Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-16
OSEIAN DIGNA'S ROUT.
Probabilities that He WIN Seek FL Nah
dis Advice Before Fighting Again

ulS AuV1CG Se1OEe EIGhE1nE AGAIN.
LONDON, March 15.-Suakim advices
state that a panic occurred last night
among the Egyptian troops under Baker
Pasha, who are still in camp at Zariba.
They got notion that the rebels were ap-
preaching, became frightened and took to
their heels. Before the panic was al
layed two men, who were taken for rebels,
were killed. The troops returning to Sua-
kim cheered greatly the personal heroism
OF Adams Frazer, the largest man of the
Black Watch Regiment. Twelve Arabs
were laid low by his single bayOnet.
DrummOnd, of the same regiment, bayO-
netted Osman Digna's nephew. Fifty
men have left Chatham to fill the yacan-
cies in the Black Watch Regiment.
THE WAR IN THE COMMONS. d.
LONDON, March 10, II P. Mn the
House of Commons to-day the Marquis of
Harrington, War Secretary, announced
that telegraphic communication with
Khartoum was broken, and that a steamer
passing down the Nile from Khartoum to
Shendy had been subjected to a continu-
Gus fusilade for three days. 1t is believed
that the tribes in that region had risen in
revolt. A battalion of British soldiers
had been dispatched to Assoum.
Ellis Bartlett, Conservative member for
Etc, and Mr. Henry Labouchere, Radical
member for Northampton, attacked the
government Lord Edmund FitZmaurice,
Under Foreign Secretary, refuted the
charge that the relations between Eng
land and Germany were unfriendly, and
denied that Gen. Gordon was in eXtremI-
ties.
ABYSSINIA TO BE PACIFIED.
1t is asserted that the withdrawal of the
garrison from Kassala would be perfectly
easy as soon as the differences were
settled. AS the King OF Abyssinia was
friendly, a mission had been sent to
Abyssinia to settle the difficulties between
the King and Egypt in regard to the from
tier and upon religious questions. 1t was
necessary that a civilized power should
control the Red Sea ports so as to insure
the suppression of the slave trade and
maintain communication with India. In
structlOns had been sent to Gen. Graham
not to proceed to Berber.
A CENsURE DEFEATED.
Mr.. Labouchere offered a motion that
the loss of the British and Arabs in the
SOudan was unnecessary. This was re-
jected by a vote of III to "a.
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Conservative,
stated thas he overheard Sir William V
Harcourt, Home Secretary, say after the
vote had been taken, $50 this dirty trick
did not succeed"
Sir William V. Harcourt expressed his
regret at having made use of the words
complained of. He said that he had no
intention OF giving pain to anyone.
MOONLIGHT ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
SUAKIM, March 10, 10 P. M.-Parties of
Arabs wandered over the battlefield in the
moonlight and uttered heartrending cries
of grief whenever they found the dead
bodies of their friends, which in many
places were piled in heaps. The Black
Watch Regiment was almost dehuded of
sub-Otiicers in the battle.
Russian, Italian and French men-Of-war
have offered medical assistance to the
British.
DIGNA'S PROBABLE COURSE.
Friendly Skeikhs are of the opinion that
Osman DIgna will go to El Mahdl to re-
port the recent disasters and to ask for
orders, They doubt whether he will sue
ceed in mastering fresh forces.
ACTIVELY ON THE NILE.
CAIRO, March 15.-There are indica-
tiOns of increasiOn activity on the part of
the rebels near the Nile. Beyond Berber
telegraphic communicating has been cut
off and u steamer descending the Nile
from that city has been fired upon by the