strength of men at, [173];
two hundred men sent to, [180];
levelled, [201];
meditated attack on by Arabs, [244];
and the taking of by Arabs, [294];
distance of Mahdi from, [295];
Mahdi intends to attack, [295];
fort, Arabs north of, [312];
fire and fusillade at, [315];
telegraph interrupted between, and Khartoum, [317];