Note 174 — Chapter LXVII · THE BATTLE OF OMDURMAN.

Sir F. R. Wingate says in his report of 3rd March, 1899:—"Of the 4,000 Dervish black troops who surrendered 1,222 were wounded; there were wounded in almost every house in Omdurman; and, in view of the fact that almost every able-bodied man in the town had been forced to take part in the battle, it is fair to conclude that the number of wounded (16,000) as telegraphed was not over-estimated."