Many were spread out on the eastern bank, inside and outside our zariba, and under the trees, drawing water from the wadi with ropes going up and down. His Excellency General Hicks Pasha ordered the firing of some Krupp cannons from a distance of two thousand and two thousand five hundred meters. Six Krupp cannons were fired at them. We saw them on the eastern bank surging towards them, and they kept coming towards us from afar. When the orders were given to prepare the zariba for the soldiers, we saw them increase greatly in number. They were not the ones who were always following us, but rather a new detachment that had been prepared to attack us. It happened at that time that we were leaving the zariba and descending into the wadi to cross to the western bank. If only that had happened, we would have given them a taste of fire this morning. What confirms they were new is, firstly, their speed in descending to the wadi to drink. Secondly, these men had clean white clothes, most of them wearing turbans, and on their heads red fezzes, adorned with silver swords and spears. Their ropes were in excellent condition, and they had clean furs on their backs. We saw some of them wearing shirts and coming towards us. This is what amazed us greatly, that those following the rebels were only the Dervishes, as we had been informed. After we found them, contrary to our efforts, we do not fear them alone, which confirms to us that there is someone assisting this cursed one besides the Dervishes, those who have long been blessed by the government's bounty and honored by the High East from the Khedivial presence. When their numbers were confirmed in this manner, His Excellency General Hicks Pasha ordered the cannons to be fired towards the eastern bank. The Krupp mountain cannons continued to fire for half an hour. We saw them scattered at a distance, and we saw some horses without riders due to the power of the cannons. We realized that they must have lost many. As for their bullets fired at us, at the distance we mentioned, only three of us were hit: one killed and two wounded. Praise be to God for that. The firing from us and them ceased as it was 7 o'clock in the morning. Before that, at five o'clock, two of the rebels were captured and two others from the 'Araba were killed. They were interrogated and asked what was necessary. They stated that they were from the tribe of Ahmed Walad Knutah, and that their sheikh was the one who carried out the morning's trick against us.