THE ATTACK ON THE WOUNDED CONVOY. 217 Regiment, and they gave us a more detailed account of the attack on the wounded convoy. It seems that the convoy was well inside the scrub when a large scattered force of the enemy was sighted through the long grass. Our force was then halted for defence, the Arabs closing in on all sides and doing considerable execution with their rifles. Owing to the broken nature of the ground hardly any enemy were visible to shoot at, and matters began to get serious. A Hussar was sent back at full speed to Gubat to acquaint Buller, and the fighting men were already formed into squares, flanking the mass )f wounded, to await an attack, when suddenly a >rce of men on camels was seen in the distance, ap--oaching from Abu Klea. Taking them for more of te enemy, the Mounted Infantry let fly a couple of >ng-range volleys at them luckily without effect, for tey turned out to be the Lights, arrived in the nick time. Seeing these reinforcements in their rear ie Arabs all bolted, and the convoy was saved ; so whole pursued their way back to Abu Klea in ;ace. By the time we got there, the wounded