. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. lymaintained. Each officer and man tooka long draught and filled his water*bottle in turn. Osman had fled into mountain fast-nesses, where General Graham had nointention of pursuing him, and so endedthe skirmish by the Wells of Ta-manieb. During that morning the shootingof the Mounted Infantry had been mostexcellent, and must have proved toOsmans fanatics how ineffectual hisspells and charms were. One officershot a man on a camel at fully a thou-sand yards range, while the appearanceof the rocks in rear of which the enemytook cover showed a reason
. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. lymaintained. Each officer and man tooka long draught and filled his water*bottle in turn. Osman had fled into mountain fast-nesses, where General Graham had nointention of pursuing him, and so endedthe skirmish by the Wells of Ta-manieb. During that morning the shootingof the Mounted Infantry had been mostexcellent, and must have proved toOsmans fanatics how ineffectual hisspells and charms were. One officershot a man on a camel at fully a thou-sand yards range, while the appearanceof the rocks in rear of which the enemytook cover showed a reason for this SUBMISSION OF TRIBESMEN. 161 prompt retreat. On one boulder werecounted twenty-eight bullet marks; onanother, sixteen, fired at over 600yards range. By the 28th of March the troopshad all returned to Suakim, save a few Eight subsidiary Sheikhs, who repre-sented a fighting force of 5,000 men,between Suakim and Kassala, and hadsigned the letter of defiance to AdmiralHewett, now came in, gave assurancesof friendship, and promised to do. BEUBER FROM THE DESERT, OR EAST, SIDB. left to guard some stores in a was then believed that Osman had butfew followers left, and that his where-abouts was known to himself alone. The 10th Hussars returned the Egyp-tian horses they had used in this—tothem—unexpected campaign, and em-barked on board the Jumna for Eoyal Marine Artillery and theYork and Lancaster Kegiment wereordered to leave at the same time. 46 their utmost to capture Osman Digna,who seemed then to have lost all pres-tige with the tribesmen. They alsopromised to open up the route toBerber. Telegraphic communication was againrestored between that place and eight Sheikhs were received by theAdmiral and General, to whom theysaid that the chief requirement of theSoudan was a stable government, with- 162 CASSELLS HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN out which the tribes would break intocivil war as of old. They were then asked whether theywould p
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