ere defeated. The few JaaJin armed with 



tpelled an atta< k 



nee oo the opposite M.I.- ami, eitt<oui 



killaTtjOOt 



' - 



Mnlm 



. lUm 

 manv deserted, and certain of the 







'rating All arn.M ix-l [ t,.k 



-H-r iih II,, ,r Knur in .. an . 

 BayudaArab. 



*.f M. tAinmrh 



Mrml i 



Arid font* in ihr in 



I bftiUttOMt A flrld I >1 



..l.rl.t of ,av a ;r. MT-(i. 



Alllrrf ())< 



ept his preparations se* 



t i . : ' i' ,r ' .: : i. 



. %1-tiaii troops 



be town. They were assisted by the 

 bdeh Arabs frtm Mural .rry- 



y at- 



v it by storm, i tines were 



were 

 ndotM 



it was nerrsmnr t ..iil- 



n i i.uid I . 



on 



rrH 





mi Ihr oil : inir killnl. 



l.t -Ji killed. inetedfaf -J Hnt 

 ' I hi-v fi'iijrltt ilh k'r- 



ut tin tittn k.when 

 meet of the flKhtinp was at the |H>int ..f th. baro- 

 M.nrrs and arms were taken, with 

 rM>*, aiul 

 ;>Knla. showed signs of re 



' u Han.. .1 ihr Khalifa m-t 



'I at Mrtninnifh. ntui the 

 and 



\ rail ttilx ill I talk' in I. '1 he BaffgATn 



.Innliii dwell)) 



en Berber and Me- 



tammrh. hut. h.-ri- - .-\, r \ n- ; ,!,. ll.n-n 



Lol.be 



Miff uaafe and stood their ground brfo*. 

 Uttalioas, of .hch S were employed. formed of the 

 same material at themselves and armed and IflH 



tto blank 



in the 



Kuropean manner. .. ti^t .".,, -., c fi, 



at asMttli the plare had lu l nJiuvul bv 



' 



the mewls' of 



lol.fr.k.1. -I. *> .'. b 



r-J Ihr 



i un army weft lihrff 



- 





>< 

 il-ll. 



V > to UdidteUdtrttl !!. 

 *:.! rcmU be r 



It vat 



urn peoplt 

 toallrmi* to laie KharU*oin > 



r ifxMMifcie for IW vlnle 



.<! Milk l>Lnk ^J^l ^. -t-^~ 1^-1 _ 



and iiii votcn rrMrq imu oeosiasi at 



aixt (InMr.n int.. t 1 (I takinc the 



i innidrti- r harrma. The 



Khalifa w.i- :- w.-II al\ 



north 



.|,,,,|,tf,,luh,-!- :i..l 



: .>a*ons. he 



wh*r Icr- 

 m\ " far nlvanced were ili affected 



i-M<l fnm ihmlunnan. 

 tie banks of tl. 



while, if h- n..rth. ihr 



mthorit v u 



vj.ltal iiiiii 



<n)ed in a*n>nl.linir AIUMMI ..iurman. 



<r ainiiiui.jJi.-ii. MI. I tin- 



-o best fluhtui.- 

 he Soudan. The English commamlrr. not 



rr^ftan- 



'htt< far. was equally caution* tian 



battalion had behav^l well at Abu Hamed, but the 







the 



'i any troops for service in the 

 Soudan. The railroad was tusbed forward, and 



HalfaTaforatlMtfid 



water was ohtainrd in abundance by boring. Gmv 



and war male-rial w, 



i IM- f . .u rt h cataract to A bu 1 1 amcd. When the gun- 

 boats n 1 1* and the denrishe* evacuated Berber and 

 ret ired to Met * r hey also withdrew all I heir 



eastern outpost*, leaving the route from Berber to 

 so that r. -tons could be opened 



force, OsmanlHgna 



remained for soma time on the A I bars, whence he 

 was called to Omdurman in the middle of August. 

 All the tribes of the eastern Soudan renounced 

 i ism. and trade began to revive ther 



.. Tb* pretensions of Abdullahi to. d,. 



the people 



-1 on Ifetammch as the northernmost point to 

 be held. This wa the place on which the Lsrristme 



fall back 

 yt-ar- ri adtancrd far 



tigOsman Dipna at Tokar. The lorn of the 

 and cat. r .1 nt grmtly weaken the 



military j alifa. His main nrliance 



wa it,.' | H .t rful lUctrara triU. to 

 M-lf U-lonp.. his fortune* by 



complicity in all his ofipressiomi and would incur 



ascendency and material wealth, bat Moguinary re- 

 taliation at the hand* of their victims. The on 

 nrawed at . wboM fidelity the 



Khalifa Mispeeted. he was accustomed to place to 

 th,- fr f the> avered.they 



wonM 



aned 



as hostage*, In such soldiers he could place no 



rre*, but on the Bag- 



gara he could depend for resistance to the death, 

 and they had abundantly proved their splendid 



.' 



sailed in pursuit 



IT Arab* 



ten* ,, 



Om. Hunter arn<r,| with 



. - : . 



days later. Two of the pinboaU 

 ' the retmuing derrisbfu. and 

 oapturrd 14 barge* laden with grain at Dsaiik, 



ber. The derrmhe* fortified Metammrh oo both 



sides of the river and 



: - .. 



