The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-02-26 00:00:00

THE SOUDAN.

THE FALL OF TOHAR.
THS SAMSON JOIXIIIO THI MIMS.

Busing. Friday.—At half-past eleven o'clock this moan-
ing five Egyptian soldiers came in and reported that they
had escaped from Taker, and that the Civil Governor of
that town had watered into negot:atione with the enemy,
and had agreed to eurrender. on • promise that all lives
should be spared. A. they were dissatisfied with this
surrender, they had mad* their say oat of the town before
the enemy entered. Other soldiers would, they
follow them. This story, in view of the despond ney of
the tone of th• governor's letter, was probable enough,
but absolute credence could not be aloud in It until it
we. confirmed, &retest bow many Am have been brought
In by spiel ; and It lir is, of canna, poraible that this. men
were duerters from Meelowed% or Totter. Tintr narratives
1/6111. however. coherent. and when exemined separately
all stock to the 41:1111 tat., consequently the story wag
generally believed.
This afternoon confirmation has beets reinalved of the
report, and there can be no doubt now that the tardy
rye dation of the Bungle Government eras taken too rate to
save Tcha,. es it WM to prevent the destruction of the
garriaon of Aintree.
Two opera sent to To Ir r by Mr. Brewster, acting on the
Admirers instruction., have returned, and their account
campletely tellies in all particulars with the:given by the
soldiers. The garrison wire so warred and annoyed by
Bra constant firs of Ave Krupp coo., worked by bled'
Ranters taken by the rebels, that they lost heart alt •-
wither, and allowed the townspeople, who had line been
in favour of srarettder, ts take the matter In their own
hands. Accordingly. • hundred sad fifty of the inhabli
tante went oat with the Civil Governor to the rebels, and
made terms with them on the buds that nobody should
be Injured if T 'bar yielded at arc-. The rebels took an
oath on the Kr ran to °beery@ these condition, faithfully.
The (hvernor ha, several times in his lett in hinted
that he would be obliged Cr. long to surrender ; and he
is, moreover, known to be • great adherent of Arabrs,
and may, therefore, have proffered to surrender to the
rebels to receiving aid from the lutists.
The spies' report is that one of them entered Tokar,_and
found the garrison in • state of high excitement. Upon
his arrival becoming known, the Prefect, Cr Civil
Governor, who bee throughout been the leader of the
party for submbeien lathe Mabdi, advised his e fecal-ion
aa espy, and be wee seemed and detained. The petty who
went out to the rebate included the Adjutant-Mayor, the
garrison clerk. and 150 !Fathers and town .people, among
them two Greeks. This was on Weoneeday last. They
bad • oonferencr with the rebile, and after terms were
arranged they were entertained and (emoted, and swore
alleglanos to the Malide. They promised to bring over
the whole of the garrison next day. By four In the even-
ing the garrison had not gone out, mei, as the spy managed
to make his escape at that hoar, be cannot assert for •
feet that the surrender has taken place, bat from the
general talk of the soldiers he had no doubt whatever that
Ike surrender wee made tome time yesterday, and that
the garrisons will fight their next battle on the side of the
enemy.
The (Naive soldiers aver that the garrison pawned 40
or 50 rounds of ammunition per man in their pouches, and
that there were 40,000 rounds in reserve. Token wu in
no way threatened with assault, as there were not more
than a 1,000 of the rebels in its vicinity, the main body of
the sasmy'e force being at nob, the sane of the teat
hauls. where, no doubt, they are awaiting the advance
from the ships at Trinkatal This force the moldier*
report to be a very large one. General Graham hes sent
house for inetructions al to his further movements. He
would probably be opposed did he advance beyond
irwajosast, and, although he might burn the enemy's a:
aunpmente end destroy winter crops, be could not retake
Taker, which is • (rattled plates, and could hardly be
captured without artiiiery, ot which we have only
moutitain_Wia altogether weir for battering woolen
It le perenit•• Mo. WS were the loom to edemas the
imam, might, is the abeam of the troop% S ry by