224 THE SOUDAN. CHAPTER XIII. BATTLE OF EL-TEB. Departure of my Husband—Colonel Iskander Bey left in Com mand—Ex route to Trinkitat—Arrival there—The Camp —Fortifications—Proposed Order of March—Forts on Other Side of Morass—Arrival of Bashi-Bazouks without Arms—Troops all cross to the Fort—Mr. Watkins joins my Husband’s Staff—Night before Battle—Early Morning March—Composition of Force—Orders for Formation in Case of Attack—Reasons for the Above—First Gun fired— Signs of the Enemy—Their Cavalry tried to turn our Flank—Major Giles’s Cavalry sent to charge them—Skir mishers begin to fire—Sudden Appearance of Enemy— Squares rapidly formed—Sunheit Battalion not obeying Orders—One Side left open—Scare of Gendarmerie—Tre mendous Rate of Firing—Cover themselves with Smoke, and then bolt—General Sartorius tries to reform them— Useless—Narrow Escape of General Baker—General Sar torius forms Turkish Battalion—Complete Break-up of Egyptian Soldiers—In their Rout carry away with them Bezingers and Massowah Men—Gallant Behaviour of Colonel Kamal Bey—Last seen of Captain Walker, Colonel Morice Bey, and Dr. Leslie—Gallant Conduct of Mr. Scudamore, Times Correspondent—Re-embarkation of Troops—Our Losses—Review of Battle. On the morning' of the 1st of February the few last camels were embarked in the Zagazig, and my husband, placing Colonel Iskander Bey in command
