- 67 ~ prayers in the IMosque at Dara. At five o'clock on the following morning he fired forty five shells against the wall, but I made no reply except to hurry on my preparations for the attack next day.

When dawn broke and laid before my eyes the camp of the enemy lo ! I saw it desolate and deserted. I then went out with one of my soldiers to obtain news, but found that the enemy had all run away. Nor was it a ruse on their part in as much as the men had no power to continue their assaults, but had deserted the Sultan, who followed in order to rally them and lead them to Jebel Marra, where he fortified himself I collected what he had left behind in camp and commenced preparations for pursuit.

THE FIRST BATTLE AT MANAWASHI, OCTOBER 25, 1874.

On the twenty third of October I set out to capture Ibrahim, and found his tracks in the town of Manawashi, which lies two days to the south east of ElFashcr.Icameuponhim at the ninth hour of the day on Saturday, the twenty fourth of October, and with him about thirty thousand troops and eight pieces of cannon. He marshalled his troops in three divisions, the flower of his army, together with his relatives and the guns, being in the centre. The sun had scarce banished the night when he opened fire with eleven shells : we did not reply but marched forward in an endeavour to penetrate to the centre. We were