The Tartoush and their followers were shot at with rifles and carbines without any training or experience, and their commander was placed over the Rumi, in charge of the workers, and the rest were sent to Al-Salha. They encamped there and built barricades. Muhammad Pasha Al-Baroudi went out with them as a volunteer, seeking to fight the English. One of Urabi's men had prepared for himself in Tel Al-Kabir the tent of Said Pasha, son of Muhammad Ali Al-Kabir, which was one of the wonders of the clouds, rarely to be matched. He stayed there among the servants and the ranks of the army as if at a wedding or a feast. All the scholars, sheikhs, supporters, notables, and leaders of the country came, bringing gifts of ghee, rice, honey, and flour, and cows, buffaloes, and sheep for their food. The soldiers fighting with him ate them, and they sent many fruits and vegetables of various kinds, which arrived by train. When the news spread, the fighting men were relieved and enjoyed the abundance of food, which encouraged many Sufi leaders, scholars, and students from all over the country. They marched from the platform of Ibn Hasbeen to the positions of Tel Al-Kabir, Sheikh Abdul Rahman, and from Al-Yamun, the army marched with many flags, drums, and pipes, Sufi leaders, cups, and swords. They were housed in a prepared area, and these people had no concern other than to ask for food and drink at the three mealtimes. They ate and drank, their bellies filled with thareed and meat. They spoke in a strange tongue, calling it "kron" and "rabtoon," with words that had no meaning at all. They shouted and called for help, and when the fighting between the Egyptians and the English intensified, and the roar of the cannons and the crackle of rifle fire were heard, they shouted and wailed, "Ya Badawi, Ya Abu Abd Al-Al, Ya Allah, Ya men Allah!" Then they would disappear from the sight of the helpers. When the fighting stopped, they returned to their dhikr circles and spoke their strange words, saying, "We fought with the sword, so and so, and we will continue, God willing, until we destroy them all, by the blessing of the Prophet's family." The group of Arabi also did the same, who were in Al-Salhiya with the army of Al-Rumi when the call to fight was made in the camp. While the situation was as we have described in the positions of Tel Al-Kabir, Kafr El Dawar, and Al-Salha, the common people in Tanta, Damanhur, and Alexandria were suffering indescribably from poverty, hunger, and thirst. They were also subjected to the internal artillery and mentioned the extremism of the rulers and their followers, who were armed with clubs and whips, and their shouts and clamor. They would say, "The English army is coming," and other phrases that I heard from a witness to the actions of the common people in the city of Tanta, until I saw the city in turmoil, and the streets were crowded with people pushing each other. I asked the reason, and I was told that the war was at the gates of the city, and that the Muslims had risen against the Christians, killing and plundering, and taking their women and children captive. I said to myself, "This is a great tribulation, by the Lord of the House," and I hurried to the headquarters of the Directorate's Diwan, and I witnessed before me the most sorrowful scenes.