This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ...two or three miles to the north of where Tamaai lay hid in its khor. Bear in mind too, the khor in question widened out, and sloped gradually towards the plain, which in turn shelved at a flat grade down to the sea. On my way back to Suakim with the news of the battle, I rode down this khor to the plain. Our ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ...two or three miles to the north of where Tamaai lay hid in its khor. Bear in mind too, the khor in question widened out, and sloped gradually towards the plain, which in turn shelved at a flat grade down to the sea. On my way back to Suakim with the news of the battle, I rode down this khor to the plain. Our search for Tamaai was, in a small degree, a repetition of our search for Tokar, after the battle at El Teb. It may be recollected that in that instance, the expeditionary force, after camping for the night at the captured wells, set out next morning (March 1st) for Tokar. Nobody seemed to have any clear idea of where the town was. As it was a place set in a hollow, not on a hill, and surrounded by pretty thick mimosa bush, much marching and time were consumed in finding it. The distance from El Teb to Tokar was only eight miles. The cavalry scouts scoured the country in front and on both flanks, till at last as a happy thought they were allowed to look in another direction to that at first indicated, and they thereupon soon succeeded in finding Tokar, Major Giles of the Egyptian service who was attached, being the first, I believe, to make out the place through the mirage. This was done only after we had wandered five or six miles out of our way. It is perhaps as well to state plainly and once for all, that there were many Europeans available as guides--men who had lived at Suakim--passed through Tokar, and several who had gone back and forward between the sea-coast, Berber, and Khartoum. There were also Egyptians and Arabs who knew the country perfectly, but none of these people were either systematically sought out or called upon to assist as guides. No doubt the always prevailing mirage, the nature of the ground, and the character of the...
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