GORDON AND THE MAHDI. 68 from Aden, the left flank. The GOtb Rifles and the Marine Infantry were within the square at the right andleft rear respectively, and at either of the front corners were six machine guns, Catlings and Gardners, under Commander Rolfe of the Euryalus, and Lieutenants Graham and Stewart. A squadron of the 10th Hussars under Major Gough, were thrown forward as scouts, the remainder of the cavalry under Brigadier General Herbert Stewart being on the left rear of the square. In this formationthe expedition proceeded in the direction of El Teb at eight o'clock.

At about a mile from Fort Baker, as the army was advancingacross lowsand hills dotted with scrub, some hundreds of the enemy could be discerned on the high ground in front and on the flanks. These opened fire about nine o'clock with their Remingtons, but at too great a distance to do any damage,and continued to fall back as the square came on. The mounted infantry, under Captain Humphrey, were thrown out on the left front, where the enemy showed thickest. The line of march, following the lower and more barrensoil, and avoiding as much as possible the shrub-covered and broken ground, coincided with that of the retreat of Baker Pasha's routed forces a few weeks previous. Skeletons,halfcoveredwithflesh,dotted the track on either side for miles, polluting the air, and flocks of carriondevouringbirds rose and flewoff slowly as the troops approached. On the spot where Baker Pasha's square had been broken these skeletons were literally strewn in hundreds, many of them in extraordinary attitudes, with fleshless fingers clutching the sand, and the majoritywith theirfaces to theground, and spear wounds in the back, head, and neck, showing how they had met their fate.

SOME OF THE DIFICULTIES ON THE WAY TO TOKAR.

Past all these horrors the square, withGeneralGraham, Admiral Hewrett, andBaker Pasha inits centre,tramped steadily forward, keepingwelltogether, andhalting from time to time inorder togivethe menalittlerest,but without replying to the dropping fire of the* enemy. The seven-pounder guns up to this point had been conveyed on camels, one animal being laden with the gun itself and another with itscarriage. They werenow put together and hauled along by the sailors and artillerymen. By half past ten the Britishforce had advanced about three miles from Fort Baker, and were able to discern someearthworks, which therebels had constructed, with mounted guns and standards flying above them. The dropping fire was ceasing, except