Correspondents' Permits—Academic Obstacles—Fellow-Passengers to Alexandria—French Animosity in Egypt—Indifferentism of Egyptian Natives—An Interesting Dinner—Preparations for the Campaign—Egyptian Magic—A Native "Medium"—Ali buys a Sword—Departure from Cairo—A Matrimonial Quarrel—Rumours about the Khalifa—Discomforts of the Night Journey—The Luxor Hotel—Malevolent Spiders—Karnak—By Rail to Shellal—Imbecility of Ali's Brother—Hospital Arrangements—Dreariness of a Nile Voyage—Cheerfulness of Tommy Atkins—A Classic Tale of Horror—Death of a Soldier—From Wady Halfa in a Cattle Truck—Abu Ahmed—First Night at the Atbara—Chequered Career of the El Tahra—Life at Atbara Camp—The Plagues of Egypt up to Date—Perverse Camels—Failure of our Attempts to overtake Lancers

A Crowded Ghyassa—A Talking Mummy—Slatin Pasha—Animal Life on the Banks—The Pyramids of Meroe—Work for ArchÆologists—A Gaalin Sheikh—A Dervish Deserter—Abu Klea—A Sandstorm—Arrival at Wad Hamed—We meet the Sirdar—Types of the War Correspondent—Entomology—Insect Life in the Sudan—Desert Circulating Library—Fly-fishing in the Nile—Military "Fatigues"—Fugitives from Omdurman—Our Camp Life at Wad Hamed—Thirst in the Tropics—How we Dined—Good-bye to Wad Hamed

Embarkation of Friendlies—The Shabluka Cataract—Our Delay at Rojan Island—First Glimpse of Omdurman—The Evening Ride from Hagir—The Joys of Good Health—Sudanese Wives—Importance of the "Drink Camel"—An Adventurous Greekling—Mr. Villiers' Bicycle—Um Teref Camp—Sudanese Music—The First Dervish—Scorpion v. the "Father of Spiders"—A Cavalry Reconnaissance—A Rainy Night—Within Twenty-five Miles of Omdurman—Deserted Villages—A Disappointing Capture—Seg-et-Taib—The Water Question—Corpses in the River—The Khalifa's Army in Sight—The Ridge of Kerreri—Sururab—Gunboats at Work—Troublesome Donkeys—Sniping—A Tropical Downpour spoils our Rest—Mr. Villiers and Myself stung by Scorpions—Chasing Hares on the March—Cavalry Scouts on Kerreri—Howitzers in Action—Skirmishing with the Khalifa's Cavalry—Waiting for the Dervish Advance—The Khalifa halts—The Evening before the Battle—The Perils of a Night Attack—False Alarms

A Comfortable Breakfast—All ready for the Dervishes—Egyptian Cavalry engage the Enemy—Gunboats to the Rescue—The Joy of Battle—Here they come!—A Splendid Spectacle—The Dervishes open Fire—The First Shell—A Dervish Battery—Effect of our Shell Fire—Wounded Men—Curious Tricks played by Bullets—Maxims at Work—A Dervish Cavalry Charge—Persistent Sharpshooters—The Army leaves the Zeriba—The Lancers' Charge—Mutilation of the Dead—Wounded Horses—Killing the Wounded Dervishes—Renewal of the Fight—Steadiness of the Sudanese and Egyptians—Final Repulse of the Enemy—Dreadful Effects of our Fire—Men falling out—We halt beside a Khor—Regimental Music—Escape of the Khalifa—Death of Hon. Hubert Howard—A Champagne Dinner in the Street—The End of Mahdism

The Sirdar's Fleet—Difficulties of Navigation—The Loss of the Zaphir—Concentration of Friendlies at Wad Hamed—Their Love for Firearms—Rout of a Dervish Detachment—Gunboats shell the Kerreri Ridge and Riverside Villages—Some Faint-hearted Friendlies—Gallantry of the Gaalin—Tuti Island—The Shelling of the Mahdi's Tomb—Gunboats silence the Forts—Lyddite Shells—Maxim Fire upon the Fugitives—Gunboats proceed up the River—The Fate of Gordon's old Flotilla

The Mahdi's Tomb—A Wounded Man lands under False Pretences—Villiers' Bicycle in Omdurman—Loathsome Streets—The Arsenal—Dervish Ammunition—The "Man-stopping" Bullet—Awful Effects of Modern Rifle Fire—The Gordon Memorial Service—Varieties of Loot—A Tommy's Quaint Mistake—Enrolment of Dervishes under the Khedive's Flag—Charles Neufeld—The Austrian Sisters—Slatin Pasha in Camp—Good-bye to Omdurman—We strike on a Sandbank—Our Sleeping Arrangements—Failure of Attempts to move Gunboat—A Soldier Drowned—A Dead Egyptian—We get off the Bank—Loss of my Luggage—Cross goes to Hospital—Delays on Homeward Journey—Mohammedan Divorce Laws—A Camel dies from the Bite of an Asp—A Good Dinner—From Alexandria to Marseilles—Announcement of Cross's Death—The Future of the Sudan