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CHAPTER V.
Fire and Sword in the Sudan: A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895 · Rudolf Carl von Slatin
CHAPTER V.
SPREAD OF THE REVOLT IN SOUTHERN DARFUR.
I arrive at Dara--Despatch of an Officer to Shakka--Character of Zogal Bey--Return to El Fasher--Causes of my Unpopularity with the Officers--Disturbances at Om Shanga--The Southern Tribes join the Revolt--I make Dara my Headquarters--The Power of a Woman's Tongue--Immorality of the Maalia Tribe--Sheikh Madibbo threatens Shakka--Cowardly Conduct of Mansur Helmi--I proceed to his Assistance--I commence my Campaign against the Southern Arab Tribes--The Night Attack on Madibbo's Camp--Mansur Helmi's Cowardly Retreat from Shakka--He deserts his own Men--Courageous Conduct of Ali Agha Juma--I decide to retake Dara at all Costs--Difficulty of enforcing my Orders 148
CHAPTER VI.
THE SIEGE AND FALL OF EL OBEID.
Said Pasha, Governor-General of Kordofan, prepares to defend El Obeid--The Mahdi attacks the Town, but is repulsed with Great Loss--The Missionaries at Delen fall into the Mahdi's Hands--The Siege and Fall of Bara--The Horrors of the Siege of El Obeid--Said Pasha is forced to surrender--His Interview with the Mahdi--The Search for Treasure--The Mahdi's Miracles--Effect of the Fall of El Obeid on the General Situation 171