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We are on very high land now, and have a great descent to make to reach the coast. We must inquire the way to the pass by which the road from Kassala descends to Massowah. If we strike it without failure we shall be safe; but if we miss our way, and the horsemen from Kassala get there first, we shall be in a bad position.
He did not reply to Gordon's letter for six months, and by that time Gordon was too thoroughly engaged in the Soudan to take up the Abyssinian question until the force of events, as will be seen, again compelled him to do so. Having decided that the Abyssinian dispute must wait, General Gordon proceeded by Kassala on his journey to Khartoum.
It had scarcely seemed possible that the advance on Dongola could influence the situation around Kassala, yet the course of events encouraged the belief that the British diversion in favour of Italy had been effective; for at the end of March as soon, that is to say, as the news of the occupation of Akasha reached him Osman Digna separated himself from the army threatening Kassala, and marched with 300 cavalry, 70 camelry, and 2,500 foot towards his old base in the Tokar Delta.
Hearing of our arrival at Mahaber, he came to thank me, bringing as an offering a small skin of milk. I may as well mention here that a young commercial traveller, Mr. Marcopoli, had accompanied us from Massowah. He was going to Metemma, via Kassala, to be present at the annual fairs held at that place in winter.
Upon the desert one can travel by the stars, but the ground is getting far too broken to cross at night; we should only weary our camels in vain." "How far is it to the gorge you speak of, El Bakhat?" "I know not for certain. Those who travel the road have told me that it is three or four days' journey with laden camels from Kassala.
The brass band of the 16th Battalion played appropriate airs. The Italian flag was lowered, and with a salute of twenty-one guns the retrocession of Kassala was complete.
It was in this way: When the news of the Atbara victory reached Kassala, Captain Benson and a party of about 200 Abyssinian irregulars set out to see whether Osman Digna and his more immediate followers were not trying to make their way back to Omdurman, viâ Aderamat and Abu Delek.
From Massowah to Kassala The Start The Habab Adventures of M. Marcopoli The Beni Amer Arrival at Kassala The Nubian Mutiny Attempt of De Bisson to found a Colony in the Soudan. On the afternoon of the 15th October, all our preparations being apparently complete, the mission, composed of Mr. H. Rassam, Lieut.
There is neither law nor order in the land. I shall journey on to El-Obeid or Kassala; I shall get what price I like to ask there." The traders poured out a torrent of expostulation.
It required all the power and persuasion of the authorities to induce the Shukrie-Arabs to enter the town and convey us to Kedaref. We heard at Kassala the miserable end of Le Comte de Bisson's mad enterprise.
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