingtons, captured from the ill-fated -army of Hicks Pasha and the various garrisons -of the Sudan. But as none of the Dervishes -understood the sighting of their rifles, and -many of them had actually knocked off the -back-sights as a useless encumbrance, their<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_164" id="Page_164">[164]</a></span> -opening volleys at over two thousand yards, -being fired point blank, were useless. They -simply wasted ammunition; for most of the -bullets of course struck the sand hundreds of -yards in front of us, and comparatively few -got as far as the zeriba. No response came -from our silent ranks for another five minutes. -Then at 6.20 a roar came from the batteries on -the left, and a shell shrieked through the air -and burst about twenty yards in front of the -formidable line advancing against the southern -face of the zeriba. Almost simultaneously the -other batteries opened fire on the dense masses -of the enemy advancing round the western -slopes of Surgham, and still farther away -towards the ridge of Kerreri.</p> - -<p>The battle had now commenced in dire -earnest. As the enemy rapidly advanced, -bullets of all sizes and shapes soon began to -whistle over the zeriba from the Martinis, -Remingtons, and nondescript weapons of the -enemy. A battery, too, which they had placed -on the western slope of Surgham, fired at the -portion of our line held by the Camerons and -Seaforths. More than forty rounds were fired -from these Dervish field guns, but the shells<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_165" id="Page_165">[165]</a></span> -did little, if any, damage, as, although the -fuses were beautifully timed and the projectiles -burst at an excellent height above the ground, -the range was too long, and they all fell short. -Moreover, after the fight some fragments of -these shells were picked up and found to be -made of very thin brass casing; so that the -damage they could have inflicted, even had -they reached our lines, must have been inconsiderable. -As it was, they burst like -maroons at the Crystal Palace, with a loud -report and little else.</p> - -<p>Our own artillery had very soon found the -range accurately. The British fifteen-pounders -and the short Maxim-Nordenfeldts of the -Egyptian gunners were admirably worked, and -the precision of the shell fire was marvellous. -Scores of shrapnel burst just over the advancing -line, and other shells struck the -ground under their feet, tearing huge gaps in -the ranks and throwing up clouds of earth -and stones. The division of the enemy -nearest to the zeriba was advancing over -the ridge between Surgham and the river, -and with a good field glass I could see the -fearful havoc played by the fire of our guns.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_166" id="Page_166">[166]</a></span> -Beneath the descending shower of bullets from -a well-placed shrapnel, a little crowd of men -would fall torn and bleeding upon the sand, -and sometimes a shell splinter would crash -into a horse and hurl the animal with its -rider to the ground. Despite this awful fire, -the brave Dervishes came steadily on down -the slope, though the line of their march was -thickly strewn with dead and wounded. At -length, to complete their discomfiture, the -enemy in this part of the field came within -long range of the rifles of the Guards, the -Warwicks, and other battalions lining the -more southern face of the zeriba. As withering -volleys were poured into them, in addition -to the incessant shell fire, the remnants of -this brave division seemed to realise the -hopelessness of a direct advance, and swerved -to their left without any disorder to join their -comrades who had advanced round Surgham -from the west.</p> - -<p>The main attack upon our position had now -fully developed, and it was at this juncture -that the Egyptian cavalry and the Camel -Corps regained the shelter of their comrades' -trenches after their lucky escape from Sheikh<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_167" id="Page_167">[167]</a></span> -Ed-Din's spearmen. Thousands upon thousands -of Dervish infantry and cavalry advanced -all along the line in a rough semicircle, with -frenzied shouts and a continuous but irregular -fire upon the western face of the zeriba. -Towards the left centre the Khalifa's black -ensign stood out above the white <em>gibbehs</em> and -red sashes of his bodyguard—that heroic and -devoted band who rallied to the last round -their leader's flag, and died to a man in its -defence!</p> - -<p>The din of battle was terrific. The roar -of the artillery, the shriek of shells, the crisp -volleys of the Lee-Metfords, and the unceasing -rat-tat-tat of the deadly Maxims were so -deafening that it was only occasionally in -brief intervals that one realised that bullets by -hundreds were flying around us.</p> - -<p>Other proofs, however, of this were soon -in evidence. In every direction the medical -service men were to be seen carrying the dead -and wounded on stretchers to the rear. As I -walked across the zeriba with the Rifle Brigade, -who were ordered to reinforce the line facing -west, three men were hit by Dervish bullets, -and immediately afterwards I saw a corporal<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_168" id="Page_168">[168]</a></span> -of the Camerons shot clean through the head. -As I said above, comparatively few bullets -were heard, but every now and then a man fell -to the ground. Colonel Money's horse was -shot under him; he secured another mount, -and in a few minutes his second horse rolled -over, pierced by another Dervish bullet. Shortly -afterwards, as I was watching the Maxim fire, a -Highlander suddenly fell over two yards to my -left. He was, I think, shot through the upper -part of the arm; but what amused me was the -self-conscious, shamefaced look which came -over his face when the stretcher arrived. He -looked sheepishly round to see if anybody -noticed it, and was evidently quite ashamed of -being carried off!</p> - -<p>It was interesting to hear various occasional -remarks which were made as flying bullets -whistled overhead or made a splash in the -loose sand of the zeriba. After a little experience -in being under fire the ear gets to -appreciate the relative distances of these invisible -messengers, but the tendency at first is -to imagine that the passing bullet is much -nearer to one than it really is. I remember -hearing a young soldier remark as a bullet<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_169" id="Page_169">[169]</a></span> -whizzed over us, "By Jove, that nearly got me -on the head!" whereas the missile was yards -up in the air. It is, indeed, always satisfactory -under such circumstances to note the whizz of -bullets through the air; for, of course, if you -hear the missile, it can't do you any harm. -Some of the Dervish bullets played the oddest -tricks. My friend, Captain Maclachlan of the -Camerons, suddenly felt his side drenched with -water, and, looking down, found that his water-bottle -had been pierced from side to side. I -found that this little anecdote had already -reached England when I arrived, and had, -moreover, been duly improved upon; for an -old lady in the train spoke in sympathetic -tones of the providential escape of the poor -invalid officer who had been saved from a -bullet as he lay in bed by the <em>hot water bottle</em> -applied to his side! Another bullet passed -through an ammunition pouch, cutting eight -cartridges in half just between the lead and -the cordite without exploding a single one. -In another case, a Dervish bullet bored a hole -through the helmet of the man in front, tore -the shoulder-strap from the man behind, then -wounded a sergeant in the leg, and finally<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_170" id="Page_170">[170]</a></span> -dropped harmlessly on the toes of a private -in the rear.</p> - -<p>Between the two Highland battalions was -posted a battery of Maxims under Captain -Smeaton, whom I had seen in Crete a year -and a half ago. Just behind the Maxims a -detachment of Engineers did excellent work -in organising the ammunition supply. One -is always glad to hear the conduct of this fine -corps appreciated, for frequently the sappers, -from the nature of their work, are not sufficiently -noticed in the literature of our "little -wars." They did much excellent work at the -Atbara, with scarcely a word of subsequent -recognition from the Press; and here in the -Omdurman zeriba they were posted in the -middle of the fighting line, and took their -chance as well as anyone else.</p> - -<p>The Maxims poured forth an unceasing -stream of bullets. A belt of cartridges was -fixed, and instantly began to glide through -the breech mechanism; then ta-ta-ta-ta-ta—the -belt was empty and thrown aside to make -way for another. It was not difficult to see -how the gun was doing its terrible work, for -if the aim became unduly depressed, a screen<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_171" id="Page_171">[171]</a></span> -of dust and sand was thrown up in front of -the enemy's line, and the only thing needed -was a trifling elevation of the barrel.</p> - -<p>There is a sort of fascination about a Maxim -in full swing. Water is placed round the -barrel in a metal casing, in order to keep the -steel from becoming red hot. As it is, in -three minutes after the water is poured in it -boils furiously, and steam rushes out of the -valves. Still, as long as the barrel is in contact -with water of any kind, all goes well. In -the midst of the Dervish attack the water -suddenly gave out in Captain Smeaton's battery, -and the machinery would speedily have -ceased work from overheating but for the -ready help of the men who stood by, and -immediately emptied their water-bottles into -the empty tubing. The Maxims, thus refreshed, -continued their work, and up to 8.30 -a.m. no less than ninety thousand rounds of -ammunition had been fired from these weapons -alone.</p> - -<p>About seven o'clock a marvellous attempt -to break our lines was made by the enemy. -The Dervish leader in the centre—perhaps -Yakub, the Khalifa's brother—actually dis<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_172" id="Page_172">[172]</a></span>patched -a body of about one hundred and -fifty cavalry against the British position. That -any sane man could be guilty of such criminal -folly is almost incredible. The devoted band -galloped towards the zeriba over the open -desert in the very teeth of Maxims and Lee-Metford -volleys! Needless to say, not one of -these brave fellows got within five hundred -yards of our lines. The Maxims and rifles -rained bullets upon them, the murderous -sheet of lead mowed them down, and they -simply vanished from sight. One heroic -leader struggled on in front of his comrades, -until he too, with his beautiful Arab charger, -went down like the rest, and lay there, a -silent witness to the magnificent valour of the -Khalifa's followers. Not one man in twenty -returned from this wild charge, which, for the -utter recklessness of its bravery, must be almost -unexampled in military history.</p> - -<p>The interchange of shots continued until -about 8.30, by which time the Dervish forces -had been practically annihilated, with the -exception of two or three large masses, which -had retreated in excellent order behind the -hills on the south-west and north-west.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_173" id="Page_173">[173]</a></span> -In fact, during the last half-hour of this portion -of the engagement, the actual rifle fire of -the Dervishes had been confined almost exclusively -to a small body of sharpshooters, who -had ensconced themselves in a sandy hollow -some nine hundred yards away on our left -centre. These riflemen, being sheltered from -the hail of bullets which whizzed over their -heads, continued to make very fair practice on -our ranks for some time. At last a shell from -Major Williams' battery pitched right into the -middle of their retreat. What exactly happened -I do not know, but, at anyrate, we -were troubled by no more bullets from <em>that</em> -quarter. Throughout the fighting up to this -point I never saw a Dervish <em>run</em>; whenever -he retreated he simply walked off the field. -I noticed many of the wounded struggle to their -feet, attempt to walk away, and then fall to -rise no more as merciless volleys again struck -them to the ground.</p> - -<p>As the Sirdar appeared to think that all -danger from Dervish attack was now past -and over, the entire army received orders to -leave the zeriba and march in <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">échelon</i> straight -on Omdurman. Meanwhile, however, the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_174" id="Page_174">[174]</a></span> -Lancers had advanced over the ridge towards -the river, with orders to harass the enemy -and head them off from Omdurman as far as -possible. The troopers trotted off in excellent -spirits, glad to get a chance of some fighting -after their forced inaction under cover during -the assault upon the zeriba.</p> - -<p>And now occurred the most graphic and -sensational bit of fighting in the whole battle. -A continuous stream of Dervishes was traversing -the plain between Gebel Surgham and -the suburbs of Omdurman. But before the -Lancers had advanced far upon the flank of -these fugitives they noticed what appeared to -be a body of some two hundred spearmen, who -were partly under cover of a low ridge of sand. -These Dervishes soon showed that they had -rifles as well as spears, for a hot fire was -opened upon the cavalry. A charge was at -once ordered, and the line of Lancers galloped -down upon the enemy. Before they had -reached the hollow, however, they saw beyond -the riflemen a considerable body of Dervishes, -whose presence, thanks to a further inequality -in the ground, had not been revealed till that -moment. I have heard it said that, previous<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_175" id="Page_175">[175]</a></span> -to falling foul of these partly concealed Dervishes, -the Lancers had advanced without any -scouts being thrown forward who might have -easily discovered how the land lay. Again, -even when the white mass of men, some fifteen -deep, suddenly rose up before the eyes of -the cavalry, there would have been absolutely -no shadow of discredit in retiring; for cavalry -are not ordinarily required to charge unbroken -infantry, nor was this course rendered necessary -by the Sirdar's orders. There can be little -doubt that if our men, immediately on sighting -the large compact body in the rear of the -riflemen, had withdrawn, dismounted, and -poured volleys from their carbines into the -massed ranks of the enemy, they would have -inflicted far greater damage upon the Dervishes, -with scarcely any appreciable loss to themselves. -This course was not taken. So far -from halting and retreating, our gallant Lancers -quickened their chargers' pace, and hurled -themselves boldly against the double rampart -of fighting men. Colonel Martin led the way, -riding well ahead of his regiment, and, without -attempting to use his weapons, forced a passage -through the dense masses in front of him. He<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_176" id="Page_176">[176]</a></span> -did not, I believe, receive a scratch during this -perilous exploit, though it was almost a miracle -that he escaped with his life. A friend of mine -who took part in this famous charge told me -that as the cavalry galloped forward they were -met by a perfect hail of bullets from the riflemen -in front, which ought to have emptied -many a saddle, but for the most part flew harmlessly -overhead. As is usually the case in -desperate fighting, none of the men who came -safely through the charge appeared to know -much about its details. My informant told me -that he noticed an officer—probably Lieutenant -Grenfell—standing a little on one side and -fighting with a ring of Dervishes, three of -whom suddenly turned upon himself. As they -advanced he realised that he had better make -some use of his weapons, so whipped out his -revolver and shot the foremost Dervish. After -this his horse struggled onward past the rest -of the assailants. Until he had shot this man, -he had quite forgotten to draw either sword or -revolver!</p> - -<p>The outer line of the enemy was soon broken -up by the impact of the cavalry, and the riflemen -tumbled head over heels amongst the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_177" id="Page_177">[177]</a></span> -horses' feet. But much greater resistance -came from the two thousand Dervishes at the -back. The confusion was terrible. Lances -are not of much use in a crowd, and if our -troopers had used their sabres they would have -suffered less from the heavy sword blades -which were hacking their bodies and hamstringing -their horses. If any man was unhorsed he -was as good as dead. The furious Arabs leapt -upon him and slashed at his face till his features -disappeared and his flesh hung in strips. Lieutenant -Clerk's charger stumbled and fell forward -as it breasted the edge of the <em>nullah</em>, but -most fortunately its master kept his seat, and -managed to get through the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">mêlée</i> unhurt. -This officer was on September 2nd far too ill -and weak for any sort of military duty, but he -pluckily kept to his regiment till the day's -arduous work was over, and was then obliged -to go into hospital worse than before. The -fighting through the brief period of this charge—a -few minutes all told from beginning to end—was -wild and fierce. The Lancers never -flinched in the face of an enemy six times as -numerous as themselves, and, doing what they -could with the clumsy lances, forced a path for<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_178" id="Page_178">[178]</a></span> -their squadrons through the crowd in front. -On the other hand, the Dervishes rejoiced, no -doubt, to get to close quarters with the hated -infidels after all the futile attempts and cruel -losses of the morning. Their eyes gleamed -with fury as they crowded round the hated -Englishmen, and showered spear thrusts and -sword cuts upon man and beast alike. The -cross-handled Dervish sword is terribly heavy, -and the long straight blades of several which I -picked up had been freshly ground for subsequent -employment upon the person of -Tommy Atkins. The large Dervish spear, -too, when properly handled, is a most formidable -weapon, and if a thrust is driven well -home into the body, the wound from the broad -iron head is so wide and deep that a man has -little chance of recovery.</p> - -<p>My readers have all read in the newspapers -of some of the many acts of heroism and -narrow escapes which were crowded into the -space of a few minutes. They have heard how -gallantly men like Lieutenant Montmorency -and Private Peddar, who had fought their way -unhurt through the Dervishes' line, turned -back to save their wounded and dismounted<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_179" id="Page_179">[179]</a></span> -comrades—how Major Wyndham, when his -horse fell dead beneath him, managed with the -help of his friends to push his way through the -press and escape the death which overtook -almost every other Lancer who was unhorsed.</p> - -<p>The enemy's line was completely broken up -by the cavalry, and about seventy of the Dervishes -were killed or wounded. But when the -Lancers formed up some three hundred yards -on the other side of the hollow, it was evident -from even a cursory glance that the gallant -charge had cost them dear. Lieutenant Grenfell -with twenty troopers were missing, and of -the fifty wounded men many were streaming -with blood and scarcely able to keep their -saddles. No less than one hundred and nineteen -horses out of three hundred and twenty -were killed or hopelessly wounded, and in some -cases the faithful creatures, who had carried -their masters safely through the fight, just -managed to rejoin the ranks and then fell dead.</p> - -<p>After the charge Colonel Martin ordered his -men to dismount and fire volleys at the enemy, -who still held their ground. The magazine -fire of the carbines speedily dispersed the Dervishes, -and the victorious Lancers returned to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_180" id="Page_180">[180]</a></span> -the scene of their charge and recovered the -dead. All the bodies had been horribly -mutilated; the faces were quite unrecognisable, -and the flesh of the neck and shoulders was -scored and lacerated in every direction with -sword cuts and spear thrusts.</p> - -<p>Indignation against the Dervishes for such -mutilations may easily be exaggerated. Sickening -as it is to gaze upon a comrade's features -hacked out of all human semblance, one cannot -forget that the men who did the deed had seen -thousands of their brethren slain by our awful -fire without a possibility of retaliation. It is -worth remembering, too, that the mutilation of -the human body is not the exclusive monopoly -of barbaric peoples; anyone who has seen the -effects of shell fire—bodies ripped open, jaws -torn off, and kindred horrors—may find it -difficult to differentiate very markedly between -the accursed usages inseparable from every -system of warfare—civilised and barbarous -alike.</p> - -<p>While the Lancers had met and engaged -the enemy beyond Gebel Surgham, the whole -of the infantry, artillery, and baggage-train -had left the zeriba and advanced in <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">échelon</i><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_181" id="Page_181">[181]</a></span> -upon Omdurman. The British battalions led -the way on the left; on the right marched -the Egyptians and Sudanese—Maxwell's -brigade in front, Lewis's next, and Macdonald's -bringing up the rear. I joined Lewis's men, -and as the line of our advance led us over the -ground covered by a portion of the attack, -we speedily found ourselves amongst dead -and dying Dervishes. The first of these I -came across was the brave leader who had -led the charge of the Baggara cavalry. He -and his horse were quite dead—both of them -riddled with bullets. His spear lay beside -him, and was seized by a Sudanese soldier -as a present for his <em>bimbashi</em>. As we marched -towards Gebel Surgham, and further out upon -the plain, the efficacy of our shell and rifle -fire became more apparent every yard we -advanced. In every direction rows and -clusters of white <em>gibbehs</em> and black bodies lay -scattered over the sand.</p> - -<p>Here and there, too, horses were stretched -motionless, or else tossed restlessly to and fro, -unable to rise. I cannot account for the fact, -but the sight of a wounded horse is much -more painful to myself, and, I know, to many<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_182" id="Page_182">[182]</a></span> -other men, than the sight of a wounded man. -As one walks over a battlefield one gazes with -indifference or vague curiosity on mangled -heaps of human bodies, but where one sees a -horse cruelly torn by a shell splinter, raising -and drooping its head upon the sand, with -terror and anguish in its beautiful eyes—such -a sight as this must fill the heart of any lover -of animals with pain and pity.</p> - -<p>Our native battalions were soon busily -engaged in killing the wounded. The -Sudanese undertook this task with evident -relish, and never spared a single Dervish -along their path. On our left front, at the -foot of the Surgham slope, where the opening -shell fire of the batteries on the left had -covered the hillside with dead and wounded, -a large number of servants and camp followers -were also busy. These harpies, intent solely -on loot, had armed themselves with various -weapons. Some carried clubs or spears, others -had managed to secure old rifles. They -advanced with great caution, and I saw them -fire repeatedly into bodies which were already -quite dead, before they dared to rush in and -strip the corpse of its arms and clothing.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_183" id="Page_183">[183]</a></span> -These cowardly wretches ought most certainly -to have been prevented from carrying on this -irresponsible shooting. They fired anyhow, -without looking to see who was in front, and -their bullets continually ricochetted against the -rocks. One of these bullets passed quite close to -the front of our brigade as we advanced, and I -heard that an officer was wounded by another.</p> - -<p>The barbarous usage of killing the wounded -has become traditional in Sudanese warfare, -and in some cases it must be looked upon as -a painful necessity. The wounded Dervishes—as -I saw with my own eyes, and on one -occasion nearly felt with my own body—sometimes -raised themselves and fired one last -round at our advancing line. On one occasion -a wounded Baggara suddenly rose up -from a little heap of bodies and stabbed no -less than seven Egyptian cavalry troopers -before he was finally dispatched. Still, when -all has been said in defence of this practice, -it is certain that in many cases wounded -Dervishes, unarmed and helpless, were -butchered from sheer wantonness and lust -of bloodshed. The whole formed a hideous -picture, not easy to forget.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_184" id="Page_184">[184]</a></span></p> - -<p>Some of the wounded turned wearily over, -and paid no attention to our advance. For -many of them, indeed, the bitterness of death -was already past. They lay in the scorching -heat, with shattered bodies and shattered hopes, -awaiting the final thrust of the merciless -bayonet. Many of them were doubtless good -as well as brave men. They had trusted in -Allah that he would deliver them, but their -prayer had been in vain. There are few -experiences in this world more cruel than the -sudden extinction of religious hope, and the -dying thoughts of some of these Dervishes must -have been exceeding bitter.</p> - -<p>As I tramped along with Lewis's brigade -towards Omdurman, we were suddenly aware -that something had gone wrong on the right -flank and rear of the column. The "ispt," -"ispt" of bullets was heard in every direction, -and men began to fall. Turning round, I soon -saw what had happened. The enemy had -actually renewed the fight, and an orderly -attack was being made on Macdonald's brigade -by the large Dervish force under Sheikh -Ed-Din, which had retreated under the fire -of the gunboats at the beginning of the engage<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_185" id="Page_185">[185]</a></span>ment, -and held itself in readiness behind the -Kerreri ridge for this flank attack. At the -same time several other bodies of Dervishes -appeared to the west of Surgham, and also -from behind the low hills straight in front.</p> - -<p>The brunt of this fresh attack fell upon -the rear brigade. Colonel Macdonald did not -lose a moment. His blacks were at once -formed into two lines, meeting at an obtuse -angle, and a steady fire was opened on the -enemy, who advanced with marvellous rapidity. -Towards the left centre, the black standard of -the Khalifa rose again to view, and behind this, -and on either flank, line after line of infantry -swept once more over the undulating desert.</p> - -<p>This was the only portion of the fight in -which any part of our position was seriously -threatened, and during this second battle—for -it practically amounted to this—the Sudanese -and Egyptian infantry had most of the fighting -to themselves. Right well they fought—one -native brigade against some twenty-five -thousand Dervishes. Any wavering or panic -on the part of these battalions would have been -fatal, for during the really critical period of the -fight they were quite isolated. Lewis's brigade—their<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_186" id="Page_186">[186]</a></span> -nearest support—was at least nine -hundred yards away, and most of the British -columns were actually out of sight, advancing -along the river a mile and a half in front. -The men of the brigade, which comprised the -9th, 10th, and 11th Sudanese and the 2nd -Egyptians, were armed with Martinis; and -the smoke of the black powder they used -interfered to some extent with the accuracy of -their fire, which always tends, in the case of -native troops, to become rather wild as the -excitement of battle grows upon them. Thus -it happened that the enemy managed to get to -much closer quarters with us than previously. -Their foremost ranks sometimes seemed to -advance within one hundred and fifty yards -of the Sudanese, and when a perfect flood of -Sheikh Ed-Din's infantry was let loose from -the Kerreri slopes upon Macdonald's rear, -some of the Dervishes, despite the withering -rifle fire, actually ran up and used their spears -against our men, until they were bayoneted or -shot down at the very muzzles of the rifles. -Another brilliant attempt was made by the -Khalifa's cavalry to break the Sudanese lines, -and some of the horsemen got within a few<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_187" id="Page_187">[187]</a></span> -yards of the line before they were shot down -in detail. One determined standard-bearer, -with nothing in his hands except his flagstaff, -struggled on heroically to within a dozen -yards of the blacks before he fell, riddled -with bullets.</p> - -<p>Efforts had, of course, been made all along -the line to lend assistance to Macdonald in -his one-handed struggle. The gunboats had -joined with his own three batteries in shelling -the dense masses under Sheikh Ed-Din, while -on the left other batteries had galloped up, -and now from the northern slopes of Surgham -poured round after round of shell upon the -indomitable enemy. Three battalions, too, of -the 1st British Brigade had come up at the -double, and the Lincolns had been dispatched -to aid in the final dispersion of Ed-Din's -Dervishes amongst the rugged slopes of -Kerreri.</p> - -<p>Still, valuable as this help was in completing -the rout of the Dervishes, and driving them -off finally beyond the hills to the west, there -is no doubt that the repulse of the enemy was -already a <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">fait accompli</i> long before the British -battalions had wheeled to the right and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_188" id="Page_188">[188]</a></span> -traversed the long distance—at least one and -a half miles—between their position near the -river and the rear of our advance on the -right. Colonel Macdonald had proved once -more his sterling qualities as a leader. The -Sudanese had shown that they could stand -absolutely steady under a prolonged fire as -well as rush impetuously to an attack. The -"Gyppies," who in the old days of El Teb -and Hicks Pasha's disaster threw away their -rifles and were butchered as they fled or knelt -to beg for mercy—these very Fellahin soldiers, -now disciplined and taught the value of self-respect -by British officers, fired regular volleys -and stood firm as a rock against the stream -of Dervishes which threatened every moment -to engulf them.</p> - -<p>I noticed, by the way, one very smart bit -of fighting during the movement in support -of Macdonald. The brigade under Colonel -Maxwell advanced almost directly upon Gebel -Surgham, and a number of Sudanese were -ordered to clear the hill of Dervishes. Up -went the blacks like monkeys. The whole -eastern slope of Surgham was dotted with little -white puffs of smoke as the lithe creatures<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_189" id="Page_189">[189]</a></span> -leapt from boulder to boulder and drove the -enemy before them. At the top of the hill -the surviving Dervishes, under the Emir -Osman Azrak, made a desperate stand, but -were killed to a man.</p> - -<p>It was not till nearly midday that "Cease -fire" again sounded, and the victorious march -to Omdurman was resumed. Scattered bands -of Dervishes were to be seen in the distance, -making westward to the shelter of the hills. -Upon the rear of these fugitives the Egyptian -cavalry was let loose; and as they galloped -away to the right, and cut up the stragglers, -they felt, no doubt, that they were getting some -sort of compensation for their bad luck in the -early morning. Captain Smeaton lent me his -field glasses, which were more powerful than -my own, and far away in front, on a ridge of -rock, safe from cavalry and rifle bullets, I saw -a little band of Dervishes—some sixty in all—painfully -making their way to the west. With -the fine binoculars in my hand I could even -see the faces of the poor wretches, the majority -of whom seemed to be wounded. Some -limped along unaided over the rough hillside, -others were supported by their comrades.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_190" id="Page_190">[190]</a></span> -How many hundreds, nay, thousands, of these -wounded Dervishes ultimately succumbed to -the fearful injuries inflicted by the "man-stopping" -bullet, no one, I suppose, will ever -know accurately; but one may be tolerably -sure that behind the hills many a poor creature -lay down to die.</p> - -<p>In handing Captain Smeaton's glasses back, -I noticed that one of the mules harnessed to -the Maxims had just been struck by a bullet, -which passed clean through the animal's neck. -The wounded mule, by name Tommy, was -evidently quite a pet amongst the gunners, -and though it looked rather anxious and -depressed, it dragged the Maxim with unabated -vigour.</p> - -<p>In places, as we marched along, the ground -was strewn thickly with bodies, as the fire had -struck the enemy down in little heaps. In -one spot I saw a ring of nine men and three -horses, all evidently slain by the explosion of -a single shell. One Dervish, as I passed, -raised his face to mine with a ghastly smile, -as if deprecating our vengeance, and throwing -his <em>gibbeh</em> on one side, displayed an awful -wound. A shell splinter had struck the miser<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_191" id="Page_191">[191]</a></span>able -man full in front, and literally ripped his -body open from side to side. Another man -lay face downward upon the sand, breathing -bubbles through a pool of gore, and actually -drowning in his own blood! As a rule, -however, the features of the dead were -not distorted. They lay as if asleep, with -a peaceful look upon their faces, and many -of them were handsome men of magnificent -build.</p> - -<p>The sun by this time was terribly hot, and, -after the excitement of the fight, the fatigue -of the day's work, and the absence of sleep on -the previous night began to tell upon the men. -Several halts were made, and at last a string -of camels laden with <em>fantasias</em> (metal water -tanks) made their appearance. The men -crowded round, and filled their bottles to -the brim. The water was quite warm, but -the troops drank it with avidity. I filled -my bottle, and then, plunging the whole thing -into a bucket, waited till evaporation should -cool the contents. Meanwhile I crawled under -a Maxim carriage. The scanty shade was -perfectly delicious, and I should have gone to -sleep but for the mules, which became restless,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_192" id="Page_192">[192]</a></span> -and kicked out occasionally with their hoofs in -unpleasant proximity to my head.</p> - -<p>After half an hour's halt the onward march -was resumed, and we saw the troops in front -about two hundred yards away actually -marching through a mirage of water, rocks, -and bushes! Cross tried to photograph the -curious scene, but the result did not prove a -success. Why does one never get a decent -photograph of a mirage in the desert? Men -still fell out of the ranks from sheer exhaustion. -One would see a soldier totter on for some -yards, trying to pull himself together, and then -suddenly step to one side and sink down on -the sand, saying, "It's no good; I can't go on." -On two occasions when this happened, the -exhausted man had drained the entire contents -of his bottle, which had been full an hour -ago, and not a drop of water was to be got -from any of the soldiers near! I mention this -to show the utter lack of self-control in the -matter of drink which prevailed amongst the -"Tommies." My own bottle was the only one -within reach that contained any water at all, -and of course I did what everyone else would -have done, and divided what remained between<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_193" id="Page_193">[193]</a></span> -the two men, who seemed to be actually dying -of thirst. They then got up and managed to -struggle on to Omdurman, their rifles being -carried for them by some of their comrades. -A private of the Warwicks suddenly dropped -down dead from heat apoplexy, and was buried -on the spot. The comparatively mild sufferings -of our own men turned one's thoughts to -the crowded heaps of wounded wretches left -behind us in the desert to the added tortures -of that thirst which invariably accompanies -gunshot wounds. How many thousands, too, -of women and children would soon be weeping -with all the wild lamentation of the East over -the brave men who lay in the sleep of death -far away upon the plain! Sorrow is the same -all the world over—that dread factor in human -life—and the terrific carnage of the day's -fighting had taken away the bread-winner -and protector from thousands of poor homes -in the Sudan, and doomed many a household -to starvation.</p> - -<p>The battle was now to all intents and purposes -over, and already vast flocks of vultures -were wheeling round and round over the expanse -of desert. Another halt was made on<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_194" id="Page_194">[194]</a></span> -the edge of a <em>khor</em> on the outskirts of Omdurman. -The water of this inlet was thick and -yellow, and in the shallower parts dead -animals—horses, mules, and donkeys—lay -about in various stages of decay. Nevertheless, -the thirsty troops rushed down the -bank and drank greedily of the foul water. -The want of self-control and common sense -at this <em>khor</em> may quite well be partly responsible -for the large number of typhoid cases -which subsequently occurred. As I thought -that ten minutes more of dry throat and -parched lips were better than the chance of -enteric fever, I walked down to the Nile. -Here I found Captain Ricardo, Lord Tullibardine, -and one or two others sitting under -the scanty shade of a mud-hut, where I joined -them after some tremendous draughts of -running water, drunk out of a calabash -which I had cut from the neck of a dead -Dervish. Lord Tullibardine kindly gave -me some brandy to flavour the water, -and Captain Ricardo recounted the good -deeds of the "Gyppy" cavalry. Then we -all lay at full length and indulged in a little -siesta.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_195" id="Page_195">[195]</a></span></p> - -<p>The bugles soon sounded the "advance," -and the final order came that the army was -to occupy Omdurman forthwith. The weary -troops advanced once more, and we all waded -through the muddy <em>khor</em>. The water reached -to our knees, and was very refreshing after the -long tramp over the hot sand. Alongside -one of the battalions rode the Presbyterian -chaplain, mounted—oh tell it not in the Kirk, -neither publish it amongst the Elders—upon -a looted pony! It was, I think, a colt which -I had seen earlier in the day standing unhurt -amongst a heap of dead Dervishes, and -calmly nibbling some scanty blades of desert -grass.</p> - -<p>As we marched on through the apparently -interminable suburbs of the city, the regimental -drums and fifes and the Highlanders' -bagpipes struck up some lively tunes. The -effect of music at such a time was simply -marvellous: it put fresh heart and vigour -into all of us. The Sudanese, with broad -grins on their shiny black faces, played -the various marching tunes of the British -regiments, and were loudly cheered by their -white comrades. All along the broad street<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_196" id="Page_196">[196]</a></span> -which runs through Omdurman to the central -square we were greeted by bands of -women, who stood in clusters at the doors, -and welcomed us with curious trilling cries -of joy.</p> - -<p>The Khalifa had escaped from the southern -end of the town about an hour before our -foremost troops arrived, and had been followed -by a panic-stricken mob of men, women, and -children, with camels and donkeys. In spite, -however, of this exodus, the advance battalions, -with the Sirdar and his staff, had met with -some resistance from Dervishes still concealed -in the houses along the main street. Here and -there bullets were fired from windows and roofs -across the line of our advance, and troops had -to be detailed to clear out these dangerous -assailants. Fortunately, a little light still came -from the setting sun, and the Sudanese were -soon able to rid themselves of their antagonists. -Bullets had been repeatedly fired at the Sirdar -and his staff as they advanced, and a little -further on destruction nearly overtook them -from the shells of our own field guns. The -Sirdar had ordered the 32nd battery to shell -the Khalifa's palace, and nevertheless saw fit<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_197" id="Page_197">[197]</a></span> -to advance with his staff into the zone of fire. -Suddenly four shells burst in rapid succession -above their heads, close to the Mahdi's tomb -and the great square. Everyone hurried away -to shelter, but Howard had already dismounted -and reached an upper room in the Khalifa's -palace. Another shell screamed over the -houses, and as it burst a fragment struck -Howard on the back of the head, and killed -him instantly—a tragic and untimely death, -when the perils of the day seemed over and -rest nigh at hand! Thus perished a man who -was, I believe, absolutely fearless in the -presence of danger. He was my junior at -Oxford, but I remember that as an undergraduate -at Balliol he was known for that reckless -daring and courage which in after years -led him to seek for adventure in Cuba, -Matabeleland, and finally the Sudan. During -the campaign in South Africa Howard displayed -signal ability as adjutant of his corps; -in fact, the splendid courage and unceasing -energy which marked his whole career gave -every promise of ultimately securing for him a -still higher fame and distinction. As it was, -his young life was cut short in the very midst<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_198" id="Page_198">[198]</a></span> -of his restless activity, and he died as he had -lived, eager to do his best, and utterly fearless -of everything except failure.</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verseq">"The untented Kosmos his abode</p> -<p class="verse4">He passed, a wilful stranger—</p> -<p class="verse">His mistress still the open road</p> -<p class="verse4">And the bright eyes of Danger!"</p> -</div></div> - -<p>Our little band of fifteen had received, -indeed, more than its fair share of casualties -in the day's fighting. In addition to Howard's -death, Colonel Rhodes had been shot through -the shoulder, and another correspondent had -been slightly wounded in the face with a spent -bullet.</p> - -<p>The street fighting was over, darkness had -fallen upon the city, and the weary troops at -length bivouacked for the night. In addition -to the wear and tear of the actual fighting, -they had marched at least fifteen miles, for the -most part in the full heat of the sun. Many of -the men simply lay down as they were, and at -once fell fast asleep. After the army an -apparently endless succession of baggage -animals filed wearily through the town. I -gave up all hope of finding camels and -servants amid the general confusion, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_199" id="Page_199">[199]</a></span> -betook myself to the Camerons. The other -correspondents went on, and, failing to discover -their baggage, had to sleep on the -ground without food or blankets. I fared -much better. Inside my pocket was a small -tin of potted meat, and, as Captain Maclachlan -had some biscuits, we intended to devour these -before going to sleep with our helmets for -pillows. But a joyful surprise was in store for -us. By a great piece of good luck, some of the -regimental baggage camels happened to pass -by, and these were speedily annexed, with -splendid results. My kind host invited me to -dinner, and what a meal we had! On a -central packing-case, which served as a <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">buffet</i>, -stood several tins of "Suffolk pie" and ox -tongue, and for every man a biscuit or two. -How delightful it was to eat these tinned -dainties—the only meat-food which had passed -our lips that day! Then came the crowning -mercy. Maclachlan unearthed a bottle of -champagne from some mysterious source, and -we shared the generous wine between us. Our -tumblers were the lower halves of whisky -bottles, cut round by string soaked in turpentine -and then set alight. We drank many<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_200" id="Page_200">[200]</a></span> -toasts—the Sirdar, the Army, Friends in England -now Abed, etc. Our fatigues were all -forgotten, and we felt so amiable that I really -think that if the Khalifa had been within reach -we should have sent him an invitation to join us, -and bring Osman Digna with him. This dinner-party -in the open street of Omdurman was one -of the pleasantest I have ever attended—<i lang="la" xml:lang="la">olim -meminisse juvabit</i>!</p> - -<p>At length we wrapped ourselves in blankets -for the night, and lay down upon the sand. -All around was heard the heavy, regular breathing -of strong men, utterly tired out by the excitement -and labours of the eventful day. With -the exception of occasional shots from Sudanese -looters or Dervish "snipers" across the river, -perfect stillness reigned over the thousands of -men who lay in the large open spaces of the -city. Not a sound broke the silence—the -camp was asleep, and</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verse">"All that mighty heart was lying still!"</p> -</div></div> - -<p class="noindent">The moon had risen, and far away on the -horizon gleamed the Southern Cross, like that -celestial symbol which inspired the Roman -Conqueror in his bivouac centuries ago, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_201" id="Page_201">[201]</a></span> -helped to shape the destinies of Christendom. -<i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Per hoc vince</i>—good men of our victory's true -worth, and presage of our future work in these -unhappy regions! The day's carnage had -indeed been cruel; blood had been poured out -like water; but there is a mysterious law in the -working of Providence which forbids the continued -existence of systems which have ceased -to subserve the cause of progress. Mahdism -has proved the most shameful and terrible -instrument of bloodshed and oppression which -the modern world has ever witnessed. It has -reduced whole provinces to utter desolation, so -that tracts once smiling and fertile are now but -solitary wastes, the habitation of wild beasts. -Thousands upon thousands of homesteads have -been laid in ruins, and the innocent villagers -outraged and tortured and murdered. As I -entered the Mahdi's tomb on the following -morning, I saw a band of natives casting stones -with loud curses upon the spot where his body -lay; and scores of unhappy creatures who on -the night of the battle were liberated, after -long years of imprisonment, lifted up their -hands, and with streaming eyes thanked God -for the destruction of their oppressor's rule.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_202" id="Page_202">[202]</a></span> -Mahdism has vanished, never to return, and -once more the arms of Great Britain have -advanced the cause of civilisation and "made -for righteousness" in the history of the -century.</p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<a name="I_202" id="I_202"></a> -<a href="images/i_b_202fp-large.jpg"> -<img src="images/i_b_202fp.jpg" alt="" /></a> -<div class="caption"> -<p class="xs"><em>R. V. Darbishire 1898.</em></p> -<p class="rt screenonly small">{Click on map for larger image.}</p> - -<p class="noindent pad2">Battle of Omdurman.<br /> -First Dervish attack.</p> - -<p class="noindent pad6">Battle of Omdurman.<br /> -Second Dervish attack.</p> -</div></div> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_203" id="Page_203">[203]</a></span></p> - - <div class="chapter"></div> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_V" id="CHAPTER_V"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">CHAPTER V</a><br /> - -<span class="fs80">GUNBOATS AND GAALIN</span></h2> - - -<p class="drop-capx">No account of the recent campaign could -be in any way complete if it did not -include some mention of the valuable assistance -rendered to the Sirdar and the Anglo-Egyptian -forces by the gunboats and the Friendlies. I -have thought it better to keep this portion of -the narrative distinct from the rest, and to -mould the present chapter more or less into -the form of a diary.</p> - -<p>The Sirdar's fleet at the end of the campaign -consisted of the following gunboats:—<i>Sultan</i>, -<i>Sheikh</i>, <i>Melik</i>, <i>Fatteh</i>, <i>Nasr</i>, <i>Hafir</i>, <i>Tamai</i>, -<i>Metemmeh</i>, and <i>Abu Klea</i>. In addition to -these were the old unarmed <i>El Tahra</i> and, -up to 25th August, the gunboat <i>Zaphir</i>.</p> - -<p>The navigation of the Nile was full of -difficulty. The river charts were bad or non-existent, -and no <em>reis</em>, or native captain, could<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_204" id="Page_204">[204]</a></span> -really be trusted to keep his boat in the deep -channels with any certainty. Still, it must be -remembered that the bed of the Nile is continually -changing its position, and what are -deep holes one year may be turned by next -year's flood into shallow pools. On the whole, -it is astonishing that the river service was not -frequently overtaken by disaster. The engines -on a boat like the <i>Tamai</i> were always on the -verge of dissolution, the current was terrific, -and all the vessels—gunboats, barges, and -<em>ghyassas</em>—were loaded down to the water's -edge. The barges, on which the troops were -packed together with barely room to turn -themselves, were especially liable to accident, -as they were exceedingly top-heavy and loosely -constructed. I remember seeing a gunboat -gently collide with one of these barges as it -lay, fortunately without any crew, off the -bank at Wad Hamed. The whole structure -collapsed at once; the top platform fell off, -and in less than two minutes the remains of -the barge and all its cargo that would float -were drifting rapidly down the Nile.</p> - -<p>One gunboat alone, the <i>Zaphir</i>, was overtaken -by serious disaster. It happened as<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_205" id="Page_205">[205]</a></span> -follows: On 23rd August the <i>Zaphir</i> left the -Atbara at 4 p.m. The officers on board consisted -of General Rundle, Prince Christian -Victor, Lieutenant Micklem, R.E., Major -Dodd, R.A.M.C., and, in command of the -vessel, Commander Keppel, R.N. In the -<em>ghyassas</em>, which were lashed to the gunboat, -were packed "details" of various native battalions. -All went well for two nights, although -on the 23rd the <i>Zaphir</i> tied up to the bank -in the midst of a violent storm of wind which -suddenly swept over the river from the desert. -At 4.45 p.m. on the 25th of August the officers -were sitting on the upper deck taking tea, -when Mr. Poole, the engineer, suddenly asked -Commander Keppel to come below at once. -Prince Christian meanwhile walked forward, -and noticed that the ship lay very low in the -water, so much so, in fact, that the rapid current -was washing over the bows. As he walked -back to General Rundle, Commander Keppel -rushed up from the lower deck and informed -the assembled officers that water had found -its way into the hold, and the gunboat might -go down any moment; meanwhile, he had -ordered the engineer to make for the shore<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_206" id="Page_206">[206]</a></span> -at full speed. On the receipt of this startling -information the officers walked to the side of -the vessel, and as they did so, the <i>Zaphir</i>, -which was floundering in a clumsy fashion -towards the bank, suddenly gave a heavy -lurch to starboard, and seemed on the point -of "turning turtle." A general exodus of -natives followed; servants, sailors, and -"Gyppy" soldiers sprang out of the nooks -and crannies in which they hide themselves -on board, and, leaping into the stream, swam -easily to the shore. At the same instant -General Rundle, Major Dodd, and Lieutenant -Micklem jumped from the deck on to the -<em>ghyassas</em> at the side. The <i>Zaphir</i>, however, -righted herself again, but as the fires had been -put out by the inrush of water, she drifted -slightly and began to settle down. An attempt -to get a rope from the ship to the shore failed. -Prince Christian then jumped upon a <em>ghyassa</em>, -and lastly, just as the gunboat sank within -thirty yards of the bank, Commander Keppel -followed his example. Most fortunately, someone -had the presence of mind to cut the -<em>ghyassas</em> adrift, otherwise they would certainly -have been dragged down with the vessel as<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_207" id="Page_207">[207]</a></span> -she foundered. On the return journey from -Omdurman I noticed that part of the funnel -was still out of the water, and a twelve-pounder -gun projected from the stern battery a couple -of feet above the stream. The whole party -bivouacked on shore that night in rather a -destitute condition. Nobody seemed to know -how the leak was caused, but from the time -the inrush of water was noticed, at 5.40, only -eleven minutes elapsed before the vessel sank. -A few stores had been saved, and off these the -shipwrecked officers made a meal. Everyone -by good luck had managed to land in his -helmet, but otherwise the clothing of the party -was rather nondescript. Prince Christian, for -example, had nothing left except a pair of -trousers and a canvas shirt. Next morning -the natives dived about the wreck and fished -out some odds and ends of clothing and -baggage. At midday on the 26th, Major -Drage, D.S.O., happened to pass up the river -in the <i>El Tahra</i>, and conveyed the <i>Zaphir's</i> -crew to Rojan Island, where Commander -Keppel transferred his flag to the <i>Sultan</i>, -accompanied by Prince Christian and Major -Dodd.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_208" id="Page_208">[208]</a></span></p> - -<p>On the day before the loss of the <i>Zaphir</i>, -the "Irregulars" or "Friendlies" had assembled -at Wad Hamed. This motley corps was -composed of detachments from the following -tribes:—Gaalin, Ababdeh, Shukriyeh, Batahin, -Bishariyeh, Mersalamieh, Gimiab, and a few -Hassaniyeh. All these tribes have for thirteen -years been bitterly hostile to the English and -Egyptians, but, thanks to the impolitic conduct -of the Khalifa and the cruel devastation -practised by his generals, many of his adherents -amongst these Arab tribes have been alienated -from the Mahdi's successor, and now look -forward to an era of peace and security under -a settled government. By far the most useful -and important section of these Friendlies was -furnished by the Gaalin, a brave and warlike -tribe, who fought gallantly against the British -at Abu Klea, Abu Kru, and Gubat in January -1885. In July 1897 Khalifa's army under -the brutal Mahmoud—who was captured at -the Atbara, and is now imprisoned at Wady -Halfa—suddenly, on their march northwards, -attacked the Gaalin, and butchered a large -number of them at Metemmeh. Ever since -this treacherous massacre a deadly feud had<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_209" id="Page_209">[209]</a></span> -existed between this tribe and the Khalifa's -government.</p> - -<p>As a fighting force the Irregulars, numbering -about two thousand five hundred, presented -a rather quaint appearance. They were armed -with every imaginable weapon. Some had -rifles, others were equipped with old flint and -steel muskets, elephant guns, ancient muzzle-loading -pistols, spears, swords, and daggers. -Their methods of locomotion were almost as -varied as their accoutrements. Some were -mounted on horses, some marched on foot, -others ambled along on camels, mules, and -donkeys. About twelve hundred Remingtons -were supplied at Wad Hamed for distribution -amongst the tribes in proportion to their -numbers, and it was a proud day for many -of these picturesque ruffians when they secured -one of these rifles. The possession of guns -always seems to exercise a peculiar fascination -over semi-barbarous peoples. A friend and -myself once bestowed three ancient Snider -carbines, rubbed bright with Monkey Brand -Soap, upon a small Arabian potentate, who -was delighted with the present and had the -rifles carried after him by three almost naked<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_210" id="Page_210">[210]</a></span> -courtiers wherever he went. We took good -care not to give the monarch any cartridges, -but his attendants did not seem to mind the -absence of ammunition. What they liked was -to swagger about with the Sniders, and use -them as a sort of glorified walking-stick with -the muzzle stuck into the ground.</p> - -<p>For the command of this extraordinary -army the Sirdar had selected Major Stuart-Wortley, -whose military ability and almost -unique experience of Sudan campaigns marked -him out as the proper man for the work of -impressing some order and discipline upon -the rough and turbulent material of the -Friendly Contingents. Lieutenant Wood also -accompanied the force as staff officer.</p> - -<p>The Gaalin and the other Friendlies crossed -over from Wad Hamed, and were ordered to -proceed along the river parallel to the advance -of the Anglo-Egyptian forces on the opposite -bank. The various tribal contingents marched -separately under their own sheikhs, and presented -a most picturesque appearance across -the river as their white-clad columns moved in -and out of the green bushes. They first came -into touch with the enemy on 29th August, when<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_211" id="Page_211">[211]</a></span> -the village of Gaali was found to be occupied -by a small detachment of Jehadieh infantry -and Dervish cavalry. These were speedily -routed by the Friendlies, who attacked the -small force before them in fine style, and -captured ten prisoners.</p> - -<p>On 31st August three gunboats—the -<i>Sultan</i>, <i>Melik</i>, and <i>Fatteh</i>—were ordered to -advance up the river from Seg-et-taib and -shell the advance post held by the Dervishes -on the Kerreri ridge. Before midday the -gunboats took up a position opposite Kerreri -village, and proceeded to enfilade the Dervish -camp on the hill. Some splendid practice -was made, and great confusion was produced -by the twelve-pounder shells as they burst in -rapid succession amongst the enemy, who -could be seen rushing about, collecting their -property and striking their tents. The camp -was soon rendered untenable by our fire, -and as the Dervishes fled over the plain -towards Omdurman, they were followed by -shells from the gunboats, which knocked over -about a dozen cavalry.</p> - -<p>On 1st September some excellent work was -done by an effective co-operation between<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_212" id="Page_212">[212]</a></span> -the gunboats and the Friendlies. At 5.30 a.m. -the <i>Sultan</i>, <i>Sheikh</i>, <i>Melik</i>, <i>Fatteh</i>, and <i>Nasr</i> -steamed up the right bank of the river and -met Major Stuart-Wortley. It was arranged -that the gunboats should steam on ahead -and shell the villages and forts from the -river, while the Friendlies advanced along -the bank. At 9.30 the vessels engaged and -utterly destroyed a fort to the south of -Halfayah. The villages of Hejra el Sharg -and Halfayah were next shelled, and as a -body of Dervish cavalry emerged into the -open ground, some forty or fifty of them were -knocked over by shrapnel.</p> - -<p>On land, meanwhile, the Irregulars had not -been idle. Notwithstanding the shells of the -gunboats, several of the villages south of -Halfayah were found to be held in considerable -force by the enemy. Major Stuart-Wortley -drew up his men for the attack, -but an unexpected hitch occurred, as the -Mersalamieh and Gimiab contingents posted -in front did not seem at all disposed to -advance against the Dervishes, who were -waiting for them behind the shelter of -numerous mud-houses. Instead of rushing to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_213" id="Page_213">[213]</a></span> -the attack, they suddenly halted and danced -a "fantasia" instead! Major Stuart-Wortley -did not waste time over these faint-hearted -warriors, but brought up his trusty Gaalin, -who, supported by the other tribes, gallantly -attacked house after house, and routed the -enemy, killing a large number, including -Isa Zachnieh, a cousin of the Khalifa, and -losing themselves over sixty killed and -wounded.</p> - -<p>The Gaalin made very little use of their -rifles in the desperate fighting which practically -cleared the right bank of the Dervishes. -They loaded their guns and fired them into -the air, calling upon Allah to direct the -course of the bullets! Then throwing their -Remingtons on one side, they gripped their -broad-bladed spears, and used them so -effectively that after the fight the Dervish -casualties stood at three hundred and fifty -killed, wounded none! At one moment Major -Stuart-Wortley and Lieutenant Wood were -in great danger. A troop of Baggara horsemen -suddenly charged down upon the spot -where they were standing, and the Ababdeh -Arabs who were with the two officers, instead<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_214" id="Page_214">[214]</a></span> -of waiting for the cavalry, simply turned tail -and fled. Immediately after this fighting -round Halfayah, two hundred and fifty -Shukriyeh Friendlies were dispatched up the -Blue Nile in pursuit of the Dervishes who -had fled.</p> - -<p>By 11.30 on the 1st, the fighting on the -right bank was to all intents and purposes -over. Five hundred Gaalin and one hundred -and seventy-five British infantry, made up of -details from the Guards, Rifle Brigade, -Highlanders, etc., were embarked on the -five gunboats. The original plan had been -to land Stuart-Wortley's levies on Tuti -Island, but this was abandoned owing to the -close proximity of the Omdurman forts—a -fact not disclosed on the Intelligence maps—and -the presence on the island of a large -force of Dervishes.</p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<a name="I_214" id="I_214"></a> -<a href="images/i_b_214fp-large.jpg"> -<img src="images/i_b_214fp.jpg" alt="" /></a> -<div class="caption"> -<p class="xs"><em>R. V. Darbishire 1898.</em></p> -<p class="rt screenonly small">{Click on map for larger image.}</p> - -Plan of<br /> -OMDURMAN and KHARTUM<br /> -to illustrate<br /> -The operations of the gunboats and -the Friendlies. - -<div class="center small pad4"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="80%" summary="Omdurman and Khartum"> -<tr><td class="tdl">1. Khartum.</td><td class="tdl"> 6. Mosque.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">2. Omdurman.</td><td class="tdl"> 7. Mahdi's Tomb.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">3. Gordon's House.</td><td class="tdl"> 8. Khalifa's House.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">4. Tuti Island.</td><td class="tdl"> 9. Khojali.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">5. Great Wall.</td><td class="tdl">10. Hejra el Sharg.</td></tr> -</table></div></div></div> - -<p>Meanwhile Major Elmslie's battery of -howitzers had taken up a position on the -bank opposite the centre of Omdurman, and -at 1.30 opened fire on the Mahdi's tomb, at -a range of three thousand one hundred and -fifty yards. The two first shells missed their -mark, but played havoc with the neighbouring -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_215" id="Page_215">[215]</a></span>buildings; the third wrecked the apex of the -dome, and carried away the gilded ornaments -which surmounted it. Later on three other -shells crashed into the structure, tearing -enormous holes in the stonework, and utterly -destroying the whole of the interior. Subsequently -the howitzers abandoned their -artillery practice on tombs and their violation -of the dead, and engaged in the more satisfactory -demolition of the Omdurman ramparts. -Vast breaches were torn in the big wall which -ran along the river, and many of the principal -buildings were utterly destroyed.</p> - -<p>At 2 p.m. the gunboats, with the <i>Sultan</i> -leading, advanced farther up the stream in -order to shell the forts of Omdurman. As -they steamed slowly up past the city, the -boats were met by a heavy shell fire, and -occasional volleys from Dervish riflemen. -The enemy's shells burst all round the boats, -but they only succeeded in scoring two hits -the whole day, one of which splintered some -woodwork on a barge, while the other struck -an iron mantlet at an angle and glanced -harmlessly off into the water. At such short -range the Dervish gunners ought most certainly<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_216" id="Page_216">[216]</a></span> -to have made better practice, but the fact is, -that the aim of our quick-firing guns was so -marvellously accurate that it was almost -impossible for the enemy to work their -artillery. Thanks very largely to the skill -of two Royal Marine sergeants, our fire -silenced one battery after another. In some -cases actually two shells out of three -penetrated the embrasures of the forts, dismounting -the guns inside, and doing terrible -execution amongst the Dervish gunners.</p> - -<p>While the twelve-pounder guns were demolishing -the forts, the Maxims were turned -with deadly effect on the Dervishes who -were running about the banks. As two more -forts in Khartum—one at the juncture of the -Blue and White Nile, the other close to -Gordon's palace—continued to fire upon us, -the gunboats steamed past the ruined city, -and speedily converted these last defences -of the enemy into mere heaps of rubbish. -At 5 p.m. the Friendlies were disembarked -on the right bank, where they remained with -the howitzer battery and the British detachment -under Captain Ferguson of the -Northumberland Fusiliers. The five gun<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_217" id="Page_217">[217]</a></span>boats -then returned and took up a position -off El Genuaia opposite to the zeriba.</p> - -<p>During the battle on the morning of -2nd September, the gunboats were posted -at both ends of the zeriba, and made themselves -extremely useful. As was mentioned -above, the fire of these boats lying off Kerreri -village practically saved the Camel Corps -from annihilation. Throughout the rest of the -fight, too, a galling shell fire was kept up on -the Dervish forces advancing from the north-west -and, more especially, from the south, -over the sandy ridge between Surgham and -the Nile.</p> - -<p>Meanwhile the howitzer battery had again -opened fire at daybreak, and continued its -work of destruction amongst the buildings -of Omdurman. The effect of the Lyddite -shells was so terrible that the Khalifa seems -to have abandoned his plan of falling back -behind the walls of his capital. This was -a most fortunate thing, so far as we were -concerned, for if, after the fearful slaughter -of his troops in the first half of the engagement, -the Khalifa had retreated with ten or -fifteen thousand men inside the tortuous streets<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_218" id="Page_218">[218]</a></span> -and crowded houses of Omdurman, we should -have had the utmost difficulty in driving the -enemy out, and could not, in all probability, -have occupied Omdurman on the evening of -the 2nd. House-to-house fighting is always -a costly and dangerous business, and had it -taken place, the prophetic estimate popularly -attributed to the Sirdar of "one thousand -casualties before Khartum is ours," might well -have been realised in fact. As it was, the -Dervishes prepared to take their chance in the -open desert, rather than await our onset under -a continual fire of fifty-pounder shells which -burst amid sheets of flame and clouds of -dust, and sent huge fragments for hundreds -of yards, wrecking every obstacle in their -path.</p> - -<p>When the battle was over, the gunboats -steamed up side by side with the general -advance, and were met at Omdurman by a -hot rifle fire from Dervishes concealed in -the houses along the margin of the river. -The streets leading to the southern exit of -the town were by this time crowded with a -mass of fugitives. In addition to mounted -Baggaras and Dervish infantry, a mob of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_219" id="Page_219">[219]</a></span> -inhabitants—men, women, and children, -dragging after them camels, horses, and -donkeys laden with goods and chattels—all -this confused stream of human beings and -animals was pressing madly forward in panic-stricken -flight. Orders were given to fire -upon the fugitives, and as the artillerymen -on the gunboats, from their raised position, -could see well over the walls, a deadly fire -was opened upon the crowded thoroughfares. -One street especially, which led down to -the river, was swept by a frightful hail of -Maxim bullets, which mowed the poor wretches -down in scores.</p> - -<p>After taking part in the battle and the -subsequent destruction of fugitives, the gunboats -proceeded, on the night of the 2nd, -about one hundred miles farther up the river, -and returned to Omdurman on 5th September -with the report that they had seen no more -Dervishes.</p> - -<p>During the fighting off Omdurman on the -1st, two of the Khalifa's gunboats were -destroyed. There was a pathetic interest -attached to old vessels like the <i>Bordein</i> and -<i>Ismailia</i>, as they had formed a part of Gordon's<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_220" id="Page_220">[220]</a></span> -little fleet in the old days of thirteen years -ago! The <i>Bordein</i> had been despatched -northwards by Gordon, but, like the <i>Abbas</i>, -had been wrecked. She struck on a rock -in the Shabluka Cataract, on 30th January -1885, and foundered, but was subsequently -raised by the Dervishes. When our gunners -came within sight of the vessel, voices were -raised to save the old boat for Gordon's sake. -"Don't let us fire on the poor old <i>Bordein</i>!" -But there is little room for sentiment or -loving-kindness amid the exigencies of warfare, -and under our fire the <i>Bordein</i> was headed -for the shore, and sank as she reached it.</p> - -<p>A still worse fate overtook the <i>Ismailia</i>. -In some way or other she fouled one of the -mines laid down by the Khalifa's engineers -in midstream; the mine exploded, and the -<i>Ismailia</i>, literally hoist by its own petard, was -blown out of the water. Two other mines -had also been laid in the channel, near the -right bank opposite Omdurman. The ropes -connecting these with the shore were afterwards -found inside the ruined forts, but all -our attempts to explode them were futile. -The Dervish steamer which was subsequently<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_221" id="Page_221">[221]</a></span> -captured by the Sirdar on his way to Fashoda -was, I believe, the solitary survivor of Gordon's -ill-starred flotilla. The <i>Talawahiyah</i> had -been sunk off Rojan Island, on 29th January -1885, and was never recovered. The <i>Abbas</i>, -which set out from Khartum with Colonel -Stewart and Mr. Power on board,—the one -last desperate attempt to reopen communications -with the North,—was wrecked at Hebbeh, -between Abu Hamed and Kirbekan, and now -lies there, keel uppermost.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_222" id="Page_222">[222]</a></span></p> - - <div class="chapter"></div> -<h2><a name="CHAPTER_VI" id="CHAPTER_VI"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">CHAPTER VI</a><br /> - -<span class="fs80">AFTER THE BATTLE</span></h2> - - -<p class="drop-capx">On the morning of 3rd September our -troops moved out of Omdurman and -encamped on the banks of the river some two -miles to the north. The moment I had finished -breakfast I made for the Mahdi's tomb. The -interior was an absolute wreck. Vast quantities -of stones and mortar, torn away by the Lyddite -shells, were heaped upon the floor, and of the -superstructure over the Mahdi's grave only the -wooden framework remained. Some pieces of -tawdry drapery which had covered the tomb -lay on the ground, and these I brought away. -Outside the tomb, a little to the right, I came -across a truly awful spectacle. One of the -terrible Lyddite shells had burst amongst some -unfortunate Arabs near the Khalifa's palace. -Eight men lay dead in a ghastly ring, some -of them torn by horrid mutilations; but the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_223" id="Page_223">[223]</a></span> -curious point about some of the bodies was -that they were not lying flat, but were sitting -on the ground with fearfully contorted limbs -and features. Could this be due to the deadly -fumes of the picric acid contained in the Lyddite? -The stonework of the tomb and the -surrounding buildings was often stained yellow -by this chemical. Outside in the open street -fragments of Koran manuscripts were lying -about in every direction.</p> - -<p>I then set out to find Cross and the other -correspondents. It was said that they were -with the Staff, in strange and unwonted -proximity to the Sirdar's tent. However, as -nobody seemed to know where the Staff was, -I wandered about for hours seeking my colleagues -in vain.</p> - -<p>As I passed along the river a barge drew up -alongside to land the bodies of the British -soldiers who had been killed. From some -misunderstanding a wounded man slid out of -the boat amongst the corpses, and began to -walk up the bank, but was promptly sent back -with the reprimand—"D——n you, what do -you mean by coming ashore with this lot? -You aren't dead!" Even amid such grue<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_224" id="Page_224">[224]</a></span>some -surroundings it was quite funny to see -the disappointed look of the man as he returned -to the barge to take his place under a -separate category.</p> - -<p>At last I came by accident upon Cross. -The poor fellow was again in a state of prostration, -and was lying under the blanket-tent -of Captain Luther, R.A.M.C., in the camp of -the Lancashire Fusiliers. The officers of this -battalion had been most kind to Cross, and as -the day was terribly hot he remained under the -shelter of their tents until the evening, when he -rejoined me in our own camp. He told me that -on the previous night he had, like the rest of -the correspondents, failed to get any food, -and had slept on the sand without a blanket, -though Steevens, with his usual kindness, -had lent him an overcoat when the night air -became chilly.</p> - -<p>At length, after wandering up and down for -miles in the blazing heat, I discovered the whereabouts -of our camp out in the desert to the -south-west of the town. All my colleagues -were here except Villiers. Nobody seemed -to know what had become him, and as the -hours passed and he failed to turn up we<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_225" id="Page_225">[225]</a></span> -began to get alarmed. His servant had -pitched Villiers' umbrella tent, and beside it -stood the bicycle, which was disfigured by an -honourable scar, for the top of the valve was -gone, and Hassan declared that it had been -carried away by a Dervish bullet. I mounted -the famous machine, intending to go for a ride -to the execution ground, where several fine -gibbets were standing, but as the back wheel -was "buckled" I soon dismounted—with the -proud consciousness, however, of being the first -cyclist in Omdurman!</p> - -<p>The streets of the town were perfectly loathsome. -In every direction lay the decaying -bodies of dead animals, and the stench was -terrible. Moslems, from a curious intermixture -of humanity and cruelty, never give a dying -animal a <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">coup de grâce</i>, and they seldom take -the trouble to bury the carcass. Moreover, -in some parts of the town one could scarcely -walk fifty yards without coming across the -bodies of men, and occasionally, I am sorry -to say, those of women and little children. -At least five hundred dead people lay scattered -about the streets, some destroyed by Lyddite -shells, but the majority pierced with bullets.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_226" id="Page_226">[226]</a></span> -I saw some of these corpses lying in the -shallow water near the bank of the river, and -as it seemed to be nobody's business to bury -them, it is not surprising that our Guardsmen -and other soldiers contracted the germs of -enteric fever at Omdurman!</p> - -<p>Inside the Khalifa's arsenal there were many -curious things—spears, bows and arrows, coats -of chain mail, machine guns, Krupps, various -kinds of ammunition, and other warlike apparatus, -ancient and modern. Three carriages of -European make were also visible, which were -said to have been used by the Khalifa on state -occasions, though these vehicles could never -have got beyond the main streets, for the -simple reason that outside the town no roads -exist.</p> - -<p>Most of the Dervish ammunition used in -the battle seems to have been of home manufacture. -All the Martini cartridges I picked -up amongst their dead were extremely well -made of "solid drawn" brass, and stamped -with a Κ and a Π. I imagine that these -letters may stand for Khartum and Pentekachi, -the unfortunate Greek who succeeded -in manufacturing gunpowder for the Mahdi,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_227" id="Page_227">[227]</a></span> -and was finally blown to atoms by an explosion -of the magazine. On a Martini rifle -which I secured from the battlefield, the -Enfield stamp is still visible. Some disgraceful -facts were revealed at the time -when Berber was occupied, and the public -documents fell into our hands, for, in addition -to various offers of assistance addressed -to the Khalifa from people in high positions -at Cairo, some invoices were discovered which -showed clearly that a certain Manchester firm -had supplied the Khalifa with lead for the -manufacture of bullets! It is difficult to believe -that an Englishman could sink so low -as to supply his country's enemy with munitions -of war for the sake of filthy lucre!</p> - -<p>A new bullet, by the way, was used in the -recent campaign. Its title is sufficiently significant. -It is called the "man-stopping bullet," -and simply means that an ordinary .303 Lee-Metford -bullet is scooped out at the end to the -depth of about half an inch. When this missile -strikes an object the hollow nose instantly expands -like an umbrella, inflicting a tremendous -shock, which was frequently not secured when the -ordinary solid bullet, with its enormous velocity<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_228" id="Page_228">[228]</a></span> -(two thousand feet a second at the muzzle), -passed clean through an enemy's body, but -failed to administer a sufficiently crushing -blow. At Krugersdorp an ordinary Lee-Metford -bullet was driven right through the brain -of a Boer; and so far was the tiny puncture -from being immediately fatal, that the Dutchman -walked to church next Sunday—though it -is true that on the Sunday following he went -there again in a coffin. Of course this solid -bullet, when it chanced to come in contact with -a bone, served its purpose well, and shattered -the bone to atoms. The first occasion, I -believe, on which the Lee-Metford bullet was -fired into a human body was at the well-known -Featherstone riots; and I remember seeing a -drawing made by a medical man at the time of -the foot of one of the rioters, which had been -struck. Not only was the lower part of the -leg bone completely smashed, but almost every -bone in the foot had been broken more or less -by the terrific force of the bullet.</p> - -<p><i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr"><ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'Àpropos'">À propos</ins></i> of dum-dum bullets, man-stopping -bullets, <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">et hoc genus omne</i>, a good -deal of false sentiment has been evoked in -England and France. The main object of a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_229" id="Page_229">[229]</a></span> -soldier in battle is to put his opponent out of -action, and it is found by experience that the -ordinary bullet does not adequately secure this -result when employed against barbarous or -semi-barbarous enemies. A civilised combatant, -when he is struck by a bullet—even -if the wound be a comparatively slight one, -say through the shoulder—almost invariably -sits down on the ground; but the nervous -system of the savage is a far less delicate -organism, and nothing short of a crushing -blow will check his wild onset. Even in the -Martini-Henry days scores of Dervishes rushed -upon the British troops at Abu Klea and elsewhere, -with the blood spurting from seven or -eight bullet wounds, and then cut and thrust -with deadly effect until loss of blood told, and -they fell dead in or about the square. One of -the two British officers who lost their lives at -the Atbara fight was killed by a large elephant -bullet, the hollow base of which had been filled -with a fulminate. This was an <em>explosive</em> bullet, -quite a distinct species from the missile described -above.</p> - -<p>The fire from our zeriba, which mowed the -Dervishes down in rows and heaps, must have<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_230" id="Page_230">[230]</a></span> -been simply appalling. The ordinary metaphors -of "rain" and "hail" are scarcely adequate to -describe the awful effect of modern rifles and -machine guns when their fire is steady and -concentrated. It is rather a wall of lead than -a rain, which, as it advances, sweeps everything -instantly from its track. There must be a limit -to human endurance, one would think, even in -the excitement of battle, and the time may well -come when human art will prove superior to -human courage and discipline, and civilised -troops will refuse to expose themselves to what -may have become practically the certainty of -death or wounds, or, at anyrate, of enormous -risk. The educational and social forces at -work in modern life certainly do not tend to -foster the old-fashioned virtue of unquestioning -obedience, or the consolations to be derived -from religious faith. Yet it is precisely these -two things which alone have often enabled a -leader to count with confidence upon a response -to his call when he summons his followers to -almost certain destruction—the surrender of -life and all that life holds dear.</p> - -<p>On 4th September, at 9.15 a.m., four gunboats -conveyed the Sirdar and various<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_231" id="Page_231">[231]</a></span> -detachments of troops, with most of the -correspondents, across the Nile to Khartum. -We moved alongside the quay in front of the -ruins of Gordon's palace, and the troops -formed a rough semicircle, with the Sirdar, -his Staff, and the two foreign <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Attachés</i> inside. -Four chaplains took their stand with their -faces to the river, ready to conduct a memorial -service. At ten o'clock the Union Jack was -run up from one of the flagstaffs which surmounted -the ruined façade of the palace, and -almost immediately afterwards the Crescent -flag of Egypt was unfurled. The gunboat -<i>Melik</i> fired twenty-one guns, but as no blank -ammunition was forthcoming, twenty-one shells -were sent screaming up the Nile—a most -unique and realistic form of salute! After -this hearty cheers were given for Her Gracious -Majesty the Queen and His Highness the -Khedive. Then came a brief and simple -service to the memory of the brave man who, -thirteen long years ago, had so often stood on -the very terrace which lay in ruins before us, -and, hoping against hope, looked northwards -over the desert—but in vain—for any sign of -help from England! The air of Gordon's<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_232" id="Page_232">[232]</a></span> -favourite hymn was played, and as its cadence -fell upon the ears, one's thoughts recalled the -words of the exquisite verses—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verseq">"I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless,</p> -<p class="verse">Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.</p> -<p class="verse bold"> . . . . . . .</p> -<p class="verse">When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,</p> -<p class="verse">Help of the helpless, oh abide with me!"</p> -</div></div> - -<p>How truly must the spirit of these lines have -been felt by Gordon, that noble and sincere -Christian, deserted by man, yet doubtless sustained -by the abiding presence of his Master in -life and death.</p> - -<p>During our brief stay at Omdurman every -variety of loot was hawked about the camp -for sale. Huge shields of hippopotamus hide, -spears, swords, old rifles, Mahdist coins, and -other trophies of battle or pillage, found -ready purchasers. A negro paid me a visit -who was clad in chain mail, cut rather after the -fashion of a dress coat. There was, indeed, -quite a flavour of the Margate sands about the -appearance of this Ethiopian, with his striped -cotton trousers and his metallic coat, the tails -of which, like those of Burnand's hero, "positively -swept the ground." These suits of mail -were beautifully made of steel rings, and could<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_233" id="Page_233">[233]</a></span> -be purchased for about twenty-five shillings each; -but they were very heavy and awkward things to -carry about. Everybody brought back a Dervish -sword or two, which were often very interesting. -Some blades had the famous Ferrara -stamp, others were marked by the mail-clad -figure which is said to belong to the period -of the Crusades, from which, at anyrate, the -general pattern of Dervish swords—a straight -blade with a plain cross hilt—seems to date. -The pretty <em>gibbehs</em>, too, were brought home -in large numbers; there were nearly eleven -thousand of them available for selection on -the sandy plain three miles away! The -history of the Dervish <em>gibbeh</em> is rather a -quaint one. The original garment was, of -course, the plain white cotton coat of the -Arab; but the Mahdi, who was somewhat -ascetic—in theory, at anyrate, if not in practice—ordered -his followers to sew black patches -upon their nice white coats, as tokens of -humility. But alas for human frailty, what -was intended to curb the spiritual pride of the -faithful became a direct incentive to the vainglorious -adornment of their persons! The -ladies of Omdurman were strongly opposed<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_234" id="Page_234">[234]</a></span> -to the dowdiness of the black patches upon -their husbands and lovers, and, under the -influence of the more æsthetic circles of -Dervish society, the white <em>gibbehs</em> were gradually -tricked out with gaudy squares of blue, -red, and purple.</p> - -<p>Many of the dead bodies in the field had -rosaries round their necks, usually made of box -or sandal wood. Nobody paid much attention -to these ornaments, but from one point of view -they are interesting. Was the use of a row of -beads for religious purposes borrowed from -the Christians by the Moslems, or <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">vice versâ</i>? -Another curious relic was an insulator from a -Dervish field telegraph, which had been worked -between a point near Gebel Surgham and -Omdurman during the battle. Many of the -dead Emirs wore watches, one of which was -marked "Dent, London."</p> - -<p>Our soldiers seemed to thoroughly enjoy the -rest at Omdurman. They had probably some -very quaint ideas of our geographical surroundings -and the reason for our presence in the -Sudan. On 4th September some companies -of Sudanese who had been sent up the river in -pursuit of the Khalifa were seen returning in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_235" id="Page_235">[235]</a></span> -the distance with a long string of Dervish -prisoners. There was great excitement -amongst the British troops; whole battalions -ran wildly over the sand expecting to catch -a glimpse of the Dervish leader, and I heard -one Tommy Atkins say to his comrade, -"'Urry up, Bill, come along; they've cotched -the bloody Khee-dive!"</p> - -<p>In addition to Dervish prisoners who were -captured by the active Sudanese, hundreds -came in voluntarily and surrendered themselves. -Many were wounded more or less -seriously, but of the rest a large number were -enrolled as soldiers of the Khedive! What -amazing versatility! On one day the Dervish -rushes boldly against our shells and bullets, -and on the next he joins us as a comrade in -arms! Some of the French papers declared -ungenerously that the Sirdar had armed these -Dervish allies in order to dispatch them -against Major Marchand. Such an act would -under the circumstances have been legitimate, -and had these newly enrolled soldiers of the -Khedive been given a free hand, "the evacuation -of Fashoda" would have been ancient -history by this time! But of course no such<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_236" id="Page_236">[236]</a></span> -intention ever entered the Sirdar's head. The -brave Marchand certainly deserved a better -fate than to be wiped out by ex-Dervishes.</p> - -<p>The prisoners were released from their -fetters on the night of the battle. Amongst -them were a number of jet black Abyssinians, -survivors of the sanguinary battle of Galabat. -I saw Charles Neufeld, and he looked very -little the worse for his stay at Omdurman. A -great deal of English sympathy has been -wasted on this person. The harrowing stories -we have read in the papers of the poor captive -languishing in hopeless captivity are sheer -nonsense. On two separate occasions Neufeld -had the chance of escape, for a clever and -courageous Arab called Oman had been dispatched -by the Intelligence Department to -rescue the captive. Neufeld, however, refused -to leave Omdurman unless he was accompanied -by a black woman, with whom he lived. This -was obviously out of the question. So Father -Rossignoli was rescued instead, and brought -safely to Assouan.</p> - -<p>An infinitely more pathetic case was that -of the two Austrian Sisters who had been -compelled to marry Greeks. One of these,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_237" id="Page_237">[237]</a></span> -who was childless, returned to Cairo; but the -other, who had borne her husband three -children, elected—so I heard—to remain for -good at Omdurman. The poor woman felt -that she could never face her co-religionists -at home after her vows of celibacy had been -broken. I remember as I walked along the -bazaar on the morning after the fight I noticed -a European woman in Arab dress standing -amongst a crowd of natives. She looked wistfully -and sadly at the British as they passed, -and I always regret that I did not speak to -her.</p> - -<p>Slatin Pasha soon returned from his pursuit -of the Khalifa. The Egyptian cavalry had -followed the tracks of the fugitive for thirty -miles up the river, but as the horses were -dead beat and no forage could be landed from -the gunboat accompanying the pursuit, owing -to a long stretch of marshy ground, the squadrons -were compelled to return without the -Khalifa. I happened to be strolling past -Slatin's tent at the time, and he called me in -and told me how terribly disappointed he was -at the failure of the pursuit. He was kept -very busy all the time we were at Omdurman<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_238" id="Page_238">[238]</a></span> -by continual visits from many old Dervish -friends and acquaintances. One day when I -was with him a handsome old Arab with a -white beard came into the tent, and sinking -down without a word, bent his head over -Slatin's shoulder and wept. At length he -found words to tell us that his only son had -been killed in the fighting. "Oh, Hassan," -said Slatin, and could get no further—his -kind heart was too full of pity; and as he -placed his hand on to his old friend's shoulder -and tried to soothe his sorrow, I turned away, -unable to bear the sight of the father's grief.</p> - -<p>As Cross grew no better, and there was -little else to do in Omdurman, I asked Colonel -Wingate to allow us a passage on the first -gunboat leaving for the North. Accordingly, -on the morning of the 6th, Cross, René Bull, -and myself embarked on the <i>Metemmeh</i>, and -steamed away down the river. Nobody was -sorry to say good-bye to the repulsive streets -of Omdurman.</p> - -<p>Two barges packed with the rank and file of -the Warwicks were lashed to either side of -the <i>Metemmeh</i>, which carried on board Colonel -Forbes and the officers of the battalion, to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_239" id="Page_239">[239]</a></span>gether -with Lieutenant Clerk of the 21st -Lancers. We were all in excellent spirits, and -fully expected to reach the Atbara in about -thirty hours. As steam and current bore us -rapidly past the battlefield in the twilight, the -vultures circling over the distant plain and the -broken zeriba by the river's bank were the -only visible signs which remained to tell of -our momentous victory.</p> - -<p>We were not destined to reach the Atbara -in thirty hours! The sun had set, and the -<em>reis</em> had been advised to tie up to the banks -for the night; but the obstinate fellow denied -the necessity of any stoppage for another hour -or two, so we went tearing down the stream -at a tremendous pace. Dinner was just over—a -curious meal, supported almost entirely -by voluntary contributions of tinned meats, -rice, jams, etc.—when, without a moment's -warning, a tremendous shock sent everything -and everybody sprawling over the deck. -Loud cries of "We are going over" came -from the river, and through the semi-darkness -one could see that the troop barge had been -wrenched from its lashings by the shock, and -was heeling over in a terrible manner. Every<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_240" id="Page_240">[240]</a></span>body -on board the gunboat shouted "Sit -down," "Keep still"; and it was very fine to -see how the soldiers immediately obeyed their -officers, though for the moment they fully -expected to be capsized into the flooded -stream. By good luck the detached barge -righted itself and remained fixed in midstream, -about thirty yards from the gunboat and the -other barge.</p> - -<p>Nobody quite knew where we were or what -had happened, but as it seemed certain that -we were not likely to go much further that -night, we all made preparations for going to -sleep. The upper deck was quite a small -affair, and the space at our disposal was curtailed -by the presence of a large table and a -number of camp chairs. Over these few -square yards of deck we had to dispose the -recumbent forms of some twenty-six human -beings. The result was a sort of Chinese -puzzle. I had always heard that Nature, when -she had any close packing to do, employed the -beautiful simplicity of the hexagon, and suggested -a trial of this system; but the theory, -owing, probably, to dissimilarities in our lengths -and breadths, would not work at all. We lay<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_241" id="Page_241">[241]</a></span> -in wild disorder, but so tightly wedged together -that it was impossible to move about when one -had finally secured one's berth in this casual -ward! A friend's boots gently reposed upon -my pillow all night, while my own feet were -thrust against the ribs of a transverse form -below.</p> - -<p>When the sun rose next morning we saw -that the incompetent <em>reis</em> had run us right on -to a sandy island which is submerged when -the Nile is in full flood. The whole of that -day was spent in endeavouring to drag the -gunboat and the barges off the sandbank. -The <i>Nasr</i>, under the command of Lieutenant -Hon. H. L. A. Hood, happened to come along, -and did her best to help us, but the only -hawser available snapped like a thread from -the strain put upon it, and the <i>Nasr</i> departed. -The troops were then ordered to get into the -shallows and try to push the barges off. What -had been foreseen by several of us happened! -The soldiers managed to shove one of the -barges into deep water, and then several of -them, unable to check their movements, found -themselves out of their depths in the strong -current. One poor fellow was drowned under<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_242" id="Page_242">[242]</a></span> -our eyes, and two others were just rescued in -a state of utter exhaustion by natives with life-belts. -The whole thing was a complete -muddle, and we all felt angry at the incompetence -and obstinacy which had brought -about the needless loss of life.</p> - -<p>Another night was spent on this depressing -sandbank, and at dinner we became aware -that something dreadful had attached itself to -the vessel. We looked over the side, and -from the space between the gunboat and the -left-hand barge emerged the body of an -Egyptian cavalry man. The corpse bobbed -up and down on the swirling waters in a -horribly grotesque fashion. Its spurs had -caught the woodwork of the barge for a few -moments and delayed its rapid passage down -the Nile. I remember we remarked, "Oh, -it's only a dead Gyppy," and then went back -to our dinner.</p> - -<p>Next day we made a desperate effort to get -afloat, and finally succeeded. Instead, however, -of being the first to reach Atbara Camp, and to -secure the earliest train service to Wady Halfa, -we had had the mortification of seeing the -Seaforth Highlanders pass us the day before.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_243" id="Page_243">[243]</a></span></p> - -<p>At Nasri Island I landed to get the tent and -other baggage which we had left behind us on -leaving Wad Hamed, but was informed that -the five <em>ghyassas</em> containing officers' luggage—and -our own unfortunate belongings amongst it—had -capsized two days before. My precious -tent, two Gladstone bags, and a case of stores -lay fathoms deep in the Nile, and all the -consolation I had was to draw up a pathetic -claim for compensation from the impecunious -Egyptian War Office.</p> - -<p>By the time we arrived at the Atbara, Cross's -illness had increased, and his temperature had -gone up to 100°. The army surgeon on board -the <i>Metemmeh</i> advised him to stay in hospital -at the Atbara for a few days before proceeding -to Cairo, and the officer in charge of the -hospital gave the same advice. I had already -heard from another medical man that he did -not detect any traces of typhoid symptoms in -Cross; so one thought that he was merely -suffering from the common feverishness which -comes from a "touch of the sun," and passes off -after a few days. I remained at the Atbara -for a night, and then went on with the -Warwicks to Wady Halfa, leaving a servant<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_244" id="Page_244">[244]</a></span> -with Cross, who had arranged to follow by the -next train in two days' time.</p> - -<p>The remainder of our homeward journey -was comparatively uneventful. The bad luck, -however, which seemed to follow the Warwicks -delayed us for twenty-four hours on our journey -to Wady Halfa, for the wretched engines which -dragged our cattle pens (first class) and baggage -trucks (third class) repeatedly broke down -from overheating and lack of grease.</p> - -<p>During a short wait at Shellal my servant -called my attention to a woman on the bank, -who was apparently in great distress, and told -me that she was weeping because she had been -divorced by her husband. Such cases are -often very cruel, for Mohammedan law allows -a husband to write his wife a bill of divorcement -without pretext of any sort. At the -same time, he is bound to maintain her for -three months, and her dowry is restored. -Many good Moslems deplore the obsolete -character of their divorce laws, which have -outlived their usefulness. Still, it must not be -forgotten that in one respect Moslem wives -have for centuries enjoyed a privilege which -was not possessed by Englishwomen until a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_245" id="Page_245">[245]</a></span> -recent date, namely, the absolute control of -their own money and property. Female education, -too, which is increasing rapidly in the -towns, and later on will spread to the country -districts, will doubtless serve to improve -the status and welfare of native women. -Monogamy is already almost universal with -the fellahin, and is steadily gaining ground -amongst the educated classes. A good deal -of false sentiment is often expended by good -people in England over the lot of their -Mohammedan sisters, but they may rest -assured that women all the world over have -the amelioration of their condition very largely -in their own hands. Further, a very slight -acquaintance at first hand with Oriental -countries will show one that Moslem home -life is full of happiness, and that nowhere in -the world is greater devotion lavished by -parents upon their children.</p> - -<p>At Luxor the blessings of civilisation met us -again, in the shape of a nice breakfast at the -hotel and a big bath. Most of us had slept more -or less in our ordinary clothes for several weeks, -and everyone, from the Colonel downwards, -wallowed joyfully in an unlimited supply of warm<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_246" id="Page_246">[246]</a></span> -water. As we sat at breakfast, someone told -me that a camel had died just near the hotel -from the bite of an asp. The snake, a little -creature some eight inches long, was lying -under the sand, according to its wont, with its -head just above the ground. The poor camel -trod on it, and was bitten in the foot. It -speedily died, swollen to nearly double its -ordinary size, and the natives lit a fire over -its carcass. The Arabs dread the little asp -terribly, and its bite is nearly always fatal. A -special antitoxin has been prepared by the -<i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Institut Pasteur</i> from the serum of horses -bitten by poisonous snakes. A subcutaneous -injection of ten cubic centimetres of this fluid -is alleged to be a sure specific against the bite -of any known species of venomous land-snake. -But this preparation is practically useless in the -Sudan, as it loses its efficacy if much exposed -to light or to a high degree of heat. Nor has -it, so far as I know, ever yet been tried in the -case of any human being bitten by a deadly -snake. I took some with me last year when -exploring in Sokotra with the late Mr. Theodore -Bent, but despite the glowing accounts of the -efficacy of <em>dowa Inglizi</em> and offers of large<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_247" id="Page_247">[247]</a></span> -bakshish, the faith of the natives was never -robust enough to allow them to voluntarily -submit to a snake bite for experimental -purposes.</p> - -<p>On the final stage of our railway journey -from Luxor to Cairo, Lieutenant Clerk and I -shared a carriage between us, and were extremely -comfortable. Ali redoubled his efforts -in the cooking line, and for our final meal in -the train, to which we invited a military -chaplain, the Rev. E. H. Pulling, we used up -all our remaining tins, and dined off <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">pâté de -foie gras</i>, a curried blend of prawns and -chicken, and stewed apricots—a good instance -of what a clever Arab servant can turn out -with a spirit-lamp and a couple of tin saucepans -in a crowded third-class carriage.</p> - -<p>After waiting four days in Cairo, and receiving -a telegram from the Atbara which gave me -no cause for the least apprehension about -Cross's condition, I left Alexandra on the 17th -of September for Marseilles. On board I -renewed my acquaintance with Major Stuart-Wortley, -and amongst the other passengers -were Prince Francis of Teck and Prince -Christian Victor. Prince Francis had been<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_248" id="Page_248">[248]</a></span> -very ill throughout the latter part of the -campaign, but during the fight had risen from -his bed, in spite of medical advice, and worked -a Maxim gun with good effect.</p> - -<p>We left Marseilles by the morning <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">rapide</i> on -the 21st, and as we were crossing the Channel -on the 22nd, Prince Christian handed me the -<cite>Morning Post</cite>, and pointed to a paragraph -which announced the death of Cross from -enteric fever on the 20th.</p> - -<p>The news took away for the time being all the -joy of one's return. Twice I have been fated -to lose my travelling companion by death when -the work was finished which we set ourselves to -do. Cross was an old Hertford man, who had -rowed five in the 'Varsity boat of 1889, and -had afterwards been appointed to an assistant -mastership at Bedford. He had always been -very loyal to his old college, and our successes -on the river were largely due to his "coaching." -We shall all—seniors and juniors alike—miss -him greatly. In spite of constant attacks of -illness from exposure to the sun, each of -which left him weaker than before, Cross -had refused to return from the front, and, as -I said above, had actually dragged himself out<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_249" id="Page_249">[249]</a></span> -of hospital in order to be present at the -battle. But while his natural vivacity and -vigour were to some extent impaired by -physical debility, he was always unselfish in -the "give and take" of camp life, and bore -uncomplainingly the many discomforts which -are necessarily experienced by the sick during -the advance of an army. Still side by side -with his courageous endurance of physical -suffering, and the coolness which he showed -when under fire for the first time, the central -thought which occupied Cross's mind was that -of returning to his beloved work at Bedford.</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verseq">"His was a soul whose master-bias leans</p> -<p class="verse">To homefelt pleasures and to gentle scenes—</p> -<p class="verse">More brave for this, that he had much to love!"</p> -</div></div> - -<p>The Sudan campaign, which, thanks to the -Sirdar's wonderful genius for organisation, has -been so thoroughly successful, cannot be regarded -as in any sense final. Unless our recovery of -the Nile banks as far as Omdurman is followed -by the possession of the Bahr-el-Ghazal, we -may almost be said to have laboured in vain. -If we stayed our hand at Khartum, or even -Fashoda, the same remark which Lord Salisbury -passed on the French possessions in the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_250" id="Page_250">[250]</a></span> -Sahara, that "the soil was rather light," would -apply equally well to our arid conquests in the -Sudan. The so-called French occupation of -the Bahr-el-Ghazal must not be allowed to -count for anything. Their utter failure as -colonisers in French Congo, Senegal, and even -Algeria, and the selfish tariffs with which they -seek to exclude foreign industry from the -regions which they reserve for Frenchmen who -never come—these things deprive them of any -moral claim to further annexations of vast -territories in the interior of Africa. Moreover, -the Bahr-el-Ghazal was indubitably a province -of Egypt before the Mahdi's revolt, and must -be restored to the Khedive intact. Under -British control this fertile province will be able -to develop its splendid resources. Coffee -grows wild, timber abounds, and thousands of -square miles are ready for the cultivation of -corn, two crops of which can be grown in a -single year. In ancient days Egypt was -the granary of Europe. Rome and Byzantium -were dependent almost entirely upon the Alexandrian -corn-ships. In fact, one of the most -serious accusations which could be brought -against a citizen was that he was carrying on<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_251" id="Page_251">[251]</a></span> -intrigues for the stoppage of these vessels. -This actual charge was levied against the great -Athanasius himself, and the philosopher Sopater, -who was accused of delaying the corn supply -by magical rites, was promptly decapitated -by Constantine "because he was too clever" -(<span title="di' hyperbolên sophias"><span lang="grc" xml:lang="grc">δι' ὑπερβολὴν σοφίας).</span></span> -There is no reason why the Bahr-el-Ghazal, when connected by -river and rail with the sea, should not take its -place as one of the great corn-growing countries -of the world. Again, an exploration of the -Nuba region to the north of the province may -lead to the discovery of mineral wealth. At -anyrate, during an earlier campaign, a Dervish -caravan was captured by the forces under Sir -Francis Grenfell, and amongst the merchandise -was found a large quantity of gold which had -been dug out of the Nuba Hills.</p> - -<p>But even when the possession and organisation -of the Bahr-el-Ghazal has become an -accomplished fact, we find ourselves barred by -a belt of territory some two hundred miles -across, from Uganda to the north of Lake -Tanganyika. Despite the vital importance of -securing a road between Uganda and Nyassaland, -Lord Salisbury allowed Germany to make<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_252" id="Page_252">[252]</a></span> -the western frontier of its East African possessions -conterminous with that of the Congo -State, and thus completely bar our advance -from north or south. But in this case what -was lost by the weakness of one Government -may be recovered by the firmness of another; -and if this result be happily secured, the -territories regained to civilisation by Lord -Kitchener's genius will be united to our vast -possessions in the South, and Mr. Cecil Rhodes' -magnificent idea of a British Empire in Africa, -stretching from Cairo to the Cape, will at -length be realised in actual fact.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_253" id="Page_253">[253]</a></span></p> - - <div class="chapter"></div> -<h2 class="negin2"><a name="A_BRIEF_NOTE" id="A_BRIEF_NOTE">A BRIEF NOTE ON A FEW ENTOMOLOGICAL -SPECIMENS BROUGHT FROM THE SUDAN,<br /> -<span class="smcap small">22nd September 1898</span>.</a></h2> - -<div class="fs90"> - -<p class="noindent">I have handed over my small collection of insects to -Professor Poulton, F.R.S., of Oxford, who has had them -set, and has kindly supplied me with materials for the -following list, which may possibly be of some interest to -any reader interested in Entomology.</p> - - -<p class="p1 center smcap">Butterflies.</p> - -<p>Three specimens of <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Limnas Chrysippus</i>, a Danaine -butterfly, found over all the warmer parts of the Old World. -Of these three butterflies, one is the brown type form (Wad -Hamed); one the Alcippus or Alcippoides variety, with -white hind wings (Wad Hamed); one an Alcippoides, -with much less white (near Kerreri).</p> - -<p>Three specimens of <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Belenois mesentina</i>. Two males -(Zeidab and Wad Hamed) are typical. The female (near -Pyramids of Meroe) is darker than usual. The specimen -in the Hope Collection nearest to it comes from Somaliland.</p> - -<p>One <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Teracolus</i>. Very like <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">T. auxo</i>. The specimen is a -male, small and white, with orange tip to the fore wing -(near Pyramids of Meroe).</p> - -<p>Three very small species of <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Lycænidæ</i>. Two males and -two females (two, Kerreri; two, Rojan Island).</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_254" id="Page_254">[254]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p1 center smcap">Moths.</p> - -<p><i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Noctuæ.</i>—One <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Grammodes stolida</i> (Battlefield of Omdurman), -exactly like the Hope Specimens from India.</p> - -<p>One dubious specimen, probably a species of <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Pandesema</i> -(on gunboat near Shabluka).</p> - -<p><i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Bombycidæ.</i>—One small female moth (Luxor), somewhat -resembling <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Trichiura cratægi</i>.</p> - -<p><i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Tineina.</i>—Three small pale specimens (two, on gunboats -near Metemmeh; one, Wad Hamed).</p> - - -<p class="p1 center smcap">Neuroptera.</p> - -<p><i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Trichoptera.</i>—A few species, very pale in colour (Luxor -and Abu Ahmed).</p> - - -<p class="p1 center smcap">Coleoptera.</p> - -<p>One Cicindela. A very small and pale species, not -represented in the Hope Collection (Wad Hamed).</p> - -<p>One Buprestid, namely, <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Sternocera irregularis</i>. A large -brown species, with irregular tufts of straw-coloured hair on -elytra and thorax (Um Teref).</p> - -<p>One Longicorn. A large black shining <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Prionus</i>, not -represented in Hope Collection.</p> - -<p>Heteromera. Two species, as yet uncompared with -Hope Collection.</p> - -<p>Two Lamellicorns, apparently <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">melolontha</i>, or very similar.</p> - - -<p class="p1 center smcap">Hemiptera.</p> - -<p>One immature form of a large species, pale in colour.</p> - - -<p class="p1 center smcap">Homoptera.</p> - -<p>Fulgoridæ. One small pale species.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_255" id="Page_255">[255]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p1 center smcap">Orthoptera.</p> - -<p>Gryllidæ. Two pale species.</p> - -<p>Acridiidæ. Two pale species.</p> - - -<p class="p1 center smcap">Hymenoptera.</p> - -<p>One winged ant—dark, with sand-coloured patches.</p> - - -<p class="p1 center smcap">Arachnida—Araneina.</p> - -<p>Six species of spiders. One of these is a beautiful mimic -of an ant.</p> - -<p class="p1" /> -<p>The above list is necessarily imperfect. It had to be -compiled immediately for the publication of this volume, -and there has been no time to properly "work out" many -of the species. It is interesting to note the pale tint of so -many of these Sudanese insects—a manifest adaptation to -environment, for purposes of concealment amid the yellow -sand of the desert.</p> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_256" id="Page_256">[256]</a></span></p> -<p class="p6" /> - -<p class="pfs60"> -PRINTED BY<br /> -<br /> -MORRISON AND GIBB LIMITED<br /> -<br /> -EDINBURGH</p> -<p class="p6" /> - - - - - <!-- PUBLISHER'S BOOK CATALOG --> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1C" id="Page_1C">[1C]</a></span></p> - -<p class="pfs180"> -A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS</p> - -<p class="pfs150">AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF<br /> -METHUEN AND COMPANY<br /> -PUBLISHERS: LONDON<br /> -36 ESSEX STREET<br /> -W.C.<br /> -</p> - - -<p class="p2 pfs100 lsp">CONTENTS</p> - -<div class="center xs"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" width="90%" summary="Catalog Contents"> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">PAGE</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">FORTHCOMING BOOKS,</td><td class="tdr wd5">3</td><td class="tdl wd5"> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">POETRY,</td><td class="tdr">9</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">BELLES LETTRES, ANTHOLOGIES, ETC.,</td><td class="tdr">10</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">ILLUSTRATED BOOKS,</td><td class="tdr">11</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">HISTORY,</td><td class="tdr">11</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">BIOGRAPHY,</td><td class="tdr">14</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">TRAVEL, ADVENTURE AND TOPOGRAPHY,</td><td class="tdr">15</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">NAVAL AND MILITARY,</td><td class="tdr">17</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">GENERAL LITERATURE,</td><td class="tdr">18</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY,</td><td class="tdr">20</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">PHILOSOPHY,</td><td class="tdr">20</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">THEOLOGY,</td><td class="tdr">21</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">FICTION,</td><td class="tdr">24</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS,</td><td class="tdr">33</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">THE PEACOCK LIBRARY,</td><td class="tdr">33</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SERIES,</td><td class="tdr">34</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">SOCIAL QUESTIONS OF TO-DAY,</td><td class="tdr">35</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">CLASSICAL TRANSLATIONS,</td><td class="tdr">35</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">EDUCATIONAL BOOKS,</td><td class="tdr">36</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p2 pfs100 lsp">FEBRUARY 1899</p> - - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_2C" id="Page_2C">[2C]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p2 right xs padr2 smcap pg-brk">February 1899.</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs180 lsp smcap">Messrs. 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Great attention has been paid -to the production of accurate maps, and the information contained in this part -of the book may be regarded as semi-official.</p></div> - -<p>THROUGH ASIA. By <span class="smcap">Sven Hedin</span>. With 300 Illustrations -from Photographs and Sketches by the Author, and 3 Maps. <em>Two -volumes. Royal 8vo. 36s. net.</em></p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>Extracts from reviews of this great book, which <cite>The Times</cite> has called 'one of the -greatest books of the century,' will be found on p. 15.</p></div> - -<p>CHITRAL: The Story of a Minor Siege. By <span class="smcap">Sir G. S. Robertson</span>, -K.C.S.I. With 22 Illustrations, 4 Plans, and a Map. A New -and Cheaper Edition. <em>Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d.</em></p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>Extracts from reviews of this remarkable book will be found on page 15.</p></div> - -<p>THREE YEARS IN SAVAGE AFRICA. By <span class="smcap">Lionel Decle</span>. -With 100 Illustrations and 5 Maps. 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Royal 8vo. 32s. net.</em></p> - -<div class="pind">A limited edition will also be printed. This will contain 22 of -Millais' great paintings reproduced in photogravure, with a case -containing an extra set of these Photogravures pulled on India paper. -The price of this edition will be <em>£4, 4s. net</em>.</div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>In these two magnificent volumes is contained the authoritative biography of the -most distinguished and popular painter of the last half of the century. They -contain the story of his extraordinary boyhood, of his early struggles and -triumphs, of the founding of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, now first given to -the world in authentic detail, of the painting of most of his famous pictures, of his -friendships with many of the most distinguished men of the day in art, letters, -and politics, of his home life, and of his sporting tastes. There are a large -number of letters to his wife describing the circumstances under which his -pictures were painted, letters from Her Majesty the Queen, Lord Beaconsfield, -Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Watts, Sir William Harcourt, Lord Rosebery, Lord -Leighton, etc., etc. Among them are several illustrated letters from Landseer, -Leech, Du Maurier, and Mike Halliday. The last letter that Lord Beaconsfield -wrote before his death is reproduced in fac-simile. Sir William Harcourt -contributes his reminiscences of Millais, and Mr. Val Prinsep has written a long -and most interesting chapter to the same purpose.</p> - -<p>Not the least attractive and remarkable feature of this book will be the magnificence -of its illustrations. No more complete representation of the <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'art any painter'">art of any painter</ins> has -ever been produced on the same scale. The owners of Sir John Millais' -most famous pictures and their copyrights have generously given their consent -to their reproduction in his biography, and, in addition to those pictures with which -the public is familiar, over two hundred pictures and sketches which have never -been reproduced before, and which, in all probability, will never be seen -again by the general public, will appear in these pages. The early chapters -contain sketches made by Millais at the age of seven. There follow some -exquisite drawings made by him during his Pre-Raphaelite period, a large -number of sketches and studies made for his great pictures, water colour -sketches, pen-and-ink sketches, and drawings, humorous and serious. There are -ten portraits of Millais himself, including two by Mr. Watts and Sir Edward -Burne Jones. There is a portrait of Dickens, taken after death, and a sketch of -D. G. Rossetti. Thus the book will be not only a biography of high interest and -an important contribution to the history of English art, but in the best sense of -the word, a beautiful picture book.</p></div> - -<p>THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. -By <span class="smcap">Edward Gibbon</span>. A New Edition, edited with Notes, -Appendices, and Maps by <span class="smcap">J. B. Bury</span>, LL.D., Fellow of Trinity -College, Dublin. <em>In Seven Volumes. Demy 8vo, gilt top. 8s. 6d. -each. Crown 8vo. 6s. each. Vol. VII.</em></p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>The concluding Volume of this Edition.</p></div> - -<p>EVAGRIUS. Edited by Professor <span class="smcap">Léon Parmentier</span> of -Liége and <span class="smcap">M. Bidez</span> of Gand. <em>Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d.</em></p> - -<div class="right">[<em>Byzantine Texts.</em></div> - -<p>THE HISTORY OF PSELLUS. By <span class="smcap">C. 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A few books will be reprints, but most will be new works -hitherto unpublished in book form.</p> - -<p>A considerable number of Sixpenny Editions of old books have already -been issued by various publishers, but in no case has the work of an author -of high repute been published in the first instance at that price. This -Messrs. Methuen will attempt, and the first book thus published will be -by E. W. Hornung. Mr. Robert Barr and Mr. Cutliffe Hyne will -follow, and later will be published books by Mr. Baring Gould and -others. In some cases the same book will be published simultaneously -both at Sixpence and at a higher price. Messrs. Methuen recognise the -inevitable tendencies of an age of cheap literature. The theatre has its -stalls and its pit, the railway its first and its third classes: so the novelist<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8C" id="Page_8C">[8C]</a></span> -may well have a double audience, and while the wealthy will still pay Six -Shillings for their novels, those of limited means will be able to purchase -the same book in a decent but less luxurious form.</p></div> - -<div class="advert"> -<p>A NEW NOVEL. By <span class="smcap">E. W. Hornung</span>. <em>Demy 8vo. 6d.</em></p> - -<p>JENNY BAXTER. By <span class="smcap">Robert Barr</span>. <em>Demy 8vo. 6d.</em></p> - -<hr class="r30a" /> -<p>THE COUNTESS TEKLA. By <span class="smcap">Robert Barr</span>, Author of -'The Mutable Many.' <em>Crown 8vo. 6s.</em></p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>A romance of adventure.</p></div> - -<p>THE CAPSINA. By <span class="smcap">E. F. Benson</span>, Author of 'Dodo.' With -Illustrations by <span class="smcap">G. P. 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With an Introduction -by <span class="smcap">Charles Whibley</span>, -and a Portrait. <em>2 vols. 7s.</em></p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>'Very dainty volumes are these: the paper, -type, and light-green binding are all very -agreeable to the eye.'—<cite>Globe.</cite></p></div> - - -<p><b>Congreve.</b> THE COMEDIES OF -WILLIAM CONGREVE. With an -Introduction by <span class="smcap">G. S. Street</span>, and -a Portrait. <em>2 vols. 7s.</em></p> - - -<p><b>Morier.</b> THE ADVENTURES OF -HAJJI BABA OF ISPAHAN. By -<span class="smcap">James Morier</span>. With an Introduction -by <span class="smcap">E. G. Browne</span>, M.A., and a -Portrait. <em>2 vols. 7s.</em></p> - - </div> - <div class="textcol br"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11C" id="Page_11C">[11C]</a></span></p> - - -<p><b>Walton.</b> THE LIVES OF DONNE, -WOTTON, HOOKER, HERBERT -<span class="smcap">AND</span> SANDERSON. By <span class="smcap">Izaak -Walton</span>. 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The best edition the -nineteenth century could produce.'—<cite>Manchester -Guardian.</cite></p></div> - - -<p><b>Flinders Petrie.</b> A HISTORY OF -EGYPT, <span class="smcap">from the Earliest Times -to the Present Day</span>. Edited by -<span class="smcap">W. M. Flinders Petrie</span>, D.C.L., -LL.D., Professor of Egyptology at -University College. <em>Fully Illustrated. -In Six Volumes. Cr. 8vo. 6s. each.</em></p> - -<div class="blockquot pad2"> - -<p><span class="smcap">Vol. I. Prehistoric Times to -XVIth Dynasty.</span> W. M. F. -Petrie. <em>Third Edition.</em></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Vol. II. The XVIIth and -XVIIIth Dynasties.</span> W. M. -F. 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