dar, as regards
physique, smartness, and soldierlike bearing. The appearance of
the men speaks well for the present recruiting department, and was
a source of pride to every Englishman who saw them.

6. While thoroughly endorsing the Sirdar's recommendations, I
desire to call attention to the good work done by Major-General
Henderson, C.B., and staff at Alexandria, who conducted the
disembarkation of the force, and by my own staff at Cairo.

On Colonel H. Cooper, Assistant Adjutant-General, and
Lieut.-Colonel L. A. Hope, Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General, fell
the brunt of the work in the despatch of the British Division to
the front.

I also desire to acknowledge the services of Brevet-Colonel A. O.
Green, Commanding Royal Engineer; Surgeon-General H. S. Muir,
M.D., Principal Medical Officer; Lieut.-Colonel F. O. Leggett,
Army Ordnance Department; Colonel F. Treffry, Army Pay Department;
Veterinary-Captain Blenkinsop, and the junior officers of the
various departments.

Major Williams, my C.R.A., was indefatigable in organising the
mule transport for the 32nd and 37th Field Batteries.

7. I have received the greatest assistance from the Egyptian
Railway Administration in the movements of the troops both going
south and returning.

Thanks to the admirable system organised by Iskander Bey Fahmy,
the traffic manager, all the services were rapidly and punctually
carried out.

8. I am sending this despatch home by my _Aide-de-camp_,
Lieutenant H. Grenfell, 1st Life Guards, who acted as Orderly
Officer to Brigadier-General Honourable N. G. Lyttelton, C.B.,
commanding Second British Brigade in the Soudan.--I have, &c.,

FRANCIS GRENFELL, Lieutenant-General,
Commanding in Egypt.

The despatch from Major-General Sir Herbert Kitchener, Sirdar, to
Lieutenant-General Sir Francis Grenfell, commanding in Egypt, was as
follows:--

Omdurman, _September 5, 1898_.

SIR,--It having been decided that an expeditionary force of
British and Egyptian troops should be sent against the Khalifa's
army in Omdurman, I have the honour to inform you that the
following troops were concentrated at the North End of the Sixth
Cataract, in close proximity to which an advanced supply dep