New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-23
HIt q PACHA DEFEATED.
.vIcrtS FOR THE FALSE PROPHET.
THE EGYPTIAN FORCES DESTROYED AFTER THREE
DAYS FIGHT.

THE EGYPTIAN FORCES DESTROYED AFTER THREE
DAYS FIGHT.
LONDON. Nov. 22s-A dispatch to Reuters To- To-
gram Company dated Cairo, S:25 this ,4nar,od
savs the army of Hicks Pacha be- oDen -. The
1'u tho forces of FL Mahd;, tne False PIopne''
;.ou;oa,,oo of tba ba,risaster was brought 10 h,,"i
go, h, a coptic official. The lighting 10 S",u "
bo,,, continued from November 10 D. anu ~ - -
resulted in the annhilation of the Egyptian
II ia stated that European artist was V4i0 oii' P
son who escaped. >. :; tod
The forces of Ell Mahdi comprised IL lS
ann Ooo men. and included DerVlsheS'
Mnlottoos and regulars. The DatIie was Ao"s"O
near Fl Obeid Ell Mahdl first Sent loi""!u .,io
Dervisbes, declaring that they wouid N"quion .ilo
80, I Divine aid. Subsequently the regulars
ily .HonS - .bo ottock and the engagement became
',nnoro1 The army of Hicks Pacha, which early IN
a. bottle WAS divided into two bodies, was subSc-
oro,+1v rernited and formed into square, which
,be forces of the False Prophet broke after three
davs desperate fighting. A council of Ministers has
boep held and it has been decided to concentrate at
Kbartoum what Egyptian troops remain at Duem,
coba and other places in the SOudan. The force
rnder Hicks Pacha comprised q, 900 men. He had
with him ten British officers. Mr.. ODonoYan, OF
THE London Daily Nelos, and an artist connected
with German illustrated paper also accompanied
his army. 1t is believed that the correspondent OF
Tbe London Graphic was killed.
II Is understood that Sir Evelyn Barring has ad-
vised the Egyptian Government 10 aDahaoh lho
Snndon and establish q strong frontier line from
KhartOum in the north of the SEMINAR province. 10
Snakim on the Red Sea. Ii isreported that the re-
cent orders for the evacuation Of Egypt Dy the
Tritish troops have been cOuntermandcd.
0HiciaI accounts state that the force under Hicks
Pocha numbered $500 men.
Ism0il Pacha the eX-khediye OF Egypt, IN an IN
4eryew in London to-day said that the disturbance
in the SOudan was due TO the weakness Oi the CEN
troI Goyermcnt at Cairo. Throughout the SOuqan,
he said much power was exercised by rengl0us
chiefs and deTvishos who could be readily con-
1rOlled by cOncihatOry measures and the allowance
IF n small stipend, practice which had been I'M
wisely discontinued hesuifcrers by this discOntn-
no{n1 threw in their lot with the slave dealers,
hence the present misfortune, which mlSht nave
been avoided If the railway from Suakln TO beiDeT,
on the Nile had been completed to the S0udan ne
abandonment Of that scheme, ne thought was IaiSo
ECONOMY lie attributed the defeat OF Hicks PAcna
to fhe c0nstituiOn of his force. Egyptian soldiers,
ho said needed more than any other soldiers tag,
military music and all the eclat OF war Without
these t4ey would not and could not fight. The army
Included Arabi Pachas disbanded soldiers, who had
been sent up like malefactOrs. How could Hicks
Pacba he asked. fight with such material Tho
ex-Khedive was not surprised at the calamity. lie
would not advise the sending of English troops 10
the SOudan, as such course might involve greater
evils.
A council of war met to-day to examine into tie
military situation and TO decide whether KhlrtOum
or a point further south was tenable. No decision
w reached.