The Sirdar, Major Wingate, and Slatin Pasha have reached Cairo,
where they will remain for the present,—a proof that Egypt will digest the province of Dongola before she makes another move. Meantime, the news from Merawi—Meroe, "where the shadow both way falls "—the furthest point occupied, shows that Major Tudway and his camelmen are sweeping the desert, while the gunboat Tamai ' is busy patrolling the river. An interesting item of news is that the friendly Arab chief who was ordered to advance from Murad ,Wells has effected his junction with the Camel Corps without difficulty. If our readers will look at the map, they will realise what this means, and how rapidly and completely the waters of the Mandist flood are abating. The villages on the Nile as they fall in are described as showing intense delight at their salvation. Meantime, numbers of Soudanese are con- stantly coming in and asking to be enlisted. This addition to the supply of fighting blacks is by no means the least satisfactory part of recent events.
Previous page
