St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-02
VARS HORRORS.
Defeat of 0sman Digma at
Teb by the British Forces
Yesterday.
The Rebels Show Remarkable Bray
cry, but Could Not Stand Against
Trained Men.
The Calling Guns and Martini Rifles Do Great
Execution.
The Highlanders, as Usual, Give Good
Account of Themselves and
Lead the Van.

TRINKITAT. March lon Thursday night
Gen. Graham's expedition encamped near
Fort Baker The troops were all assembled
before sunset, except the Sixty-fifth regiment,
which arrived at s o'clock Friday morning
Breakfast over, the forces, about 4, 900 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 Highlanders formed the advance
with two Calling guns, and one Gardner in
the right corner, and two Gardeners
and one Calling in the left corner
The Eighty-ninth regiment formed the right
hand side of the square and the Black Watch
regiment the rear. The length of the front
was $50 Yards. The Hussars acted as scouts,
advancing in a semi-circle a thousand yards
ahead, covering the front and TANKS of the
main force. The troops advanced over sand
knobs and scrub, and formed in front of
Fl 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 front and on
the TANKS of the British army. They
retired slowly as the English
advanced, keeping about 1000 yards from
the main body of the English force. The
British cavalry followed, covering the rear
upon the left. formed in three lines, and dis
tant 900 Yards from the main army. At $50
the gunboat fired from Trinkitat, but the
shells burst a mile short Of the enemies posi-
ton The cavalry and mounted infantry
advanced on the left to touch the rebels, who
moved obstinately, though not indisposed to
fight. The infantry continued to advance
steadily. Two or three times halt was made
TO allow the sailors and artillery
men, dragging the guns, to rest. The road
toward Teb was studded with hundreds of
corpses of Baker Pasha's fugitives filling the
air with pollution and around which swarms
of carrion flies lowered. After advancing
three miles the earthworks of the rebels came
in sight, where the guns we're mounted and
the standards flying.
Rebel fire has now almost ceased, except
on the extreme right and left. The British
stepped forth as if on holiday parade, the
bagpipes playing, and the Highlanders foot
500 yards of the rebels posi-
ton, where an old sugar mill.
surrounded by a number of huts and the fort.
with two guns, were situated. Here a halt
was ordered and the scouts reioined the
cavalry. Neither force seemed disposed to
open fire, At last attention. was called
whereupon the rebels, seeing the British
move, began the battle with shell from a
Krupp gun, which passed wide over the
square, The next shells were aimed with
greater accuracy, and the shells burst close
to the British, wounding several. The
rebels maintained rafting fusilade with
small arms. AS the shots increased, the
ambulance surgeons were fully occupied The
English advanced steadily in a square, with
out answering the rebel fire, till they passed
to the north of place of the rebel works. At
this point a piece of shell wounded Baker
Pasha, and twenty men were hit. After an
cschilon of a thousand yards halt was Or
dered and the men directed to be down. 1t
was now noon, and clear, and winds dis
persed the smoke of the rebel fire, disclosing
the rebels movements.
Then the British opened fire with guns and