Under Crescent And Star

l, so also the battle of Tel-el-Kebir rang the death-knell of the Egyptian army. Such troops as held out in other parts of Egypt for a few days longer surrendered in most instances without firing a shot, and then the regiments to which they belonged became quite disorganised and broken up. Many of the officers whom we had taken prisoners after Tel-el-Kebir were for a time kept as prisoners by us on board some of the hired transports anchored in Lake Timsah. After a time I know not what became of them; I think they were all released unconditionally, and told " not to do it again." Their names remained on the lists in the Egyptian War Office, but they were nearly all placed en disponsibilitti?that is, on half-pay. The country was full of soldiers, but they wereold and worthless; and the first care of England, after things had become settled, was to try and reorganise the Egyptian army completely, so as to establish a small force which would at all events be from the commencement capable of maintaining order in the interior of the kingdom: that was as much as could be expected. There were, of course, many troops, both blacks and Egyptians, still away in the Soudan, in places like Khartoum, Darfour, Suakin, Massowah, Tokar, Kasala, Senheit, and so on: these nobody after the peace seemed to trouble about? they were away out of Egypt proper; so much the better! Let them stop away and try to hold the Soudan for Egypt; but that was an exterior matter,? they could be co... --This text refers to the Paperback edition.