GORDONS TROOPS ARRIVED. 173-steamers brought was that Gordon was still holding out, though woefully short of provisions and men ; that the Mahdi was pressing him close, and also that 3,000 of the enemy were not two days' march off Gubat, determined to avenge Abu Klea. Under the circum-USEFUL ALLIES.

tnces, Sir Charles Wilson, after a short council, letermined not to assault the town, but to take up a :rong position at Gubat, and hold it at all hazards tgainst the approaching force. The guns were therefore allowed to pepper away for an hour or so, to try id effect some damage somewhere, whilst the Infantry imained under cover of some rising ground in rear of the guns. A company of the G.C.R. was ordered to support the guns at the two huts aforesaid to reply to