Following are the comments by a visitor to an exhibition at Edinburgh Castle:--
      "There is an identical large coloured print (probably not the original) in the Scottish National War Museum in Edinburgh Castle. [I] was in a recent exhibit titled 'The Storming of Tel-el-Kebir'. The following is a quick summation of exhibit. Shows the 1st Battalion, Black Watch Regt. (part of Highland Brigade which was probably an ad hoc unit). Unit is conducting a dawn attack upon Egyptian defences in the Egyptian Campaign of 1882. Attack was successful and Egyptian units driven back.

      "Painting was made by French correspondent who was not present at battle but consulted extensively with British officers (of the Regt?). Apparently the painting is so accurate that individual officers can be recognised. [The individual with the sword is most likely Lt. Col. Duncan Macpherson who is said to have led the attack.] As work was nearing completing, a major omission was discovered. Lt Wyatt Rawson, RN, had been left out. To adjust, one of the Scottish soldiers was painted over to show an officer in naval uniform in the melee.

      "Several Royal Navy officers had been assigned to ground units to guide them to the attack positions. (My thoughts ‚ the naval officers were probably no more familiar with the terrain than their army counterparts. Their expertise was navigating over trackless terrain (the sea) using compass and celestial navigation. They would be greatly superior at this than army types who used hills and streams to track their location. Lt. Rawson was mortally wounded in the attack. His last words to General Wolseley are inscribed on the back of the compass he used in the attack (part of the display). Those words were 'Didn't I lead them straight, Sir? It was a star.'"