Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-21
THE BATTLE AT TEB,

II BATTLE AT TEB.
T%HINKlTAT, March 3.-On Thursday nigh
General Grallam's expedition was encampet
n ar Fort Baker. The troops were all af'
sembled before sunset, except the Sixty
| Fifth Regiment, Which arrived at eight
o'clock Friday morning. Breakfast over,
! the forces, about four thousand strong,
formed in an oblong square, the front and
! rear being longer than the sides, owing to
the different strength OF the regiments. The
Gordon H~ighlanders formed the advance,
with two Calling guns and one GarGin.r in
tive right corner and two GARDENERS and one
Gatling n the left. Tie Eighty-ninth reg.
iment formed a right-land-siGe square, the
Black Watch regiment in the rear. The
length of the front was $50 yards. Inc
hussarS acted as scouts, advancing in a
semi-circle II thousand yards ahead,
covering the front and tanks of the main
force. The troops advanced over sand
knobs and scrub for mile from Fort Baker,
along the Teb road, when the rebels opened
fire with Remington rifles, but the range was
so long that the shots proved ineffective.
The rebels in swarms occupied the high
ground in the front and OH the TANKS of tho
British army. They retired slowly as the
English advanced, keeping about twelve
hundred yards from the main body
of the English force. The British cavalry
followed, covering the rear upon the left,
formed in three lines, distant nine hundred
yards from the main army. At $3.50 a gum
boat fired from Trinkitat, but the shells
burst a mile short of the enemy's position.
The cavalry and mounted infantry advanced
on the left to touch the rebels, who moved
%obstinately, though seemingly not indis-
posed 10 fight. The infantry continued to
advance steadily.
Two OF three times a halt was made to
allow the sailors and artillerymen dragging
the guns to rest. The road toward Teb was
studded with hundreds of the corpses of
Baker PasAa's fugitives, filling the air with
pollution, and around which svarms of car
riOn flies lowered.
After advancing some three miles tie
earthworks of the rebels came in sight. The
rebel fire had nov almost ceased, except on
the extreme right and lett. The British
stepped forth as if OH holiday parade, the
bagpipes playing and the Highlanders footing
it cheerlly. They advanced till within eight
hundred yards Of the rebels position, where
All old sugar-mill stood, surrounded by a
number of huts, and two guns were placed
in position. Here a halt was ordered, and
the scouts rejoined the cavalry. Neither
force at first seemed disposed to open fire,
but at last "Attentionw was called, and the
rebels, seeing the British move, began the
battle with shell from a Krupp gun, which
passed wide over the square. The next
shots were aimed with greater accuracy, and
the shells burst close to the British, Wound-
ing several.
The rebels maintained a ratiling fusilade
with small arms. AS the shots increased
the ambulance surgeons were kept busy.
TIE English advanced steadily in a square,
without answering the rebel fire till
they passed the north of the rebel
works. At this point a piece of
a Shell wounded Baker Pasha and
twenty men were hit. after an echelon
movement of one thousand yards, a halt
was ordered and the mel directed to lie
down. 1t was now monday, and the winds
dispersed the smoke of the rebel fire, dis
closing the latter's movements.
Then the British opened fire and the rebel
fire rapidly slackened. An advance was at
once ordered. The troops rose and APP
preached the enemy's works. The rebels
were in no military order, but held their po-
sition desperately. There were 1000 of
them in front and hundreds OIL the sides of
the square.
AS the British advanced, still firing, the
rebels rose within two hundred yards of
them and rushed headlong with their spears
upon the British line. They fell dead right
and left, but none of them bolted, but fell
back sullenly.
Having cleared the ground i'll front, the
British attacked Fort Burnaby, and carried
it after a desperate fight. They turned two
krrlp guns against the enemy, but the
Arabs contested every inch of ground. The
British then stormed a brick building, and
at one o'clock the febels fled, the Calling
guns and Martini rifles creating great havoc
among them.
The English forces advanced to a well at
Teb, where the rebels made their last stand.
British gained possession of the rebels
camp. The cavalry charged the retreating
rebels, who did not bolt but gave the troop
ers blow for blow.
Ihe enemy retreated slowly and the Brit
lsh kept up their fire. General Graham de-
cided to pass the night at the Teb wells.
The advance on Tokar will be made at once.
TOkAl: IN HANDS OF II BRITISH.
CAIRO, March 3.-Tokar is in the hands
OF tho British, and Osman Digma's power is
virtually overthrown. General Graham en-
tered that place Saturday noon. A few shots
We're exchanged With the rebels who were
holding the town. When the British
advanced i'll a square the enemy fled
to the mountains. The march to
Iokar was accomplished in four
hours after the British had left Teb. The
hussars secured The country and kept up
a desultory skirmish with the enemy, who
retired in disorganiZed masses in the direc-
ton of Tamanich. When the British
reached Tol1ar they found the garrison in
chains and the inhabitants in a miser-
able condition. From them it was
learned that the rebels had held the town
since February 6. Part of the Tokar garri-
son has been sent to Trinkitat, while the
tortlfications have been destroyed ere this.
General Graham will march to Tam
anlcll, where he will convoke the Sheiks
OF the friendly tribes and make ar
engagements to keep open the route
from suakim to Berber. The bodies Of
Morlce Bey, Surgeon Leslie, and four other
Europeans killed in the rout Of Baker
Pasha's troops, were buried with military
honors i'll Tokar.
Osman Digma is encamped eight miles
distant from Suakim. A battle with him is
expected when the British troops return to
Suakim from Tokar.
II LOS ;Es.
LONDON, March 3.-The War Office ha.
received a telegram stating that the losses
OF the British in the fight near Trinkitat
were twenty-four killed and 142 wounded,
The British captured four Krupp guns, two
lOWltZerS and one machine uun Tho rahaI