Fire and Sword in the sudan : a personal narrative of fighting and serving the dervishes, 1879-1895 . Fight between the Rizighat and Egyptian Troops. THE REVOLT IN SOUTHERN DARFUR 73 saying, c I shall never fly to save my life. Better is it tofall under the sword than to be laughed at by a , true to his word, he defended himself against fearfulodds until a spear split his head in twain, and he sank downto die, repeating his creed with his last breath. His father-in-law fell dead close to him, and his wife, who was the?cause of this sad catastrophe, and had thus lost husbandand father,
Fire and Sword in the sudan : a personal narrative of fighting and serving the dervishes, 1879-1895 . Fight between the Rizighat and Egyptian Troops. THE REVOLT IN SOUTHERN DARFUR 73 saying, c I shall never fly to save my life. Better is it tofall under the sword than to be laughed at by a , true to his word, he defended himself against fearfulodds until a spear split his head in twain, and he sank downto die, repeating his creed with his last breath. His father-in-law fell dead close to him, and his wife, who was the?cause of this sad catastrophe, and had thus lost husbandand father, was captured and enslaved. Mansur Helmi, being now anxious to conclude arrange-ments with the tribes, begged that I should come to Shakka,.as, being the representative of Government and well knownto the Arabs, I would have greater weight with them ; healso expressed his opinion that a strong fort should be madein Shakka, and manned with a couple of guns. As it wasmost important to conclude terms with the Arabs, I re-solved to comply with his request, and, taking one hundredand fifty regulars,
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