It is -'■ fairly Well kiiow^that .at . tfe battle of Omduruian, Lord Kitchenorj having pushed .011 ahead and cnto the Khalifa's citadel, was inadvertent. _ shelled by his own , artillery, Tiir.es" correspondent, Herbert iioii. ml, son of the Earl. of killed liv the last misguided shot from British guns. It is not, ho*<net so generally -Known that carl er day tho Sirdar had another narrow cs« capo from being shot by The main Dervish attack repulsed,. Kit chertet advanced on Omdurnian, having battalion for bcxlypard, The 'plain was still cumbered with Dervishes, who fired at tha advancing coluran from all angles. Ono company ol Kitchener's bodyguard, irritated by being sniped fronr behind, suddenly faced about and loosed a volley, which whistlI e'd Past the ears of Kitchener and his I staff, two or three of whom ,were wounded. - Kitchener, was Cot one. little bit ■ Lftleagcd about, it»_.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2392, 23 February 1915, Page 5
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145Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2392, 23 February 1915, Page 5
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