LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE PAGE THE RECONQUEST OF THE SOUDAN. ColonelHickman 81 Dervishes tiring onthe "Futteh" 82 The Flight from Shcndy 84 Giving Orders through aMegaphone 85 Advancingin Square:a Halt 86 The Desert Railway:an Engine off the Line ... 88 General Gatacre:a" Snapshot"

89 Campaign of the Atbara:Map 90 The Battle of the Atbara 92 ABird's-eye View of the Advance 93 The Battle of the Atbara 94 Plan of the Battle of the Atbara 95 After the Battle:Inside the Zereba 96 After the Battle:The Sceneinside the Zereba... 97 Colonel Murray, C.B 98 Captain R. C.Urquhart (19 Bringingback the Wounded TOO Mahmoudunder guard........IOI

rhi British Camp onthe Atbara 102 AnOperationin Camp 103 Major C. V. F. Townshend 104 After the Battle:the Burial Service 105 Egyptian Cavalry Horses inCamp TOO Brigadier-General Colonel A. G. Wauchopc . f07 Mahmoud examining his ownPhoto 108 TheSirdar andhis Staff welcomedinto Berber . . . 109 Brigadier-GeneralLyttclton .Til General Sir Francis Grenfell 112 The late Hon. Hubert Howard 113 the new Screw Gunboats for Khartoum . 116 Making ttiL Desert Railway 117 A longDrink 118 The Camerons marching to the Front 120 The Graves of Officers who fell at theBattle of the Atbara 121 A Charge of Dervish Cavalry 123 View on the Bahr-el-Ghazal 124 King Menelek at theBattle of Adowa 125 Dervish Coat.Sword,andShield 126 The Line of Communications (1898):Map. . . . 128 Major Stu.irt-Wortley 129 1 .iblet :inscribed witha Verse from the Koran . 130 After the Battle of the Atbara 132 The Nile from Shcndy to Khartoum 136 A Sick Convoy 137 The Nile nearKhartoum 139 Sketch Map showing theExtentof Omdurman 140 Bird's-eye View of Omdurman and its Environs. , . 141 General View of Khartoumin 1884 J44 The Advanceofthe Anglo-EgyptianForce uponOmdurman 145 The Sirdar directing theBattle 148 rvish Onset 149 Opening Fire upon theDervishes 152 An Incidentin theBattle . 153 Officers andattached Officers of the 21st Lancers . . 150 Lieutenant R. Grenfell 157 The Charge of tin 21st Lancers 100 The Lancers' Charge:au exciting Moment . . inr

1 ienta ll| the InfantryBrigades at Omdurman:Map. if>2 The Attack on M.icdonald's Brigade 164 A Cornerof the Battlefield:a Standard-bearer's Death-grip 165 The Bombardment of Omdurman 168 The March through Omuurman 169 Holes in the Dome of the Mahdi's Tomb . . . 171 Gordon's Palace inKhartoum in 1884 172

11 Service at Khartoum 173 Guy Caldecott '75 Neighbourhood ofOmdurman .... . 176 Hoisting the British t . ian Flags at Khartoum . 177 A Corner in the Women's '.in.mi.1 "Iih. Mahdi's Palace . 170 Colonel Parson9 180 InsideKhartoum at last 181

The Seaforth Highlanders storming the Zereba at the Battle of the Atbara toface I SlatinPasha... 4 Massowah .......... 5 Menelek .... 6 yueen Taitu 7 "The Khalifa forcedhis Horse into the River"... 8 The Battieof Adowa 9 General Baratieri 10 Campaign of Adowa: Map II The North Staffordshire starting across the Desert from

Assouan 12 Embarking Horses at Balliana forthe Front 13 General Archibald Hunter 14 Colonel Wingate......... 15 Sir Herbert Kitchener, Sirdar of the Egyptian Army. . 16 The Sirdar's Flotilla . 17 Suakin 18 Osman Digna 19 Operations nr*ar Suakin: Map ..... 20 BaggaraHorsemen ........ 21 TheSirdar and his Staffcrossing the Desert ... 22 Friendly Arab Scouts 23 Battle of Fcrkeh (1896) :Map 24 The Battle of Ferkeh 25 Colonel Burn-Murdoch. ....... 27 " Wherever they attempted to make aStand" 28 The Fortunes of War 29 Egyptian Cavalry cleaning their Arms 32 The Battle of Hahr- 33 Gettingthe Gunboats up 34 "Stop! touchedaRock "

35 A Nubian Detachment of the Camel Corps. . . . 30 The Dilluka or native Dance 37 The Nile at Berber 39 Mr. RennellRodd 40 CaptainCount Gleichen 41 Lado,onthe White Nile 42 Landing Railway Plant at WadyHaifa ... 43 Workmen on their wayto"Railhead" .... 44 Railway making at Abu Hamed 45 AHospital at Wady Haifa 47 FloatingIslands on the Nile 4^ The UpperNile (1896) :Map 49 Major-GeneralRundle 5° Dervish Fugitives floatingdown the Nile from Abu Hamed 51 General Hunter's March to AbuHamed 52 The Soudanese charging the Dervishes at Abu Hamed . 53 Colonel Maxwell examiningMohammed Ezzam. . . 54 Berber in 1885 ... 55 Keppel'sGunboats bombarding Metemneh 5() Playing Maxims on the Baggara Horse . . .57 On the White Nile 60 The Sirdar's Headquartersat Merowe. . . 6j Sketch Mapillustrating the Race for theNile ... 63 Captain Marchand 64 By the Banks of the Atbara 65 At Wady Haifa:Beer for the First Staffords ... 66 General Gatacre . 68 noning a Dervish Deserter 69 ala 70 Camel Corps mounting. ... ... 71 English Troopsadvancing... ... 72 At Berber:a British Officers' Mess 73 Brigadier-General Hector Macdonald 74 <^amercns prepare their evening meal 75 Egyptian Troopsbivouacking .... .76 Commander the Hon.C.Keppel,on his Gunboat the"Kaffir" 77 A Meal onthe March 80 The Battle of the Atbara toface 81