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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always at Korosko, another at WadyHaifa, while a third patrolled the river.The current of the Nile was found tobe strong, and to increase with therising of the stream, so that gunboatscould make little head in runningagainst it. Colonels Duncan and Taylor tookthe Cavalry inland for twenty miles onthe caravan road from Berber to Ko-mombo, along which it was proposed taestablish posts of observation. The 1st Battalion of the Ro^^al Sus-sex Regiment, 670 strong, arrived atAssouan, under the command of MajorW. Tolson, formerly adjutant of thatcorps. At Suakim every precautionwas being taken by the military authori-ties, in the view of a possible fanaticalrising there before the end of thegreat festival of Ramadan ; and fromthere came a report that out of theEgyptians in Darfour the Mahdi hadformed a corps 3,000 strong, with fifteenguns, to protect his dominions againsthis neighbours. About the 12th of July the Slieikhof the Kabbabish tribe sent assurancesof loyalty, and asked for arms. In
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HA/AAll IN ASSOUAN. i EGYPTIAN DESEBTERS. 181 connection with this request, says thecorrespondent of the Standard, I maymention that Sir E. Wood recently re-marked to me that it does not matterwhether the required arms are sent ornot, as the Remington rifles and am-munition are so bad as to be worse to Assouan at this period, 200 deserteden masse from Cairo, and it was withthe greatest difficulty that the ^lajorcould get even seventy to start. Fortyof these deserted, and on the 16th ofJuly a detachment of twenty-four menof our 35 th Eegiment was ordered to

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