neral Taylor, Principal Medical Officer, who was well
assisted by Colonel M'Namara, whilst the medical organisation of
the Egyptian Army fully maintained its previous excellent
reputation under the direction of Lieut.-Colonel Gallwey and his
staff. The general medical arrangements were all that could have
been desired, and I believe the minimum of pain and maximum of
comfort procurable on active service in this country was attained
by the unremitting energy, untiring zeal, and devotion to their
duty of the entire medical staff.

Owing to the long line of communications by rail, river, and
desert, the work of maintaining a thoroughly efficient supply and
transport system, both by land and water, was arduous in the
extreme, and that a large British and Egyptian force was brought
up to within striking distance of Khartoum, amply supplied with
all its requirements, reflects the greatest credit on the supply
and transport system. I wish to cordially thank the officers of
the Supply, Transport and Railway Departments for the satisfactory
results which have attended their labours.

I consider that the excellent ration which was always provided
kept the men strong and healthy and fit to endure all the
hardships of an arduous campaign, enabling them, at a critical
moment, to support the exceptional fatigue of continuous marching
and fighting for some fourteen hours during the height of a Soudan
summer.

The Intelligence Department were, as usual, thoroughly efficient,
and their forecasts of the intentions and actions of the enemy
were accurate. Colonel Wingate and Slatin Pacha worked
indefatigably, and, with their staff, deserve a prominent place
amongst those to whom the success of the operations is due.

The excellent service performed by the gunboats under Commander
Keppel and his subordinate officers of the Royal Navy is deserving
of special mention. These gunboats have been for a long time past
almost constantly under fire; they have made bold reconnaissances
past the enemy's forts and rifle pits, and on the 1st and 2nd
September, in conjunction with the Irregular levies under Major
Stuart Wortley, and the Howitzer Battery, they materially aided in
the capture of all the forts on both banks of the Nile, and in
making the fortifications of Omdurman untenable. In bringing to