[265] Now General Grant, C.B.
[266] I heard later, in reply to various inquiries from Pall Mall as to whether I had not been unduly severe, he replied that he had the fullest confidence in my sense of justice.
[267] The invariable answer in the East, where nobody does anything to-day that can be left till to-morrow.
[268] Some officers, seeing little chance of promotion to be gained by serving in the Egyptian Army, got employment on the British Army Staff. I offered Colonel Wynne such a post, but he declined, saying: “I have a definite Command, and feel bound to hold it until the Expedition returns Northwards.”
[269] Now Admiral Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean.
[270] Now Major-General Sir Holled Smith, K.C.B.
[271] I had purchased every Native cargo vessel working on the Nile, north of Merowi.
[272] Now Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, G.C.B., Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet.
[273] Now commanding at Colchester.
[274] Captain Lord Charles Beresford, to chief of Staff, 10th December 1884: “Colonel Wynne’s organisation here is perfect. I suggest he be made Captain of Cataracts.... Do not see any chance of a block here if all is left to Wynne.”