The Conquest Of Darfur. |Tho rovolt of thlo Sultan of Darftur and tho conquest of that territory early lost summer aro deseribed in a dispatch from Sir Reginald WYin- gate, Sirdar and Governor-General of tho Sudan. Ain area of 150,000 squaro miles was rogained to tho Sudaxn ns a rosuilt of thieso operations. Thloy woro, as tho dispatch obsorves, oporations df insignificant importance as compared with tleo great conflicts in Europo and Asia, but by reason of the obstacles to bo overcome and tho way thloy wero carried out they coinstituto a military feat of some distinction. unilsunl measures lhed to be adoptedI to transport a force of 3,000 mcn to the desert battleground. The base at Klhartuni is 500 miles by rail from the nearest seaport, thence to railhead is another 428 miles, and from this point the expeditionary force, with its stores, guns, acroplanes, and other bulky equipment, had to proceed acroes a desolate tract of roadless countrv for nearly 400z miles and there occupy the stronglhold of an enemy numneically superior and armed with modernx rihes. Tlhi, says Sir E. Wingate, was accomplished without a hiteh, thanks to the excellent stafT arrivnrge ments and the $ine leadership of Lieutenant-Coloael Kcllv. T' facilitate the task a makeshift motor-road was prepared, over thich ,eroplanneswith their repairsliops wtre taken, as well as the other supplies of the force. Wlhen this motor-road was ready tUc camel trainsport was suliplemented by a mechanical transport scrvice from railhea(l to Nahud, by whlich mcans the rapid convoy of supplies, on whiclh depended the safety of the force, was ensured. Ui Dinar, the Sultan of Darfur, first assumed a defiant attitude on the outbreak of the war vith 'lur- key. Enemy propagandists bad been at work. and in April, 1915, lie formnally renounced his allegiance to the Sudan Government and proclaimecd his adhesion to the cause of our enemies. An invasiou of the Sudan being evidently contemplated Licu- tenant-C.olonel Kelly's force was concentrated at Nalud and moved over the fronticr in March. The problem, says Sir It. Wlingate, was wvhether in the dry-weather conditions ot water supply and trans- port a force of all arms coild be brought up and 5upplied whieh should be sutffcient to (dtfeAt the Su,taUt S ;s.Lr14y ;.iUdL to ul..sa WIV,Us,U riak of a reverse or an inconclasive battle, vllich mnight entail a rapid and disastrous retreat. Ho decided that such an advance in May offered a rersonable prospect of success and justilied the risks inseparable from the enterprise. In the main operations the square formation, so familiar in former Sudanese campaigns, was employed. The advance was over broken sandhills with mnuch concealed ground, so that. at timzes one portion of the square would bo onl high groudl and tho rest entirely lost to view. Large parties of'cnemy horse- mon and camelry hovereti round as tho force ap- proached the position where tho sultan's force:s were cntrenclhed. This foive was estimated at 3,61)U, with an unknown number of auxiliarics armed with spears, whilst the effec4ivo part of the iritislh force apparently numbered ", 000. ''hoe nemy att.acked. The aS5.u1tt was delivered w:ith great desperation, many of the attackers falling within I0 yards ot our iring line, but the square stood firm for 40 minutes. Thea the enemly wavered, and Colonel Kelly gave the " Advance." The Egyptian infantry attacked with great dash and in a shorb timelC the enemy was broken and Jled in disorder. His casualties vere 1,000, outs only 26. The British force then marched on the capital, scattering an attack outside it, and Colonel Kelly witl his Lmounted troops entered El Pasher next morninlg. A most interesting feature of the vhole operations was the use made of the aeroplane in desert warfare. Its appeatance exercised a great uoral effect. Jts the Sult;an's troops were emerging fion tM;e south end of the capital the day after the battle Lieutenant J. 0. Slessor, loyal Flying Corps, cireled over and bombed tlhem. Another notable feat was a flight of eight hours over the desert to lind the iiemy's t'OOpS-' a very remarkable performiance under local flying conditions," rith the petrol supply Affected by the great temperature. The conduct and cllcienev of the airmen, says the dispatch, through- out fuly upheld the splendid traditions of the Royal Flying Corps. THE CONQUEST OF DARFUR. A DESERT CAMPAIGN WITHOUT A HITCH.