, 1876-10-28
w!tnctH q the leeds nf the tca!c Of t3oumlcl


nrghh'"ts, with the mission NJ nyrhclnx The Dc
iHat ''"i tnnsN.'re of the previous one. Thu
second expedition constttttlnt fOl men, h.
Msy. M,b %ss oa,r the " y .qes ,as.a Tt
il!g lnclln an American nfiecr al] Fevcrni Oilcra
of the same nationality. This expedition
lnt Masrowah IN jan. 10, and towar'l the end
q Tho same month scnl,e1 uu',ra, hetwccn
Slnsgowa' anil Atloun, without having c.,v.,t,-
t:rts1 the slghtcst obstacle. An intrefelctl
eatnII Rns then established to let tie xuldirrs
rsas Without cxposlng shrIn To- hurprise; for It
slr was know' 'na1atan tst KIn oIn e. the isa Of ts
nhont the provinces, bccausc, arcortlIne 10 tho
spies, lie lLl not wts to tllk,Mrsc lis army III face
o. an i''yasson of the country, hccaise meme Of
h. rrovinssa were rich cnt,ugh 70 permit l'ftn to
Egyptian expctil'i9n., without pruyisi,ns, re-
without seeing the eenctny.
On the I'm Df February they we're Informed
by spies that King John nml Ills army would
have to p:lss t,ct wcet the tntrnnrhctl camp md
the dctilr VI Cazathor. The Eayptsan tront,.,
then PLACED undeE The command Of 0s'nnn paca,
Snnslste! Sn.: I, y r., Three ba.tcrIr; and ninc
tain pieses, a1'a seven battnllohB Lett tllv t11-
trrnehctl camp, n,ul took up tllrr position Fix
kiIon,ctrts ahead, On the slope Of two Hills
Turning Wiley, which,, prolnngsng ttself be-
extent: The hc Of 'srictl.np stream passes at
tile bottom u this rnllGy mud xtphs ncr,,bs Inc
nla!n, cutting It in twu. The Egfpttana oc.-
cnp!ed both sides oi tals bed mud distributed
Of tls heights. Facing them, at the
ADyssulan army, which seemed IT, intend nd
y.nstnE to fnrse n tl1s dei'le oesupca ty Tic
teries ut the lca!l of big army, facing the plain
and the Ahysssntans. From time t. time tl.c
hitter attempted to break them, and each time
they weru topuleed by tic Egyptian artillery,
Victory when tic most horrible ot surprises
changed their shout II triumph Into cries Of
despair.
While the n,nss Of the Atyssintan army was
simply ri'sc dc guerrc. nebtnd them soldiers
had entered thc, ttrieti-up lrl Of the stream,
crawling along the Ero,rn'l, they 70. round the
hills On wfcl, tue EGYPTIAN troops Wrfc fnasscd
side, and tl'cu, onre arrived At The summit By
liLousai!ue, n!cN nild women, soldiers on fOut
md Oil horseback, from behind rocks, trees, and
hulloMs, rushed down with fusiOus cries OH the
RAJ: Ear llaIks of t4S Egyptians. Dreadful con-
tempt NJ resistance DrfSei. Of, hoth sides, they
rushed Into tho dry canncl panic seized them,
tho artilcryincn abandoned their pieces ~ Tho
van, nM ad.letl to the confusion. The bulk Of
Tie Abykslnlan ariny crr'sscd the valley and en-
gngcd with tic s0ldiers OF the Nile. They
fought hund to hand.
I1assan pacha, with heroic efforts, then sic
cred@l III gathering around hin epsnr os the
forming u compact body, fought their way
through tlc Ahysstnians at thr Intrcnrl,ed
cznMp. OF the scvcti battufons nnu three hut.
terirs this was all that survived. Kac,,Id Bey,
and Egyp}u, oliceri reaned @ i dead in: ur roand 1"a
ed ou tllu ield of Lattle. The following tlay
while the int1chnslcd camp, REDUCED In number
to 9,009, was f0sttfying, the enemy did not nh
pear. The day after thnt they rtre aeon In the
Inn artJ1 HrJ,,