237 igEiAItTOUM machines, boilers, .• sam-engines, agricultural implements, ostrich feathe/s, wooden and iron bedsteads, paints, indiarubber, leather water-bottles, clothes, three state-coaches, and an American! buggy. There were also a modern smithy, where gunpowder, shell, bullets, and cartridge-cases were made and stored, and a well-appointed engineers’ shop and foundry, with ‘'.several steam-engines, turning-lathes, and other tools. The'ipiachinery had been brought from Gordon’s arsenal at Khartou where the foreman had been employed. and the workmen werb.for the most part Greeks.

The battle was foughb.on Friday, the 2nd of September. On Sunday a flotilla of boats containing detachments from all the British and Egyptian regiments, and every officer who could be spared from duty, proceeded up the river to Khartoum. The ruined and deserted city looked delightful after the sand, dirt, and wretchedness of Omdurman. The gardens of the governor’s house and other principal buildings had run wild, and the green foliage was restful indeed to the eye after the waste of sand, rock, and scrub that had been traversed by the army on its way from Wady Haifa. The vessels drew up opposite a grove of tall palms. Beyond them appeared what had been the government house. The upper story was gone, the windows were filled up with bricks, and a large acacia stood in front of the building.

The troops formed up before the palace in three sides of a square—the Egyptians were to tW left looking from the river, and the British to the rigMthe Sirdar and the generals of the divisions and brigades facing the centre. Two flagstafls had been raised on the upper story. The Sirdar gave the signal, and the British and Egyptian flags were run up. As they flew out, one of the gun-boats fired a salute, the Guards’ band struck up God Save the Queen ! ” and the band of the 11th Soudanese then played the Khedive’s hymn, while the Generals and all present stood in salute with their hands to the peak of their helmets. The Sirdar’s call for three cheers for the Queen was enthusiastically responded to, every helmet being raised. Similar cheers were then given