. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. ially con-cealed by the bushes. They are inforce some fourteen or fifteen hundred opened fire with her long 6-inch guns,but was signalled to desist, as her shotfell short of the position. The forward march was again re-sumed, and a few minutes before elevenoclock the Cavalry scouts trotted roundthe flanks of the square, leaving itsfront uncovered, and face to face withthe Arabs, whose dark faces and headsof long black hau* could be seen popping MARCHING UNDER FIRE. 125 ap incessantly from behind the greenscrub and their sandy entrenchments,but no f
. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. ially con-cealed by the bushes. They are inforce some fourteen or fifteen hundred opened fire with her long 6-inch guns,but was signalled to desist, as her shotfell short of the position. The forward march was again re-sumed, and a few minutes before elevenoclock the Cavalry scouts trotted roundthe flanks of the square, leaving itsfront uncovered, and face to face withthe Arabs, whose dark faces and headsof long black hau* could be seen popping MARCHING UNDER FIRE. 125 ap incessantly from behind the greenscrub and their sandy entrenchments,but no forward movement was made bythem. The line of march pursued by thesquare was past their left front, ratherthan towards them, at 400 yards dis-tance ; and now suddenly from the the square, and ordered the men to liedown, while he brought his fourRoyal Artillery guns and the machineguns into action at 900 yards, and soonsilenced the enemys Krupps, whichwere now taken in reverse. The onward movement of the squarewas resumed, but under the enemys. /V--v-- MAJOR MONTAGUE MAULE SLABE, lOXH HUSSARS. ^From a Photograph ly Messi-s. Hughes and Mullins, Ryde.) sable hordes there came a biting rifleAre, while with two Krupp guns,doubtless worked by artillerymen fromTokar, they opened upon the squarewith case and shell, at about twentyminutes past eleven. These guns, however, were so badlyhandled that few casualties occurredfrom them, and meanwhile the rect-angle succeeded in working round tillit got into the left rear of the enemysposition. General Graham now halted rifle fire. The first serious casualty wasin the ranks of the Gordon High-landers, and the falling of men rightand left showed that the aim of theArabs was beginning to tell. Thepipes again struck up; the squarepressed steadily on, while the shrapnellshell of the enemy, thrown now withdangerous precision, burst ever andanon overhead. By a fragment of one of these Gene-ral Baker was severely wounded in the 126 GASSELLS HISTORY OF
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