Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-03
EGYPT.

ana A0rd FOu&hG BAttAe-OVeE n
 Thousand Of the Enemy Slain.
 TRINKITAT, March ? After fierce battle
 which ragged all day the rebel forces under
 Osman Digna were defeated by General Ora.
 hams troops. Immense numbers of the
 rebels were shot down. The British fought
 in an oblong square and the rebels were
 beaten at every point. The rebels were found
 in force with two guns mounted at an old fort
 three miles from Fort Baker. The firing l opened on both sides and lasted for long l time. The rebels were finally repulsed after 1 over one thousand of their men had been | killed.
 The British troops, who numbered less | than four thousand men, advanced over sand knoils and scrub for a mile from Fort Baker ! along the Teb road, when the rebels opened
 fire with their Remington rifles, but the l range was too long and their shots proved 1 ineffective. The rebels in swarms occupied
 the high ground in front and on the Hanks of the British army. They retired slowly as
 the British advanced, keeping within about
 twelve hundred yards of the main body of
 the English forces. The British cavalry fol-
 lowed, covering the rear, upon the left,
 formed in three lines and distant some nine
 hundred yards from the main army. The
 road toward Teb was studded with hun dreds of corpses of Baker Pasha's ill-starred fugitives, which filled the air with pollution and around which swarms of carrion flies laZlly hovered. After an advance of three miles had been accomplished the earthworks of the rebels came in sight Guns were mounted and standards were flying in the sultry air. The rebel fire had now al- most ceased except on the extreme right and left, where it still continued to be directed at the scouts. The British stepped forth as if on holiday parade, the bagpipes playing and the Highlanders footing cheerily. They advanced till they were within eight hundred yards of the rebels position, where an old sugar mill was standing sur rounded by a number of native huts and where also stood fort with two guns Here 8 halt was ordered and the scouts rejoined the cavalry. Neither force seemed disposed to open fire. At last attention was called, whereapon the rebels, seeing the British move, began the battle with 8 shell from Krupp gun captured from the Egyp- tians. The shell passed wide over the square. The next two shots were aimed with greater accuracy and the shells burst close to the British, wounding several. The rebels main l tained rattling fusilade with small arms, sending hundreds of bullets which whizzed around the ears of the British.
 Again the British advanced, firing as they | moved, and the rebels, armed with spears | and huge cross hilted swords, rose within two l hundred yards of the advancing lines and l rushed against the British at breakneck | speed needless and fearless of death. The | rebels fell right and left though some of the l brave fellows reached within five paces of the l square. None of them bolted they only l fell back sullenly when they were forced 1 Having cleared the ground in front with their
 Martini rifles. the British attacked the fort. Colonel Burnaby was the first to mount the parapet, firing a double-b barrelled shotgun into the enemy. Around the works the reb
 els fought with furious energy, and a fright full melee of bayonets and spears took place. At last the British gained possession of the fort. They
 captured two Krupp guns and at once turned them against the enemy, but the Arabs still contested every inch. They would not sub init to be driven off they could only be killed. The British next directed their attention to the old sugar mill. 8 brick building containing an iron boiler. This they stormed and succeeded in dislodglng two hundred rebels, who leaped forth and fired from every opening. At one o'clock, | after an hour of intense fighting, the rebels gave way and bolted outright. The Gatling | guns and Martini rifles had caused great | havoc there The British pursued them as | they fell back and advanced as far as the 1 fresh water wells of Teb where the rebels 1 made their last stand Sheiks who advanced l empty handed, to show that they bore | charmed lives, were stricken down with bay l onet thrusts. The Highlanders carried the | next earthwork, capturing three guns. At | the end of four hours of arduous fighting the l British gained possession of the rebel camps, | of the huts and the wells. The cavalry on | the right flank charged the retreating rebels, | who did not bolt, but struck the troopers 1 who rode among them, giving blow | for blow. A splendid display of hero
 ism was made by three mounted rebels. 1 They resolutely maintained their ground | against the shock of two cavalry regiments 1 before being cut down. They con | Ainued to fight after the third charge, killing | several soldiers and woundiDg Colonel Bar 1 row with their spears The enemy retired | very slowly, and in consequence of this the 1 British kept up their firing for long time 1 after the fortunes of the day lad been decid- 1 ed.
 General Graham's March to TOkar.
 TR1NKITAT. March 2-General Graham l with his command reached Tokar Saturday l afternoon and was warmly welcomed by the l garrison and inhabitants. There was no l fighting, the tribes having quietly retired to | the mountains. On the march from Teb the | same formation and general order was ob- 1 served as on Friday, the infantry being in- | structed to reserve fire until within three 1 -l1 4E ( kIo kIn auoInr ff