Of the two pilots and four experts who were to be left behind the previous day, at the same time, the company assigned to dig the pool, which we mentioned earlier, fearing the arrival of the Arabs, moved back until news arrived confirming the presence of water on the road to Al-Sarkhana [or someone would shout]. Colonel also had one hundred and fifty cavalrymen with him, and His Excellency Hicks Pasha had warned him that he was not supposed to encounter enemies, no matter their number. At half past two in the Arab night, they arrived and reported the existence of two water pools, each two and a half hours apart by horse, which is one day's march for the army. We proceeded with reassurance. Then there was another pool at Al-Sarkhana, sufficient for the army for two days, in addition to the wells. On that day, His Excellency Hicks Pasha assigned one block-bashy and three soldiers carrying a letter from him to the bak-bashy of the company at the digging site at 3 o'clock, ordering them to return the next day in the morning to join us at the first pool, the distance to Umm Sidra. After the company entered, the three soldiers decided to stay with the company until morning. As for the block-bashy, he said he would return with the second, as it was approximately 5 o'clock in the Arab night. On Thursday, October 4, 1883, at 1 o'clock in the Arab morning, the company arrived from the digging point and did not find the mentioned block-bashy. Upon inquiry, it was learned that after he delivered the letter to the company, the three soldiers decided to stay overnight. As for him, he informed them of his return to the army, as it was 5 o'clock in the Arab night, and they did not know where he went. Alas, for the loss of this man who came from Taka intending to join the army, according to His Excellency the Hakdudar Effendi, and this unexpected misfortune befell him. The news of the loss of this man reached the army in general, and due to the impossibility of sending someone to track him because the army was on the move. After our arrival at Umm Sakra, it was 6 o'clock in the Arab day. After the necessary camp arrangements were made, His Excellency the Hakdudar Effendi and His Excellency Hicks Pasha, along with two block-bashies who were relatives of his and were with us, arrived in a state of sorrow and informed their excellencies that we should not proceed from here unless we turn back to search for his body, at the very least. And if we knew that he had strayed.