d left the camp at Debbah
before they arrived.

The expedition there was, however, by no means useless, for they found
an immense quantity of rifles and ammunition, together with a Gatling
and mountain gun, all of which had been captured by the Arabs at the
rout of Baker Pasha's army, or at the destruction of the force under
Colonel Moncrieff some months before. The guns captured in the
intrenchments made up the complete number of those that had fallen into
the hands of the natives on those two occasions, and so left them
without artillery. The work of burying the dead had been carried on by
the force left in camp, and by the aid of those who now returned was
completed in a short time.

No less than a thousand Arabs were found to have fallen in and around
their intrenchments, and numbers must have got away only to die
subsequently from their wounds. It was learned from prisoners that
Osman Digma had not himself been present at the battle, but had sent a
thousand men to reinforce those engaged in the siege of Tokar.

The force now moved down to Trinkitat with three hundred men of the
garrison of Tokar who had rejoined them, and four or five hundred men,
women, and children from that town. The re-embarkation was speedily
effected, and a few hours later the ships entered Suakim harbour.

It was found that the natives of that town had received the news of the
victory of El-Teb with absolute incredulity, but the arrival of the
Tokar fugitives convinced them that the Arabs had really been defeated.
One of the prisoners taken at Sinkat came in a day or two later, having
made his escape from Osman Digma's camp. He reported that the news of
the battle of El-Teb had arrived there before he left, and that it had
been given out that seven thousand of the English had been killed, and
that it was only nightfall that saved them all from destruction.

The first step of Admiral Hewett and General Graham on their arrival at
Suakim was to issue a proclamation calling upon all the tribesmen to
leave Osman Digma and to come in and make their submission, promising
protection and pardon to all who surrendered. This proclamation was
backed by a letter by the Sheik Morghani, who was held in the highest
estimation for his holiness. He told them that God had sent the English
to destroy them because they had forsaken the old religion for a new
one, and entreated them to come in and make their peace.

A fortnight had now passed since the figh