Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-23
ANNIHILATED.
A v,uroEY ron raE FALSE PROPHET.
the Egyptian Army Under General Hicks
completely Destroyed IN SoudSu-News.
rsper Correspondents Among the
Killed.

Completely Destroyed IN SoudAu-News.
paper Correspondents Among the
Knled.
The public mind in England is much
disturbed over the news of the massacre
Of Hicks Pasha and his army. The quos.
tions are: Must Egypt be reconquerod ?
Is the false prophet now stronger among
tho Arabs? VIII the wave Of revolt which
was spread from the slopes OF FL Obeid to
Coral Island, Suakim, flow into the Delta
Of the Nile?
The government is already preparing for
these contingencies. 4 cabinet council
was held to day. The general clamor was
that General Hicks must be avenged.
The forces of III Mahdi comprised, 1t is
estimated, 100000 men, and included
Dervishes, BedouinS, Mulattocs and Regu.
lars. The battle was fought near III
ObCid. III Mahdi first sent forward the
Dcrv ishCr, declaring that they would van
quish the enemy by divine aid. Subse'
guently the Regulars joined in the attack
and the engagements became general.
The army Of Hicks Pasha, which early in
the battle was divided into two bodies,
was subsequently reunited and formed
into a square. which the forces Of the
false prophet broke after three days
desperate lighting.
The Nles correspondent says Hicks
Pasha had divided his army, sending half
to FL Obied to demand the surrender of
that place. He awaited the arrival Of the
Madhi, who was advancing from the south.
east. The Madhi, however, met the half
Of Hicks Iasha's army, advancing to FL
Obird, and attacked it. Hearing the fir
ing, Hicks pashs came up with his whole
force AMI formed a square. The Mahdi
brought up fresh regulars, who, it Is sup
posed, were the soldiers who were cap
turcd when Ell Obied fell, and who agreed
TO take service under the Madhi. These
numbered three thousand. The square OF
Hicks pasha's men was then broken, and
his army was annihilated.
A council Of minister's has been held,
and it has been decided to concentrate at
Khartoum what Egyptian troops remain
at Duen, GobA and other places 10 the
Soudau. The force under Hicks Pasha com.
priscd O,50j men. He had with him ten
British officers, Mr.. O'Donovau, of the
London Daily NerS, and an artist con-
neCtcd with q German illustrated paper,
also accompanied his army.
Il is understood that Sir Evelyn Barring
has advised the Egyptian government to
abandon the SOudau, and establish n
north Of the SEMINAR province 10 Suakim
On the Red sea
1t is reported that the recent orders for
evacuation Of Egypt by the British troops
have been COuntermaudGd.
A council Of war met at Cairo to cX.
am no into the military situation and to
decide whether khaytOuu or point far
TIER south was teua5'e. No decision was
reached.
1t is believed that the correspondent Of
the London Grlptt, who accompanied
Hicks PaCha was killed.
How tho BattIe was Fought.
Merchants arriving at Duem. in Egypt
bring accounts of tbs terrible battle be.
.ween tie tIoOps of Hicks Pashl and the
OllOwers of FL Madhi, the false prophet. |
When Hicks Pasha reached Namua, near |
he OJld Hills, he divided his army into |
wo parts, sending one half 10 demand the |
urrender OF the fortress. FL Mahdi, ad. |
'auCing from the southeast, met this pOr. |
ion and sent forward deryishes, saying |
We, like YOU, you are Mussulmaus. Why |
light? Surrender 70 the dervishes."
They were received with volley, and |
Lighting then began. Hearing the firing, |
ieneral Hicks came up, and his whole |
UTce formed a Gquare. Tne Arabs attacked
with reckless valor, the camels stampeded,
and confusion was caused among the
camp followers, who numbered !, 900
The Egyptians fought well, aud at even
ing the Mahdi fell back. Next day be
found allies in the soldiers captured az FL
Obeid, The battle ragged all day. On the |
third morning the square was broken and |
General Hicks force was anuihilated.
The name Of tho one surviving EurOrean |
5 given as Power, others say it is O'Dono. |
'an, others Mr. Fillicrs.
what tho Fx.KnsdIye says
lsmau Pacha. cx.Ehedive Of Egypt, in
An Interview with a preventative of the
itiH HIN Gazette said that the disturbance
in the S0udan was due 70 the weakness Of
the Central government at Cairo
Throughout the SOudan, he said much
power was exercised by religious chiefs
and dervishgs, who could be readily con
trollcd by CO1ciliatOry measures aud the
allowance Of small stipend, a practic ce
which had been unwi,aly discontinued.
The sufferers by this discrimination
threw in their lot with the slave dealers,
hence the present misfortune, which might
have been avoided il the railway from
Maxim 10 Berber, on the Nile, had been
completed to the Soudan. The abandon
mGut OF that scheme, he thought, was
false economy.
He attributed to defeat Of Hicks Pacha
to the constitution Of his force. Egyptian
soldiers, 10 said, needed, more than other
soldiers, a flag, military music and all the
eclat of war. Without these they could
not and would not fight. The army IN.
cludcd Arab Pacha's disbanded soldiers
who had been sent up like malef1ctOrs.
How could Hicks PaCha, he asked, fight
with such material
The eG kedlye was not surprised at the
calamity. lie would not advise the sending
OF English troops TO the Soudan, as such a
course might involve greater evils.
rhe BrItisn wTI not Withdraw.
The marquis Of Salisbury, speaking at
banquet at the Carlton club in London,
said that the defeat Of Hicks Pacha must
end all thought Of the withdrawal Of the
British troops from Egypt.
number OF French papers express the
opinion that the disaster in the Soudan
VIII lead to a permanent English occupa
tion Of Egypt,
The Dead Commander.
lie WAS man of the stamp Of Chinese
Gordon, having fought for John Com
pany " the old East Indian company }
against the SopOys, and had also won
medals IN Abyssinia. Gen. Hicks offered
his sword TO Egypt. Lord Mark Kerr
wrote 70 tho Times Of Tuesday: "Ie was
no ambitious youth who had hopes 10
gain renown by reckless daring, but n
steady, strong minded man of middle ago. -
lie went TO complete tho Egyptian cam
paigu, FL Mahdi had become formidable