Ohrwalder describes his treatment at the hands of various masters--The Nubas surrender and afterwards desert--News from Khartum--The capture of the English mail--Its arrival at the Mahdi's camp--The Mahdi decides to advance on Khartum--Brief review of events in Khartum and Berber--Ohrwalder's views on Gordon's mission--The Mahdi sets out for Khartum--Mohammed Ali Pasha's defeat and death--Colonel Stewart, Mr. Power, and others leave Khartum in ss. "Abbas"--Description of their wreck and treacherous murder 114 CHAPTER VIII. THE SIEGE AND FALL OF KHARTUM. The surrender of Omdurman fort--Gordon's dispositions for defence--His great personal influence--The night before the assault--The attack and entry of the Dervishes --Gordon's death--The adventures of Domenico Polinari-- The massacre in Khartum--How most of the Europeans died --Ruthless cruelty and bloodshed--The fate of the wives and daughters of Khartum--Ohrwalder's views on the situation in Khartum and the chances of relief by the British Expeditionary Force--His description of the town three months after the fall 131 CHAPTER IX. THE MAHDI'S LAST DAYS. Ohrwalder's criticisms on certain events connected with the defence of Khartum--The Sudan devastated by small-pox --The Mahdi gives way to a life of pleasure--Description of his harem life--The Mahdi sickens and dies--The effect on his followers--The Khalifa Abdullah succeeds--Party strife and discord--Abdullah prevails--Events in Sennar and Kassala 152 CHAPTER X. THE ESCAPE OF FATHER BONOMI. Ohrwalder continues to describe his personal experiences -- Mahmud the emir of El Obeid--His unsuccessful attempts to entrap the Nubas--The arrival of Olivier Pain in El Obeid--His motives in joining the Mahdi--His journey towards Omdurman--His sad fate--Lupton Bey arrives at El Obeid from the Bahr el Ghazal--He is sent to Omdurman and thrown into chains--Life in El Obeid--The escape of Father Bonomi--Ohrwalder's solitude--The death of the Khojur Kakum 169 CHAPTER XI. REVOLT AGAINST THE DERVISHES. The black soldiers of the old Sudan army--They revolt against the Dervishes in El Obeid--And march off to Dar Nuba--The emir Mahmud pursues and is slain--Ohrwalder quits El Obeid for Omdurman--Zogal and Abu Anga at Bara 189 CHAPTER XII. OHRWALDER'S IMPRESSIONS OF OMDURMAN.