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aud those that have been driven have
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nd those that have been driven have
yiven forth brackish water.
SCENE OF THE BATTLE.
81 Obeid, the capital, is about 1850
niles west OF the White Nile, and Is
. city built like all African towns Of
is size in the Mohamme1an belt,with
mud houses, narrow streets, profu.
sion Of mosques, acitadel, bazaar and
\ Mouderieh Governors House) |
This is one OF the most immoral OF all
the African towns, and Urgently q
prey to fearful pestilences caused BY
the passage Of slave caravSas bound
for Lover Egypt Never in the days
when Cir Samuel Baker and CHINESE
Gordon had the slave trade under the
most vigorous espionage did Ell Obeid
fail to be fiourishing slave mart aud
the rendezvous Of the various cara
vans vhich were obliged to sneak
past Khartoum 10 ives ward OF the
Nile. From the capital Of Kordofan |
to Khsrtoum q troop~of feet drome-
daries could make the distance in |
eight days. although the ordinary car
avian time is seventeen,
THE SITUATION NOW.
Speaking with a thorough knowl
edge OF this country, it may be said
authoritatively that but one course
remains open to Egyptian troops, or
such Of them as servive. aud that is
precipitate fight and an effort to es
cape into Abyssinia. Unless a sufh-
cient fighting force remain to beat an
orderly retreat to Khartoum aud try
to escape BY way Of Suakin, the COM
mand Of Hicks Pscha is in terrible
plight. They are literally surrounded
BY an exultant enemy on all sides. lie
mistakes the Arab native who sup
poses that this victory will not make
deep and lasting impression, one call
culated to FIRE his war spirit and make
him take up the cry "On to Cairol
Among nearly all of the tribes Of the
Egyptian Souden the law Of blood
revenge-is acknowledged aud it
never dies and never wavers from
generation to generation. And It is
probable, too, as it has happened be
fore, that even the resident Egyptians
and Turks will join IN the hurrsh to
save their own lives and property.
The Slaughter in the SoudRh.
A dispatch from New York, No
vember %, s,ys: General Charles p
Stone, who has devoted HE time TO
the erection of the Bartholdi pedestal
on Bedloe's Island since his return
from Egypt, where he so long held
confidential relations in the Khedive's
service, is an authority as to Egyptian
affairs He was found this afternoon
in his Office. Referring to the reported
annihilation of the Egyptian forces,
General Stone said: When | first
read the account4 did not believe the
port, for ! have often heard similar
accounts when the only ground for
them was the fear Of the narrator.
Soldiers as well as civilians become
demoralized sometimes and deal ex-
clusiVelY in exaggerating stories
There is no doubt, however, that
Hicks Pasha has been badly defeated
DO you think Ell Mahdi had force
Of 200, 600 meo. as ia reported?'
YES, III Mahdi has been adytnc
ing steadily toward Cairo, and BIZ
guard gained many successive vic
tories, at each OF which he has gained
reiniorcements as regards numbers
regulations and arms. do not doub
that he had under his command a
the defeat of Hicks Pasha the mum
Der he is credited with"
How do you account for SO com
plete a cutting up OF Hicks Pasha'
force2"
simply that he was Outnumbered
| was offered the same command
when in the service Of The Egyptian
government. 1t was intended tc sent
an army which would wipe out E
Mahdi completely. | accepted tn
! commission very gladly and very will
ingly, but when found out the mum
/ Der they we're willing to give me wa
Z small | refused thecommand and sal,
L must have 1900 men,. | wa
4; ready and anxious to go forward witt
Z this number, but not without. Th
9 government would not listen to my en-
. treaties for a greater force, so
J said, Get some other man who can d.
with a less number, and the service
Of Hicks Pasha were secured Tel
! thousand men sgiinst I'll Madhi'
= forces we're insufficient, and | do no
think that Colonel Hicks could hav
expected anything but disastrous de
ieattn
WAS his army not we'll disciplin
! ed one2"
9 Without doubt. But the follow
ers Of vi Mshdi are a set Of fanatics
/ They are fighting for what they con
cider a righteous cause, and believ
that if they are killed 10 battle the
will 20 straight to heaven. SOyou Sc
ri Mahdi can demand the sacrifice {
! their lives with impunity. Made u
as bis army is Of wild negroes, Arab
e and other Of the wild tribes Of thi
). savage country, they are pre>eminent
: " fighters aud they do fight TO III
I death. This fanaticism upsets th
! discipline of the Egyptian army. II /
= Mahdi succeeds in capturing Khai
! toum there is but little doubt In N
Z mind that he will push on towar
6 Cairo, between which city and Khal
u tOum there is no good defensive poin
e don't believe III Mahdi will re
Z contented with the conquest Of Sol
. dan any more than he did with formt
y victories. The defeat at .Soudan wi
due to a. weak governments at Cair
an insuffcieDcy Of force under Hicl
J. Pasha aud the fanaticism oil the rel
n els. Either positive measures for Il
N suppression OF the rebellion must
It taken at once, or the False PrOphl
: must gain that power for which be
d fighting. In spite Of all, however,
of do not believe but enc man lives
}. tell the tale think it will be four
b that many still live, not only to tell
Ell Hicks Pasha's defeat, but to aga
Ie take up arms against III Mahdi."
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