El Obeid

The army had suffered much from want of water, but they had obtained plenty from a lake within three days' march from El Obeid.

Delen, situated five days' journey to the south of El Obeid, is on one of the smallest of the mountain ranges.

El Obeid is situated in the midst of a vast plain, which in the hot weather is just like a desert.

As we approached El Obeid, the rattle of the rifles, broken every now and then by the boom of a gun, became more and more audible.

Such was the end of the brave defenders of El Obeid, who, in truth, deserved a better fate.