CONTENTS.
CHAPTER X.—Conclusion.
Question of the Occupation of Egypt and
the Soudan — Antecedents of Osman
Digma—Kassala invested by the Rebels, 229
A British Force on its way to Suakim
Proposed Railway from Suakim to Berber, 232
General Sir G. Graham arrives at Suakim
Disposition of Troops during the Summer —Night Attacks by the Arabs, . . 234
An Assault led by "Abdul the Lion"—As-
sassinations—The Camp remodelled, . 236
The Route from Suakim to Sinkat—Neces-
sity for reaching and defeating Osman Digma—Our projected Abandonment of
the Southern Soudan, . . . 239
Prospect of a Summer in the Soudan Desert
— Probable Plan of Campaign, 241
A rival Mahdi appears—Arrest of Zebehr
Pasha, ... .242
Advance from Suakim to Hasheen—The
Rebels attacked and defeated, . 243
General Graham's Plan of Operations—
Osman Digma's Mode of Warfare, . . 247
A Force marches from Suakim under
Sir John M'Neill—Sudden Onslaught by
the Enemy— Repulse of the Arabs—Loss
of the Britisli—Discomfiture of Osman
Digma and virtual Close of the Campaign, 249
Landing of the Australian Contingent at
Suakim—General Grajiam's Address, . 254
A British Force advances from Suakim-
The Enemy retires to the Mountains, 255
The "Proposed Suakim Policy"— An ad-
vanced Post formed at Otao—Signs of the End of the Campaign—Mr. Gladstones's
Statement, 256
Lord Wolseley arrives at Suakim— Review
of the Troops—Sickness in the Camp End of the Campaign—Lord Wolseley
and General Graham leave Suakim, . 257
The Australian Contingent ordered home
A farewell Message from the Queen
Their Arrival in Sydney, . 258
Withdrawal of British Troops from the
Soudan — Financial Condition of the
Egyptian Government, . . . 259
Lord Wolseley's Despatch on the Impolicy
of abandoning the Soudan—Sir Henry
D. Woolf's Mission to Egypt, . 260
Deatli of the Mahdi—Lord Wolseley's Re-
port on the Soudan Campaign—Colonel
Chermside at Suakim — Defeat of the
Arabs by the Abyssinians, . . .261
Defeat of the Arabs at Ginnis—The ' 'Friend-
lies'' capture Tamai after a severe Fight, 261
British Troops left in Egypt— Results of
British Intervention in the Soudan, . 263