See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• HICKS, ELIAS (1748-1830)
• HICKS, HENRY (1837-1899)
• WILLIAM HICKS (1830-1883)

HICKS (1830-1883)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British soldier, entered the Bombay See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in 1849, and served through the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

mutiny, being mentioned in despatches for See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good conduct at the See also:

• ACTION

action of See also:

• SITKA (formerly New Archangel)

Sitka Ghaut in 1859 . In 1861 he became See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain, and in the Abyssinian expedition of 1867-68 was a See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major, being again mentioned in despatches and given a See also:

• BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref)

brevet See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority . He retired with the honorary See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel in 1880 . After the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of 1882, he entered the See also:

• KHEDIVE

khedive's service and was made a See also:

• PASHA

pasha . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early in 1883 he went to See also:

• KHARTUM

Khartum as See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of the army there, then commanded by Suliman Niazi Pasha . See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

Camp was formed at See also:

• OMDURMAN

Omdurman and a new force of some 8000 fighting men collected—mostly recruited from the fellahin of Arabi's disbanded troops, sent in chains from See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt . After a See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month's vigorous drilling See also:

• HICKS, ELIAS (1748-1830)
• HICKS, HENRY (1837-1899)
• HICKS, WILLIAM (1830-1883)

Hicks led 5000 of his men against an equal force of dervishes in See also:

• SENNAR

Sennar, whom he defeated, and cleared the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country between the towns of Sennar and Khartum of rebels . Relieved of the fear of an immediate attack by the mandists the Egyptian officials at Khartum intrigued against Hicks, who in See also:

• JULY

July tendered his resignation . This resulted in the dismissal of Suliman Niazi and the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of Hicks .as See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-chief of an expeditionary force to See also:

• KORDOFAN

Kordofan with orders to crush the See also:

• MANDI

mandi, who in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1883 had captured El Obeid, the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of that See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province . Hicks, aware of the worthlessness of his force for the purpose contemplated, stated his'See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion that it would be best to " wait for Kordofan to See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle itself " (telegram of the 5th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August) . The Egyptian See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry, however, did not then believe in the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of the mandi, and the expedition started from Khartum on the 9th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September . It was made up of 7000 See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry, l000 See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry and 2000 camp followers and included thirteen Europeans .

On the loth the force See also:

• LEFT

left the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile at Duem and struck inland across the almost waterless wastes of Kordofan for Obeid . On the 5th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November the army, misled by treacherous guides and thirst-stricken, was ambuscaded in dense See also:

• FOREST

forest at Kashgil, 30 M. See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of Obeid . With the exception of some 300 men the whole force was killed . According to the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of Hicks's See also:

• COOK
• COOK, ALBERT STANBURROUGH (1853– )
• COOK, EDWARD DUTTON (1829–1883)
• COOK, ELIZA (1818–1889)
• COOK, JAMES (1728-1779)
• COOK, THOMAS (1808-1892)

cook, one of the survivors, the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general was the last officer to fall, pierced by the See also:

• SPEAR (O. Eng. spere, O. H. Ger. sper, mod. Ger. speer, &c., cf. Lat. sparrs; probably related to " spar, " a beam)

spear of the See also:

• KHALIFA, THE

khalifa Mahommed Sherif . After emptying his revolve' the pasha kept his assailants at See also:

• BAY

bay for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time with his See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword, a See also:

• BODY

body of See also:

• BAGGARA (" Cowherds ")

Baggara who fled before him being known afterwards as " Baggar Hicks " (the cows driven by Hicks), a See also:

• PLAY

play on the words baggara and baggar, the former being the herdsmen and the latter the cows . Hicks's See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head was cut off and taken to the mandi . See Mandiism grid the Egyptian See also:

• SUDAN (Arabic Bilad-es-Sudan, country of the blacks)

Sudan, See also:

• BOOK

book iv., by See also:

• SIR

Sir F . R . See also:

• WINGATE, SIR FRANCIS REGINALD (1861- )

Wingate (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1891), and With Hicks Pasha in the Soudan, by J . Colborne (London, 1884) . Also EGYPT: Military Operations .