On Friday morning, General Hicks Pasha arrived, and ten minutes later, Hussein Pasha Mazhar arrived with his tent. His Excellency the Hakdar, while I was informing His Excellency General Hicks Pasha about the anger and blood-boiling that occurred when the army entered in disarray, as I mentioned before, replied that he did not wish to see another commander in the army, as he was merely his deputy. He expressed great regret, saying that he did not think His Excellency Hussein Pasha Mazhar was in this state, as it was his duty to inform us of his thoughts and not to act as he did towards us. He stated that this maneuver that occurred upon our entry was a [sickness] of our thoughts, and we are certain that my instructions regarding it were carried out incorrectly by his personal translator. At that time, I was far from the fort's center. He gave me my orders. In addition to my regret, should I be attributed with ignorance, even though I have conducted military maneuvers in various regions for most of my life, I am extremely regretful to return to Khartoum if ignorance is attributed to those under his command. Otherwise, I will be compelled to return to Khartoum. To clarify my instructions, which I carried out to protect my rights, I say that my order was that, considering the fort was far from the point designated by Rajab Bey, the commander of the 4th Brigade, and the presence of many enclosures, ditches, and huts that were formerly the residences of this area, which were taken by the attack of the Makashfi (1) scouts, and the absence of a clear path to the designated army encampment, I requested that the army be able to reach it in the form of a fort. Given that the enclosures and ditches would impede passage, I gave orders for the passage to be one battalion or company behind another, without taking a wide distance, considering the army's strength, and leaving the camels at the fort until after the army had encamped, and then they would arrive in an orderly manner. It was not intended to disobey my orders and to alert the passage of one battalion alone without the other, which caused this serious and important mistake. I replied that His Excellency