Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-23
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Complete sIauxhses.
CAIRO, Nov. 2.-Ths aruy of Hicks
fasta vas DESTROYED by the forces of
Eifnahdi. the False Proohet. IntelIi.
geuce of the disaster Was brough, TO
hnarto1m by Coptic ofhciai. Fight
ing IL said To have continued from the
"a to the fsh inss-, and 10 have resulted
Ia the complete humiliation Of the
Egyptian troops. ID is stated that
European artist vas the only person
who escaped. The forces Of Elmshdi
We're composed, II Is estimated, of $1,000
men. and included Dervishes. Bedou-
ias- mulattoes and regulars. The battle
Was fought near Elobeid. Elmahdi
nr-s sent forward the D-rvishes, tieclar-
ing that they would yapqulsh the enemy
by divine aid. Subsequently regulars
joined IN the attack. and later the en-
gage1eut became general
The army of Hicks Paslia, which
| early IN the battle WAS divided into two
bodies, subsequently united and formed
a quare which the false prophet broke
after three DAYS desperate fighting. A
council OF she Ministers was held and
decided 70 concentrate at khartoum
what Egyptian troops remain at Douem
| coba and other places in Soudan. The
force under hicks Pasha comprised 25.-
Wu men. he had with him eleven
British officers. ODon van of the Lon
don Daily Aesrs. and an arts. connected
with German illustrated paper. also
accompanied the army. Evelyn Barney
has advised the Egyptian Government
to abandon Souian and establish a
strong frontier line from khartoam in
the North ZeDnar province to Soakim
ON the he'd Sea. 1t is reported recent
or iers for vacating Egypt by the British
l troops nave been countermanded.
Notwithstanding the above reports as
10 Tue number engaged in the hattie,
military correspondents of English pa
pers have written that on the Sth of
September Hicks Pasha marched out of
khartoum with 1000 regular infantry
| and four hundred cavalry. of which one
hundred we're cuirassiers and the re-
| msinder Bashi Bazouks, cue battery of
hrupp guns, two batteries of moantain |
guns. and one battery Hardsnfeidt guns. |
At Berian and..Duem, en route to Elobeid, |
HICKS Pasna WAS reinforced with lS0J |
regular infantry and 100 additional Ba- |
shl Bazouks, making his total command |
only about 10000 men After leaving |
the Nile, en- route to Elobeid. some |
eight posts we're to be established to |
hCDP up but HUG III II,
which would require "A total detail of |
| nearly three thousand men, leaving 700 |
available force of all arms to meet 20 |
900 men, it is reported under Elmshadi. |
Prominent Shieks under Elmahadi in |
September claimed his forces numbered |
1000; that they had Reminetos rifles, |
but Elmahadi had forbidden their use, |
and that only spears and swords would |
be used by fighting men
Notes from the Rattle.
CAIRO, Nov. 22.-Captaiu Hueston, |
who was with Hicks Pashs's forces and |
| escaped disguised AS dervish, says
shat on the way from the battle-f he |
counted LOO wounded survivors of the |
, engagement. arnsng them European
artist named Powers. Hicks Pasha had |
divided his army. sending half to Ell |
Obeid to demand the surrender of that |
place. He awaited the arrival of |
Mahdi. who was thought to be advanc- |
ing from the southeast. Mahdi, however, |
met the half of Hicks Pacha's army |
advancing to Ell Obeid and attacked il. |
During the battle Hicks Pacha came |
up with the whole force and formed a |
hollow square. Mahdi brought up
fresh regulars who it il supposed were |
the soldiers captured when FL Obeid |
fell, and who agreed to take rvioe I'M |
der III Mahdi. These numbered 1000 |
The square Of Hicks Pacha's men was |
then broken and his army annihilated. !
English officers with the Egyptian army |
fought calamity. The European who |
escaped is thought to be- ODonovan or |
Frank VezeteIiy. of the London Grashie. |
Hicks Pasha had 1000 soldiers and 1000 |
camp followers. The Arabs numbered |
O,0O0
Another report of the fight says that |
Hicks Pasha's officers. saying to the |
Egyptians: ave, like you, are
Musselmen. Why fights Surren-
der" The Dervishes were received by
valley, and the battle then 90 .lmenc-
ed. Four thousand soldiers, now scat
rcd along the small forts on the Nile,
will he concentrated at Khartoum, where |
there are already 1000 troops. Alto.
gether there are from 1900 to 1000 |
soldiers in the Soudan.
The following officers were with the
expedition Colonel Farquhar, Chief
of Staff /; Majors Warren, Fecksndorf |
and Massey Captains Heath and Wal
ker Surgeon Major Rosenberg, Lieut.. |
Colonies Holborn aad Cortland, and |
Major Martin. The latter commanded |
the cavalry. The catastrophe seems |
for the moment to have wholly par
alyzed the entire government Unless |
very speedy action is taken, there is fear |
that Snakim will fall into the hands of |
tribe in revolt acting IN concert with |
Mahandi. The latter is thought to be |
near Khsrtoua. . IL that place should be |
captured there would be no good dsfen- |
sive position between Mahandi and Cairo. |
snk, 4.
most trustworthy Shieks in the service |
Of the Government, who arrived at Da-
weri Yesterday. report HOO men, in
Guiding Hicks Pasha, the Governor
General and the entire staff annihilated
in the defeat at Kasgate, whittier they
we're lead by a treacherous guide on
{ Monday, November list. Hicks Pasha
aud the entire army marched
from Milleas. The guide led them to
rocky wood, which was without water,
and whore an ambuscadc had been pre-
pared by the rebels, who were armed
with rifles and artillery. Hicks Pasha
was unable to use the guns and for
| three days the army, worn out by thirst,
| defended itself, but ON the fourth day
| il was aunihilated to man.
| vezetelle. the artist, and fifty soldiers
| who were outside the camp we're taken
| prisoners. They we're carried to El0bid.
The rebels captured thirty.six Krupps,
Nordenfeldts aud inountaineers. all the
flags, munitions Of war and oamels, With
Hicks Pasha, besides those before
mentioned we're SurReon-G General Geo.
Boy, Captain Anatyoea, Morris Brady,
late Sergeant Major of the Royal Horse
| Artillery, aud certain Pashas and Beys,
in all about 10 officers and men. kor-
des6aw 10 virtually lost. Colonel
Coeleinga Was ut Deovna when the
| Shiek arrived there. He at once
| proceeded to Khartourn. which he
Il arranging to defend. He is also ar
ranging 10 suppress the expected revolt
by calling In all outlaying garrissns.
Col. Coilisnga and Jour correspondent
are the sole surviving Englishmen in
the Soudan. The entire Soudan is in q
blnxa. The army viii return to BefRo
il possible. 1t cannot muster 1000 reg
uIars all told. will try TO reach Sua-
kim. The population Of khartoum 10
disaffected and Q crisis there 10 expected.
The Asnsy % m1eks PaAhs-
LONDON, Nov. 2.-Hicks PxshA 10
supposed 70 have been masaAcrsd in the
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