A lapse occurred, and what was mentioned resulted from it. This is one of the grave incidents that befell us last night. The date was when the presence of Arabs outside the camp was sensed, and no path was opened, which was due to the enemy's cunning and the heavy rainfall. This is but... what God has decreed upon... five soldiers who were separated from us. At that time, the esteemed Hakim Pasha of the army was called to treat them. On the same day, at the same hour, when the soldiers were grazing the cattle, four of the soldiers went to pick watermelons, and they were at least twenty meters apart. Unfortunately, the Arabs, who were from the owners of these lands, ambushed them in the Adra farms. They cut them down with spears and slaughtered two of them in the watermelon patch. The other two were severely stabbed until they were killed, and they fled. It is said their number reached two hundred and some. What is more regrettable is that these four soldiers themselves were two thousand meters outside the camp without weapons. If they had had weapons, they would have at least alerted the army to follow them with some soldiers. Nevertheless, it became necessary to issue warnings not to allow any soldier to leave the camp without carrying his weapon, so that these rascals would not be able to kill one of our soldiers and organize themselves against us. Then... according to the English compass sent to us by His Excellency Hicks Pasha from the day... which was Thursday, that the army would be stationed here for Friday and Saturday to rest the soldiers and the camels, clean the soldiers' weapons, and for their peace. Given the abundance of water in this area, we will depart early tomorrow, the date being for the direction of Sa'wan, a two-day journey according to the Houbaa's definition, and according to On blessed Sunday, October 14th, 1883, at 1 AM, we set out from Al-Uqaylah, heading for Sa'wan, with the intention of spending the night halfway. Before we set out, it was learned that on the edge of the water source, a soldier was found slaughtered and his stomach ripped open. It was confirmed that he was one of the staff officers, and a search had been underway for him since he took the water camels and skins, intending to reach Muloom from 11 AM yesterday until this date.