(British) 32nd Field Battery, R.A.(with two 40-pounder guns) 8 guns " 37th " " " (5-inch Howitzers). 6 guns (Egyptian) The Horse Battery, E.A. (Krupp). . . 6 guns " No. 1 Field Battery, E.A. (Maxim-Nordenfeldt) 6 guns " No. 2 " " " . . . . 6 guns " No. 3 " " " . . . . 6 guns " No. 4 " " " . . . . 6 guns Machine Guns (British) Detachment 16th Co. Eastern Division R.A.. 6 Maxim " " Royal Irish Fusiliers . . 4 " (Egyptian) 2 Maxim guns to each of the five Egyptian batteries . . . . 10 " Engineers Detachment of Royal Engineers The Flotilla: COMMANDER KEPPEL 1898 Class Armoured Screw Gunboats (3): the Sultan, the Melik, the Sheikh each carrying: 2 Nordenfeldt guns 1 quick-firing 12-pounder gun 1 Howitzer 4 Maxims 1896 Class Armoured Screw Gunboats (3): the Fateh, The Naser, the Zafir each carrying: 1 quick-firing 12-pounder gun 2 6-pounder guns 4 Maxims Old Class Armoured Stern-wheel Gunboats (4): the Tamai, the Hafir*, the Abu Klea, the Metemma each carrying: 1 12-pounder gun 2 Maxim-Nordenfeldt guns Steam Transport 5 Steamers: The Dal, The Akasha, the Tahra, The Okma, the Kaibar [*The steamer El Teb, wrecked at the Fourth Cataract in 1897, had been refloated, and to change the luck was renamed Hafir.] The total strength of the Expeditionary Force amounted to 8,200 British and 17,600 Egyptian soldiers, with 44 guns and 20 Maxims on land, with 36 guns and 24 Maxims on the river, and with 2,469 horses, 896 mules, 3,524 camels, and 229 donkeys, besides followers and private animals.