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。

......

购买会员看全站小说，或者下载APP免费观看所有作品 点击立即下载，搜索"Ismailia",免费读到尾