And by the Engineer Yury, as he previously indicated, that they are cleaning the wells until the arrival of the army. The opinion of His Excellency Hicks Pasha was settled on the rest of the army proceeding, and also departing early on Thursday towards Shat, with God's help. On this Thursday morning, the 27th of September, 1883, at 1 o'clock Arab time, we set out with the victorious army from the point of Al-Ladum, in the direction of Shat, heading for Kordofan. Four hours after our departure, the victorious soldiers were ordered to halt (1). At 6 o'clock Arab time, we passed a water pool and watered the horses and camels there. Then, after another hour, we stopped for an hour and a half. We then proceeded and reached Shat at 12 o'clock, at sunset (distance 209). There we encamped, where we spent Friday night. On blessed Friday, we stayed at Shat, and also Saturday night. Then, upon our arrival at Shat, and considering the movement that had been made upon our entry, due to the disorganization of the fort and the alert of passage by a regiment, where the designated camp was located three or four thousand meters away from the point where the fort was [emptied], and because the army at that time was disgusted by all the officers, soldiers, and attendees by the dangers of what might happen, such as a change in our direction or anything else, as it was very dangerous. His Excellency Hassan Pasha Mazhar arrived in a state of anger and informed His Excellency the Governor-General that this was not permissible and not in accordance with His Excellency's knowledge. Either the administration would be for His Excellency General Hicks Pasha or for His Excellency Hussein Pasha Mazhar, because if the situation continued like this, great danger would befall this great army, and we must always be cautious. He began to speak in words contrary to this. So, His Excellency the Governor-General promised us in front of us that he would speak with His Excellency Hicks Pasha about this matter, given that at night it is impossible to identify any person due to the magnitude of the army and the vastness of its movement, not to mention the noise of the horses, mules, camels, and donkeys, whose number exceeds seven thousand, no less. This night continued without the officer knowing his soldiers, nor the battalion, nor the regiment, nor the regiment knowing its commander, and so on. And at 2 o'clock (1) Orders were issued to rest the troops.