of our soldiers came in, bringing with him Mohara's head, and a note from de Wouters saying that they had fought the Arabs' main body, which they had defeated, and had killed Mohara, whose head he was sending for identification. Our troops arrived in the early morning, bringing with them great quantities of food, donkeys, and a large bundle of Arab despatches, in addition to prisoners and tents. De Wouters' report said that on taking the Arab camp they had found enormous numbers of wounded, and many freshly-made graves, which testified to the severity of Cassar's fighting in the morning.

He had, he said, successfully carried the position through the Arabs having mistaken our force for an envoy from Sefu and his guard, whom they were expecting. Through this mistake, they had allowed de Wouters' party to march through the