. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. the miserable village, withits red huts, wells, and ruined walls,was carried, and the close of thefight, says the Standard, was an-nounced by a loud cheer from theGordon Highlanders, as they passedout at the front of the enemys position,and by a triumphant peal from thebagpipes. This was at two in the afternoon,when the enemy were seen streamingaway in the wildest disorder towardsTokar and Suakim. 128 CAS SELLS HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN. The last work, taken by the High-landers, was in the form of a semicircle,and formed of bags and barrels
. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. the miserable village, withits red huts, wells, and ruined walls,was carried, and the close of thefight, says the Standard, was an-nounced by a loud cheer from theGordon Highlanders, as they passedout at the front of the enemys position,and by a triumphant peal from thebagpipes. This was at two in the afternoon,when the enemy were seen streamingaway in the wildest disorder towardsTokar and Suakim. 128 CAS SELLS HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN. The last work, taken by the High-landers, was in the form of a semicircle,and formed of bags and barrels filledwith sand. It was difficult to estimate thestrength of the enemy. In my firsttelegram, wrote the Greneral, I -^uiit at 10,000. Subsequent native testi- no desire to fight the British soldiers,with whom they had no quarrel, butonly their oppressors, the Turks andEgyptians, adding that, until they sawthe white faces, they knew not whomthey were to meet, as their chiefs hadconcealed the fact from them. Many of the late Tokar garrison lay. LIEUT. IRANK MASSIE ROYDS, CAHYSFORT. mony makes me estimate it at 6,000fighting men, and I am informed theyadmit a loss of 1,500 killed. In theimmediate neighbourhood of ElTeb, 825dead bodies were counted, and I aminformed it is the custom of thesepeople to carry ofE their dead whenl^racticable. I am also informed thatthe women of the tribes were pre-sent with hatchets to despatch ourwounded. The Arabs now said that they had among the dead, side by side, with thehalf-devoured bodies of Bakers force,all the spoil taken from which nowfell into our hands. Our loss in killed and wounded ofall ranks was only 188. Among theformer was Lieutenant Royds of theCarysfort, who died of a mortal wound,Quartermaster Wilkins of the Rifles,who had been distinguished for hisvalour in Zululand, Lieutenants Free-man and Probyn (before referred to).
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