Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-23
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. 4 SWEEPING MASSACRE. General Hicks Pasha's
 Army Wiped Out. ONLY A SINGLE MAN ESCAPES. Ten Thousand Left Dead
 on the Field. No More Football At Harvard. The Game Forbidden by the
 Faculty.
THE OLD WORLD.
Great Britain.

A Crushing Defeat-General Hicks Army Ann1hilated in the sOudan-OnIy One Man Escapes Out of a Force of Ten Thousand.
 LONDON, Nov. PA despatch from Cairo announces that General Hicks Egyptian army has been entirely destroyed in the Sou dan by the forces of Fl Mahdi, the false prophet. General Hicks, Colonel Farquhar, chief of staff, five English officers, two Ger man officers and O'Donovan, correspondent of the Daily News, are among the slain. The forces of the false prophet are estimated to have numbered three hundred thousand, in- cluding regulars, Bedouins, Maaltos and dsrvishss. They fell upon the troops of General Hicks, numbering only about ten thousand, and completely annihilsted them, the only person known to have escaped being 8 European artist who accompanied the ex- petition. The news of the disaster was brought to Khartown by Coptic official The battle occurred near Fl Obeid, the cap1- tai town of Kardofan, 15o miles west of the White Nile. It began on the Sd inst. and continued with fierce fighting on both sides until the afternoon of the 5th, when the final attack was made by Fl Mahdi's fanatical horde. In the first part of the battle Hicks Pasha's forces were divided into two columns, but it was afterward deemed advisable to reunite them into one body. A square wes formed which successfully resisted Ell Mahdi's attack until the third day, when it was broken by a desperate enslaught. The dervishes were first sent forward by Fl Mahdi, who declared that Allah would aid them to vanquish the infidels. They were repulsed, however. The regulars were thea ordered to attack Hicks, the engagement became general and ended in the Egyptians being overwhelmed. General Hicks army had suffered severely on their march of two hundred and thirty miles through hostile region. They were short of provisions and the intense heat caused men and beasts to drop by hundreds, while they were harassed constantly by marauding bands of native tribes. The entire force of General Hicks comprised tWen- ty-fve thousand men, but the ne- cessity of keeping open strong line of communication with his base of supplies had largely reduced his fighting force and it is supposed the troops actually engaged in this battle did not exceed ten Barring has advised the Egyptian government to withdraw its forces from the Soudan and establish 8 strong frontier from Khartoum to Suakin. At 8 council of ministers at Cairo to-day this advice was so far adopted that the Egyptian troops remaining in the Soudan will be ordered to concentrate at Khartoum at once. Mahmoud Pasha. who was defeated by the rebels recently at Toka, is to be court martiallsd. Through his de- feat Bicks Pasha's command was left in i'm minent peril.
 CAIRO, Nov. 22.-Further particulars re- ceived here of the overthrow of the Egyp- tians near Fl Obeid state that the rebel forces numbered fully two hundred thousand. Fl Mahdi before the battle began sent some of his dervishes to treat with Gen. Hicks. They called the generals attention to the hopeless ness of 8 struggle of ten thousand against two hundred thousand, and called upon him to surrender. 'Why should VIC fight ?" they said. ''We are all mugsuI- mans." The answer was Volley from the Egyptians, opening the disastrous battle. The rebels enraged at the disregard for their en- voys fell upon Hicks Pasha's army with un- relsnting fury. It is stated that the Egypt ian troops remaining in the Soudan, proba- ply numbering twenty thousand, will shortly be assembled at Khartoum.
 Tho man who brought the news of Hicks Pasha's defeat to Kharkoum states that he counted 15O wounded remaining on the field after the battle, some of whom will probably recover. Among the number was was led by his guide into an am busoade He was surprised in a dc. file and his troops were simply butchsred, their guns being useless. A detachment of fifty men in command of two officers arrived after the engagement and were seized by the 7ictors. The Soudan is in a blaze of excite ment and it is feared here that if Fl Mahdi achieves another victory at Khartoum he will march unopposed upon Cairo.