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PAGE 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"— Assassinations— The Camp remodelled, . 236 The Route from Suakim to Sinkat — Necessity 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 British — Discomfiture of Osman Digma and virtual Close of the Campaign, 249 PAGE Landing ot the Australian Contingent at Suakim — General Graham's Address, . 254 A British Force advances from Suakim — The Enemy retires to the Mountains, . 255 The "Proposed Suakim Policy" — An advanced 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 Death of the Mahdi— Lord Wolseley's Report on the Soudan Campaign — Colonel Chermside at Suakim — Defeat of the Arabs by the Abyssinians, . . .261 Defeat of the Arabs at Ginnis — The "Friendlies" capture Tamai after a severe Fight, 261 British Troops left in Egypt — Results of British Intervention in the Soudan, . 263