. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. to go to the Soudan, astheir contract was for service in Egyptulone. Service in the Soudau they (another account says 750 gendarmerie),which left Cairo on the 3rd December,under Colonel Sartorius. Meanwhile a fresh disaster occurrednear Suakim. It would appear that the Nubiansoldiery at Massovvah had been grow-ing very discontented of late at theirinaction, and when the rebels were at-tacking some of the ports, the Governorof Suakim summoned them to the sceneof the conflict; and as the rebels hadbeen harassing the Egyptian outpost for AN ARAB SUEPE
. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. to go to the Soudan, astheir contract was for service in Egyptulone. Service in the Soudau they (another account says 750 gendarmerie),which left Cairo on the 3rd December,under Colonel Sartorius. Meanwhile a fresh disaster occurrednear Suakim. It would appear that the Nubiansoldiery at Massovvah had been grow-ing very discontented of late at theirinaction, and when the rebels were at-tacking some of the ports, the Governorof Suakim summoned them to the sceneof the conflict; and as the rebels hadbeen harassing the Egyptian outpost for AN ARAB SUEPEISE. 81 some days before, lie sent out a body of500 blacks, 200 Bashi - Bazouks, 20cavalry, and a mountain gun, to makea reconnaissance. This was on the morn-ing of Sunday, the 2nd December, four oclock in the afternoon major of the Blacks came in with ten ofhis men—eight of whom were severelywounded—and two officers, with sixBashi - Bazouks. These all reportedthat, on the enemy attacking, theBlacks formed one square and the. MIGHT ON THE K£D SEA. of the same day, a staff officer, with afew Bashi-Bazouks, returned to Suakim,and reported that they had found a fewsmall bodies of the enemy in the plain,but had driven them off and pursuedthem into the hills, when, suddenly, anArab gave a strange signal cry, andthey found themselves surrounded byan overwhelming force, with which figlit-ing was going on when his party in the evening a sergeant- 35 Bashi - Bazouks another. The latterwere first assailed and broken, on whichthe men fled wildly. The Black square, while retreating,was also broken into; a general ?neiceand flight ensued, the Arabs pursuingfiercely with sword and spear; and,though the Egyptian troops were fur-nished with 200 rounds per man, theyfired only ten. The second party stated that they 82 CASSELrS HISTORY OF THE WAR IX TEE SOUDAN. had left tlie field at sunset, when thecombatants could scarcely distinguishfriend from foe, but that fighti
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