ON6thNovember，1871，LieutenantBakerreturnedfromGondokorowithfournoggurs，andtheentiredetachmentofLieutenant-ColonelAchmet。
Thenewswasasfollows：-
AfterthedepartureofMajorAbdullah，thenativeshadattackedthecampofColonelAchmet，andhadwoundedhiminthebackwithabarbedarrow，whichhadtobecutout。Anotherarrowhadpassedthroughtheheartofhisservant，killinghimonthespot。Severalsoldiershadbeenwounded，butnotseriously。ThecornhadbeendeliveredfromhisstationtothemagazinesatGondokoro。
On3rdNovember，thirtyvesselshadleftGondokoroforKhartoum，takingabout1，100people，includingchildren，women，sailors，soldiers，andinvalids。
Inspiteofmypositiveorders，thatnonebutthereallysickshouldbesenttoKhartoum，RaoufBeyhadinmyabsencesentawaygreatnumbersoftroopswhowereinsoundhealth，thusreducingtheentireforceoftheexpeditionto502officersandmen，includingbuglers，drummers，clerks，&c。，exclusiveoffifty-twosailors。