He is the Governor-General of Sudan, Alaa El Din Pasha. Signed, I, the English Commander and Chief of the Egyptian Army, Hicks Pasha. Then, and by my presence with His Excellency the Governor-General regarding the aforementioned declarations, I clarified to His Excellency the nature of this conversation and showed him the truth of the General's intention. He said to me, with his full knowledge of all this, "How can you, while I am in the utmost confusion about it, and he is pretending to me, as long as it is not possible to get a telegraphic connection to the government for any amount, how can we get a message to Elias Pasha? As for the matter of Muhammad Ahmad, inform him that before we left Khartoum, we paid ten thousand riyals to a man trusted by the treasury, with the intention of giving them a reward to whoever could kill him. He bought some goods and left Khartoum for Kordofan as a merchant. A letter reached us from him in which he indicated that he was waiting for an opportunity to kill him from that time until now. He has not replied to us. So where can we find, even for a hundred thousand riyals, because we are convinced that this cursed one is causing great destruction. Nevertheless, since we have come with this force and are now in the midst of their land, and no one has met us, it must be either out of fear of us or their desire to gather against us. We ask for the best outcome, God willing. He expressed great regret considering our current situation, as our communication with our base, Khartoum, has been cut off, and there are no means to inform the government of our situation, which is the important matter. Our hope in our guides was dashed before we met the Arab sheikhs, thinking that as soon as they were informed of our strength, they would necessarily come to meet us on the way. The matter turned out differently for us. I returned and informed His Excellency of this, and he expressed great regret. It is incumbent upon us to discuss an incident: at half past six in the morning, the soldiers arrived from outside the zariba, leading camels. Suddenly, a cannonball landed on the right flank, causing injuries to five soldiers, two of whom had serious wounds and three had minor wounds. Upon inquiring about the nature of this cannonball, it was learned that when the soldiers were grazing the camels at a distance of one or two thousand meters from the zariba, one of them found an unexploded rocket cannonball. He carried it and returned with his companions to the camp. He entered his tent and began to move it and tap on it, and it was at that moment...