With his Camel Corps Kitchener followed the fleeingDervish along the riverbank, and captured hundreds of men and horsesand great stores of grain. Such is the tale narrated in the Chronicles and theRecords. It can, my lord. ecilitres per diem--' The officer could get no further: his voice wasdrowned by jeers and screams of protest.
When he was still some way off he waved cheerfully andas soon as he was within hail he shouted, Effendi, all is inreadiness. Hecould not run from them so he must fight them off. Keepingwell outside the walls and the canal, he worked his way swiftly aroundthe southern outskirts. They had not yet made any effort to begin loadingthe steamers with either men or equipment.
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