General Graham has finished his work. As Osman bigna still
threatened Suakim, and collected forces to attack it, it was necessary to give him a final defeat. The General, therefore, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday marched to Tamanheb and burnt Osman's village, which was also his camp. The enemy fired some shots, but there was no formal resistance, and Osman, with the relics of his followers, fled to the hills. His power is, therefore, broken, and the Ex- pedition will at once return to Egypt, leaving only a garrison in Suakim. During the last march, the troops, as usual in such regions, were greatly harassed by the heat, and some fifty men, according to the General, or 200, according to the Corre- spondents, were disabled. It will be observed, however, that the men suffered less and less each day, and not at all on their return, and we suspect the consumption of bad spirits while in port had much to do with a liability from which officers seem exempt. The men were said to be out of temper; but it would be well if London journalists edited their telegrams a little. Rough Englishmen, whether in uniform or not, will swear and growl in tropical heat, particularly if they have been drinking over night ; but that does not mean insubordination, and should not be telegraphed across three continents as a fact' of moment.
