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Here the plan of the embarkation of the troops originally drawn up when 
the head-quarters of the army were at a distance of 300 miles from the 
coast, was finally determined upon as we came to our most advanced 
telegraph station. The success which attended the exertions of all con¬ 
cerned in the movement of the garrisons of Antalo, Addigerat, and Senafe, 
and the five columns now formed of the troops of the 1st Division, must 
excite wonder, when it is remembered that twice during the progress of 
the troops a mountain torrent poured through the Pass of Sooro, and that 
everything tempted them to hurry the arrangements to a dangerous extent; 
yet nothing was relinquished along the road to mark our haste in leaving 
the country, and Kassa the Prince of Tigre was received and entertained at 
Senafe. On the 31st May the last of our troops were at Koomaylo, and 
with the exception of one small brigade, the army had already been embarked. 
The regularity with which the embarkation was carried out during the 
terrific heat encountered at Zulla in June, the order of the ships, their 
equipment, in fact the general management of this, not the least difficult 
portion of the undertaking, will add much to its success as a military 
enterprise. To Major-Gen. Bussell, Captain Try on, the Naval Transport 
agent, and Major Boberts, FC. Assist.-Qr.-Mr. General—those who so 
eagerly quitted Annesley Bay, must feel grateful for the exertions which 
produced so happy a result. 
The labour of the embarkation may be estimated by reference to the 
following return, though a very large number of the followers had been 
returned to India during the months of Pebruary, March, and April, and 
the casualties amongst the natives between Zulla and Senafe were 
considerable. 
Officers. 
Euro. 
Troops 
Native 
Troops 
Followers. 
Civilians 
Horses 
Elephants. 
Total number of Troops and 
followers in Abyssinia on the 1st 
of May, 1868. 
501 
3972 
8976 
20295 
330 
2538 
40 
Total number of Troops and 
followers who where despatched 
from Abyssinia between 21st Jan. 
and 30th April, 1868. 
19 
278 
471 
5919 
109 
Total number of Troops and 
followers landed in Abyssinia 
> 520 
4250 
9447 
26214 
439 
2538 
40 
(deaths excepted). 
) 
Attributing our success in the first place to the overruling of Divine 
Providence, we cannot fail to recognise the wisdom which has so unhesi¬ 
tatingly supported the liberal measures of the Commander-in-Chief, and has 
reposed such implicit confidence in him, and must acknowledge that much 
is due to the unsparing hand with which the wants of an army operating at 
so great a distance from our shores have been supplied. In reviewing "this 
slight sketch of our operations, I would direct attention to the different 
points in which we may hope that valuable experience has been gained. 
Our condensers have enabled us to excite the wonder of savages, as a 
people who drink the sea, while BastiePs and Norton^ pumps have made us 
comparatively independent in the matter of water on the line of march. 
