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CHAPTER XIV: THE OPERATIONS OF THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER
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The British and Egyptian cavalry1, supported by the Camel Corps2 and Horse Artillery3, trotted5 out rapidly, and soon interposed a distance of eight miles between them and the army. As before, the 21st Lancers were on the left nearest the river, and the Khedivial squadrons curved backwards6 in a wide half-moon to protect the right flank. Meanwhile the gunboat flotilla was seen to be in motion. The white boats began to ascend7 the stream leisurely8. Yet their array was significant. Hitherto they had moved at long and indefinite intervals—one following perhaps a mile, or even two miles, behind the other. Now a regular distance of about 300 yards was observed. The orders of the cavalry were to reconnoitre Omdurman; of the gunboats to bombard it.
As soon as the squadrons of the 21st Lancers had turned the shoulder of the steep Kerreri Hills, we saw in the distance a yellow-brown pointed9 dome10 rising above the blurred11 horizon. It was the Mahdi's Tomb, standing12 in the very heart of Omdurman. From the high ground the field-glass disclosed rows and rows of mud houses, making a dark patch on the brown of the plain. To the left the river, steel-grey in the morning light, forked into two channels, and on the tongue of land between them the gleam of a white building showed among the trees. Before us were the ruins of Khartoum and the confluence
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steadily
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distinguished
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守备部队,卫戍部队( garrison的名词复数 ) | |
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decided
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regularity
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scattered
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tenacity
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breached
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攻破( breach的现在分词 ); 破坏,违反 | |
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fortified
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capabilities
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frantic
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expressive
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animated
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vengeance
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