gades was, therefore,
ordered, and it was during this movement that Macdonald's brigade
became hotly engaged, whilst taking up position on the right of
the echelon.

Learning from General Hunter, who was with Macdonald's brigade,
that he might require support, I despatched Wauchope's brigade to
reinforce him, and ordered the remaining brigades to make a
further change half-right.

No sooner had Macdonald repelled the dervish onslaught than the
force, which had retired behind the Kerreri hills, emerged again
into the plain and rapidly advanced to attack him, necessitating a
further complete change of front of his brigade to the right. This
movement was admirably executed, and now, supported by a portion
of Wauchope's brigade on the right and by Lewis's brigade
enfilading the attack on the left, he completely crushed this
second most determined dervish charge.

Meantime Maxwell's and Lyttelton's brigades had been pushed on
over the slopes of Jebel Surgham, and driving before them the
dervish forces under the Khalifa's son, Osman Sheikh ed Din, they
established themselves in a position which cut off the retreat on
Omdurman of the bulk of the dervish army, who were soon seen
streaming in a disorganised mass towards the high hills many miles
to the west, closely pursued by the mounted troops, who cleared
the right front and flanks of all hesitating and detached parties
of the enemy.

The battle was now practically over, and Lyttelton's and Maxwell's
brigades marched down to Khor Shambat, in the direction of
Omdurman, which was reached at 12.30 p.m., and here the troops
rested and watered. The remainder of Hunter's division and
Wauchope's brigade reached the same place at 3 p.m.

At 2 p.m. I advanced with Maxwell's brigade and the 32nd Field
Battery through the suburbs of Omdurman to the great wall of the
Khalifa's enclosure, and, leaving two guns and three battalions to
guard the approaches, the 13th Soudanese Battalion and four guns
(32nd Field Battery) were pushed down by the north side of the
wall to the river, and, accompanied by three gunboats which had
been previously ordered to be ready for this movement, these
troops penetrated the breaches in the wall made by the howitzers,
marched south along the line of forts, and turning in at the main
gateway found a s