172 GORDON'S r-ALACE, KHARTOUM, IN 1884.

(Photo: R. Buchta.)

CHAPTER XXXI.

LOSSES IN THE BATTLE— THE PURSUIT.

CONSIDERING the numbers of the enemy, the length of time the fight lasted, and the importance of the results obtained by the battle,the losses of the Anglo-Egyptian armyin the fight for Omdurman wereverysmall. The following table gives in detail the losses of the Britishdivision:— Killed. Wounded.

Corps. _. S : Total. :7. o 2 2ist Lancers I 20 ... 4 46 ... 71 ist Brigade— Warwicks 1 — ... 1 6 ... 8 Lincolns — i'... i— 17 ... iS Seaforths :*-1 ... — 17 ... 18 Camerons _ 2 j.,, 2 25 iq 2nd Brigade— Grenadier Guards — — 1 a ... e, Northumberland Fusiliers -.—' — ... -3 ... j Lancashire Fusiliers — — ... — 6 ... 6 Rifle Brigade — j- ... — h ... 9 RoyalArmy MedicalCorps — — ... 1 3 ".. . .) Army Service Corps — — ... 1 '.L 1 2 25 9 136. 172 How large a proportion of this loss was the result of the Lancers' charge may be seen by taking the casualties after deducting the casualties of the cavalry. We then have the surprising result that the battle was won, so fur as the British division was concerned, with the loss of one officer and five men killed, and five officers andninety men wounded— 101 in all — by the Dervishbullets. Itwillbe noticed that the heavier loss of the two brigades fell on Wauchope's battalion, who were nearer the centre of the line. The British batteries had not a single casualty.

The British officersand sergeantsserving with the Egyptian army were also very fortunate,and their slight losses are the more remarkable because the cavalry wasmore than onceengaged hand-to-hand with the Dervishes. The camel corps was exposed to a severe fire at close quarters, aid McDonald's brigade \\ is tune so hard pressed that Dervish spears were hurled into its ranks. Three British i and one sergeant; were woundedby bulletsand twoby spears. Of the Egyptians andSoudanese there were twenty-onekilled and 22c, wounded, the heaviest loss falling on the camel corps, which had seventy casualties.