Apart from officers with the Egyptian Army, the Maxim battery were the only European troops present and was manned by detachments from the North Staffordshire Regiment and the Connaught Rangers. The latter, according to some sources, wore red coats, not khaki.
Apart from Egyptian military personnel, the Maxim battery had European troops present, specifically those from the North Staffordshire Regiment and the Connaught Rangers. There is a note that the Connaught Rangers wore distinctive red coats, rather than the standard khaki uniforms.