[252] Colvile, ‘History of the Soudan Campaign’ (official), p. 1.
[253] See [Map No. 9].
[254] Colonel Stewart had already been to Khartoum, where he was sent on a tour of inspection soon after the European officers had demanded large reinforcements to enable them to make head against the Mahdi.
[255] The junior ranks of the British army are so used to receiving their rations with regularity on active service that they appear to think the Army Service Corps can feed them as the ravens fed Elijah. They do not realise the enormous amount of thought and calculation which have been lavished on the subject for months before the opening of a campaign. It is not within the scope of a regimental history to describe in detail the process by which Lord Wolseley succeeded in feeding his column in a country the principal products of which are water and sand. Those who wish to study the subject will find full information in Colvile’s ‘History of the Soudan Campaign,’ and Butler’s ‘Campaign of the Cataracts.’
Lieutenant-Colonels—H. Shaw, V.C. (in command), T. C. Wray (second in command).
Majors—A. W. Simpson, E. Tufnell, C. E. Dixon.
Captains—J. H. A. Spyer, J. B. Forster, H. W. N. Guinness, W. J. F. Morgan, A. M. Boisragon.
Lieutenants—C. M. Stevens, A. I. Wilson, B. J. C. Doran, S. Moore (adjutant), K. P. Apthorp, E. F. Hickman, L. C. Koe, and W. R. B. Doran. Lieutenant H. J. Jones joined at Wadi Halfa on December 8.
Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant—W. Jamieson.