Identifier: cassellshistoryo00gran (find matches)
Title: Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Grant, James, 1822-1887
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Publisher: London Cassel
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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LIEUT. IRANK MASSIE ROYDS, H.M.8. CAHYSFORT. mony makes me estimate it at 6,000fighting men, and I am informed theyadmit a loss of 1,500 killed. In theimmediate neighbourhood of ElTeb, 825dead bodies were counted, and I aminformed it is the custom of thesepeople to carry ofE their dead whenl^racticable. I am also informed thatthe women of the tribes were pre-sent with hatchets to despatch ourwounded. The Arabs now said that they had among the dead, side by side, with thehalf-devoured bodies of Bakers force,all the spoil taken from which nowfell into our hands. Our loss in killed and wounded ofall ranks was only 188. Among theformer was Lieutenant Royds of theCarysfort, who died of a mortal wound,Quartermaster Wilkins of the Rifles,who had been distinguished for hisvalour in Zululand, Lieutenants Free-man and Probyn (before referred to).
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130 CASSELLS HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN. and Major M. M. Slade of the 10thHussars, who had served with thatregiment throughout the war in Af-ghanistan, and was on his way homefrom India. General Bakers wound was from ashell which exploded fifteen yards infront of him. The iron fragment, threeounces in weight, struck him in theright cheek immediately below the eye,and could not be extracted from the jawtill the following day by Dr. Logan. In the melee of the Cavalry chargeColonel Barrow was saved only by thebrilliant courage of two sergeants anda trooper of the 19th Hussars, andthat their deed was one of daringmay be inferred from the fact that noother wounded man escaped alive. Oneunfortunate trumpeter was so gashedby spears, that he was brought out onlyto expire. When Colonel Barrow fell,Sergeant Marshall seized a loose horse,and was attempting to place him on it,when Private Boosley, to whom it be-longed, and who had been thrown outof his saddle, came up on foot, andunder a he

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