The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-05-06
important from Abyss..u.a Storning and
capturing Of tho Euemy's Stronghold
K Eillin1r &c IL, IT,.

| NHPtuilhS VI LuQ SnClnyS Stronghold
Killing Of tho King.
| Special dispatches from Enropc rive in,
p""'Ant Intelligence from Ahyssiuja. Til
British forces having come up with the enc
my, two severe engagements were cough.
ono on the 10th ult. Good Friday, resul;
iD& u the dvfnat cG ling ThsVlorus' nrmy
with heavy loss. tho casuliics on The s.sc @
the British amounting TO one officer an,
iIiteen ircn wounded, Evidently hcpclcs
Of maintaining his position, tie King sur
rendered up the European captivcs VIII
were the cause Of The war, but refused T.
y'e'i up himself and his army Gen Nn
pi2T 'hen gave him twenty fOu hours 70 dc
eide, WI, i would seem that the Africa,
monarch remiirei determined upon rcsis
lance. The British army was Nv ;his tim,
III 7'oHt 0i "hi.N:Bo, nod was prcpnring
storm H. when, on the 18th, the chiefs in
command %urrculorc; thiJ Formidable posi-
| ''"h' apparently without attempting to dc
'Sui It, ami many thousands of their sol
! d!crs t'!rcw doWn ti.rir nrm. and uars
~" ~ " '"t fi'NNfa. ven. hu per ;
despatch iniim2tcs lha !ho reverse OF The
ioth hnd 80 'ljshea,trringon rtrec,uron III,
"oyS%inians thr' they became quite de;nor.
aired. Ihe Forrol,ler OF 5hlussc arJ lie
detection Of the Erra, body Of Aa army
c"hpctlcd The King lc rsti!c inside ,hc for.
'r"a' Of Msg!mla, accompanied Ivy ,bc rem,
nhnt Of his forces lhut had continued toi,h
ful to him. lie was vigorously rnIIowca nv
the British, who On tbY Same aoy a2u, :
Assaulted and carricd thc fortress hy sto,n
with loss to the Ahyssnious occo,,li,,,, -
the first reports. Of sixtv e,l,, ,,;n,i
200 wcunIcJ III, ,l,s,,r v..
,,, ''' ''''''"" ""S
Among tho Ahys8inians killed was Ning
Thcolorua, who was found ,ln,l h,vin, -,
csivcd sho, ,hr,.h
','' "e',"' o"' Sr'.
''''' correspondent III A"ySs'nia states that
some Nsssrted he was killed i'll battle, while
others affirmed tlat hc committed suicij,
in tho latter cv,n, w, rr,,,o
''""''' ~ P'o'e'l
ms capture ny the british. Gen. Napier,
IN his report to Sir Stafford Nor,hcoic @
ctates ;het thc KING was killed Jof,,,;.,
his ncri.ioo II H.. ,.., ~. ;.
,t,,,i "o 10'"ess ''
',"""'''I 10 "eS'r'oe" "a having teen Of
'D"rbaric sp!oNIOr." II wSs pi.lnGcrcd by
tic troops, who obtained, amono otbor
boot, tour no,l cr,u,n. e;oo nno ,,o,
of ,i,,,T, 80
~, 20 '''" " '"' 80 lu"h'yoi Jewels
Inc ""'ic' OF expedition having been ne
com Si-El-a h-E lt'i:'=t s,4.s t.I. 70 -.<,,.r,
Immediately, i,o released captiycs hryipg
already started for Eurono
7, ,,,
''''' ~ """'''''" '""' me hEitish nave
tril''Phed III much bricicr space &C timc
than even themselves expected The dctcc.
ton Of the Kings soldiers, added 10 the
surrender of Shlassc, were no doubt the
principal causes Of this easy and almost
bloodlcss success. Hitherto tho expedition
has not been avery popular one in England
where n long ana expensive war vas anpre.
hcnd ed. Indeed, b., forthc ci,cum stances
which attended the downfall of rhoodnruo
near a' hahu, wonsI have arrived and found
wy IVY '','''.s H.i'' 'or""' ana IN such
retrcai woulJ hove hccn ,ha .,,,s,,, ""' W, :"
war being over and Che British iriunpbnu,