The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-07
BATTLE OF TRINKITAT.
The Rebels Fought the British Des-
perateIy all Day Long, but Were
Forced to Retreat.
Immense Numbers of Them are slain-The
British Claim Victory, but Lose
Heavily and Make no Adj
vance on the Rebels.

British Claim Victory. but Lose
Heavily and Make no Ad-
vance on the Rebels.
UNOFFICIAL DISPATCHES.
LONDON, March 1.-Unotficial dispatches
from Trinkitat state that battle ragged all
day yesterday. The rebels fought des-
perately and immense numbers of them
were shot down. The British fought in an
oblong square and the rebels were beaten
at every point.
Special dispatches to the Daily Telegraph
confirm the report that the British were ev-
erywhere victorious in yesterdays battle.
Later accounts say that the rebels fought
bravaly all day long and inflicted great loss
upon the British forces.
LATER PARTICULARS
TRINKITAT, March Thursday night
General Graham's expedition encamped
near Port Baker. The troops were all
assembled before sunset except the
Sixty-ffth Regiment, which arrived at
eight Friday morning, breakfast over,
the forces, about 1000 strong, formed in
oblong square, the front and rear being
longer than the sides owing to the diff
ferent strength Of the regiments. The
Gordon Highlanders formed the advance
with two Calling guns and one Gardiner
in the right corner and two GARDENERS and
one Calling in the left corner. The
Eighty-ninth Regiment formed right
hand of the square, the Black
Watch Regiment in the rear. The length of
tho front was three hundred and fifty
yards. The Hussars acted as scouts, adj
vancing in a semi-circle one thousand yards
ahead, covering the front and tanks of the
main force The troops advanced over the
sand knobs and scrub for a 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 reb-
els were in swarmS on the high ground in
front and on the TANKS of the 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, dis
tant nine hundred yards from the main
army. At $50 a gunboat fired from
Trinkitat but the shells burst a
mile short of the enemy's posi-
ton. Cavalry and mounted infantry adj
vanced 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 artillerymen
dragging the guns to rest. The road to-
ward Teb was studded with hundreds of
corpSeS of Baker PaShaS fugitiveS, filling
the air with pollution and around which
sWarms of carrion flies lowered. After adj
yancing three miles the earthworks of the
rebels came in sight. Guns were mounted
and standards were flying. The rebel fire
had now almost ceased, except on
the extreme right and left. The
British stepped forth as if on holiday
parade, the bagpipes playing and the High
landers footing cheerily. They advanced
till within eight hundred yards of the rebels
position, where is an old sugar mill sur
rounded by number of huts, and forth
with two guns were situated. Here halt
was ordered and the scouts rejoined 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 Krupp gun,
which passed wide over the square. The
next shot was aimed with greater accuracy
and the shells burst close to the British,
wounding several. The rebels maintained
a rafting fusilade with small arms. AS the
shots increased the ambulance surgeons
were fully occupied. The English advanced
steadily in a square without answering the
rebel fire till they passed north of the
place of the rebel works At this point
piece of shell wounded Baker Pasha and
twenty men were hit. After an echelon
OF thousand yards, halt was ordered and
the men directed to lie down. 1t was now
noon. The day was clear and the winds
dispersed to smoke of the rebel fire, dis
closing the rebels movements. Then the
British opened fire and the rebel fire rapidly
slackened. An advance was at once or
dered. The troops rose up and approached
the rebels works. The rebels were in no
military order but held their position des-
perately. There were two thousand of them
i'll front and hundreds on the sides Of a
square. AS the British advanced firing the
rebels rose within two hundred yards Of
them and rushed headlong with
spears upon the British line. They
fell dead right and left None of
them bolted but fell back sullenly. Having
cleared the ground in front the Brit
ish attacked Fort BuInaby and carried it
after desperate fight. They turned two
Krupp guns against the enemy but tie
Arabs contested every inch The British then
stormed the brick building and at one o'clock
the rebels bolted, the Calling guns and
Martini rifles creating great havoc among
them. The English forces advanced to the
wells at Teb, where the rebels made last
stand. After four hours arduous fight
ing the British gained possession of the
rebels camp. The cavalry charged the
retreating rebels, who did not bolt but gave
the troops blow for blow The enemy re-
treated slowly and the British kept up their
fire. General Graham decided to pass the
night at the Teb wells. The advance on
Tokar will be made to-day
LONDON, March Later advices from
Trinkitat give the following information:
The rebels were found in force with
two guns mounted at an old fort
three miles from Fort Baker, firing
was opened on both sides and
lasted a long time. The rebels were finally
repulsed after one thousand of their men
had been killed. The British loss is ten
killed. and forty wounded.
The War Office has received a telegram
stating that the losses to the British in the
fight near Trinkitat were twenty-four killed
and one hundred and forty-two wounded.
The British captured four Krupp guns, two
howitZers and one machine gun.
A Steam Pipe ExpIodes, Injuring
Many Persons, One Fatally.
ST.. Louis, Mo-, March 1.-St. Patrick's
Church, corner of Sixth and Biddle Streets,