CONTENTS.

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XIX. THE TRIUMPH.

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The blacks returning from battle-A song of thanksgiving-

"They're lovely; they're rippers" General Hunter con-

voying the wounded - How the injured took their fate-

Church-parade-The return to Berber-The captive Mahmud

-The finest sight of the whole triumph

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XX. EGYPT OUT OF SEASON.

Port Said in summer-Cairo, a desolation-The Arab overcome

-The Continental Hotel-Nileless Egypt-The keys of the

Nile

XXI. GOING UP.

On the Cairo platform-The worst seventeen hours in Egypt-

The line at Luxor-The price of victory over the man-eating

Sudan-The Nile-flood-Halfa - Dervish recruits- Three

months' progress at Atbara - The master - toast of the

Egyptian army

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XXII. THE FIRST STEPS FORWARD.

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The force for Omdurman - The Egyptian division - The

Warwicks-Cavalry and artillery - The new gunboats-

Slatin Pasha-What the Khalifa's refusal to fight would

mean.

XXIII. IN SUMMER QUARTERS.

The one important question-Sport on the Atbara—A pessim-

istic senior captain-The Atbara Derby-A varied conversa.

tion-The recruit and the mirage-Facetious Tommies

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XXIV. DEPARTURES AND ARRIVALS.

How the blacks went up the river - The most business-like

business in the world - The Rifles' first experience - Two

favoured regiments-Amateur and professional transport—

The perfection of method.

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XXV. THE PATHOLOGY OF THIRST.

The Sudan thirst-Some fine distinctions--The diversions of a

correspondent-The Sirdar at work-How to conquer the

thirst-A sweet revenge-The moment of the day..

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XXVI. BY ROAD, RIVER, AND RAIL.

Fort Atbara becomes a British camp-A record for marching-

The gyassas fight the wind-Shipping the 40-pounders-The

Irish Fusiliers-The effect of lyddite-The arrival of the

Guards-British subalterns-One more incarnation

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XXVII. THE LAST OF FORT ATBARA.

The restrictions of the modern war-correspondent -- Scenery

finer than Switzerland-Two limp battalions-The Sirdar's

lightning movements-A dress-rehearsal of camels-Tardy

vengeance for a great humiliation

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XXVIII. THE DESERT MARCH TO OMDURMAN.

A young regiment-First impressions of cavalry in the field-

A piquant contrast-A masterpiece of under-statement-A

military circus - Camping on an old cotton-field - The

vagaries of the Nile-A pleasant camp-The traces of

Mahdism

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XXIX. METEMMEH.

A sign-post in the wilderness-The massacre of the Jaalin-

Mahmud's forts-Mahmud's camp-The cenotaph of a tribe 226

XXX. A CORRESPONDENT'S DIARY.

A little world full of life-The best storm of the season-

"In the straight"-A standing miracle-A disaster to a

gunboat-Not a white man's country-The Intelligence

Department

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XXXI. THE RECONNAISSANCES.

With the 21st Lancers - Dervishes at last! The lines of

Kerreri-The first shot-Kerreri abandoned-Omdurman

in sight-The Khalifa's army-A perfect reconnaissance. 249

XXXII. THE BATTLE OF OMDURMAN.

The position-The first attack-"Bearer party there!"-On to

Omdurman-The second attack-Broadwood in difficulties

-The Lancers' charge-Three against three thousand-The

third attack-Macdonald and his blacks-The last Dervish 259

XXXIII. ANALYSIS AND CRITICISM.

An appalling slaughter-Our losses-Casualties among corres-

pondents-The Khalifa's blunders and probable fate-The

battle of Gedaref-Our mistakes and our merits

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XXXIV. OMDURMAN.

The destruction of the forts-The white flag-A squalid capital

-A huge harem-Through the breach-In the Khalifa's

citadel - Imposing on the savage-Gone! - Testing the

Khalifa's corn-Dog-tired-Flotsam of civilisation - Filth,

lust, and blood.

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XXXV. THE FUNERAL OF GORDON.

The Avengers-The seal on Khartum-The service-In Gordon's

garden-We leave him with the flag.

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XXXVI. AFTER THE CONQUEST.

A tragedy played out-The vindication of our national self-

respect-The trade of the Sudan-Fat Egypt and the lean

Sudan - Beggarly, empty, miserable - Egyptian officials-

What Egypt has gained by the conquest-The future of

the Egyptian army-An empty limbo of torment-Naked

nature

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LIST OF MAPS.

GENERAL MAP-EGYPT TO UGANDA

At the beginning

SKETCH MAP OF THE NILE AND ATBARA, to illustrate

the operations against Mahmoud SKETCH PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF ATBARA