 There is no evidence that Kitchener ordered his men to shoot the wounded "Ansar" on the field of Omdurman, but he did give before the battle what the British journalist Mark Urban called a "mixed message", saying that mercy should be given, while at the same time saying "Remember Gordon" and that the enemy were all "murderers" of Gordon.The victory at Omdurman made Kitchener into a popular war hero, and gave him a reputation for efficiency and as a man who got things done.The journalist G. W. Steevens wrote in the "Daily Mail" that "He [Kitchener] is more like a machine than a man.