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The Dervishes took Deshun Al-Thara on the site of Al-Mamlah to cut off their line of retreat.
The commander Bertkenbury, Bimbashi Ahmed Effendi Saman, and the company he led were dispatched.
And yesterday, they waited behind Al-Mamlah, pursuing those who had fled between them and them for several days.
The descent was upon them in all of them, and he remained camped in Karbakan for two weeks, then turned back.
to Dithqala. This is what happened with the Nile campaign, and the desert campaign and its arrival will be mentioned.
Khartoum after two days of settlement.
The Battle of Abu Tah.
When news of the English expedition reached the Mahdi in Kordofan, and news reached Khartoum via Atmur Jagdol, where their journey ended.
to the bank of the Nile on the side of Al-Matamma, where Gordon Pasha's steamers were waiting for them.
The Mahdi wrote to the Emir of Berber, ordering him to gather the troops in Berber.
Resisting the expedition of Commander Earl, and he appointed Musa bin Muhammad Haw Shamik, Khalifa Al-Farouq.
And the commander of his vanguard, and with him about thirty thousand fighters of strength and bravery, who are from the men of Dagim and Kinana, whose bravery we mentioned in their loyalty to the Bey, who crossed the Nile.
Al-Abyad after the battle of Nab, and they witnessed all his battles and wars with him, and that was in the early days.
of the first year of Hijri.
The Mahdi advanced to bid farewell to the troops and marched with them about fifteen miles, then they parted.
He pledged to them that they would not leave the English in the country as long as they had a breath of life.
Then the troops marched under the command of Musa, who was able to support his supporters, so they conquered all the villages.