Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-02
OVER H WATER.

A Des perafe Hattie at Tr1nkftat-
The Rebels Fought Desperately
Immense Numbers of Them Shot
Down-They Were Beaten az Every
POfnt-The British Victorious
Baa err Pasha wounded by u piece
of SheII-The Rebel Loss 1000 and
the british IOO-The French Gov.
ernment to Assist i'm Discovering
she Dynamiters-The Bust of
LongfeIiOw Unveiled.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
T~RINKITAT, March 1.-Thursday night
General Graham's expedition encamped
near Fort Baker. The troops all assem-
bled before sunset, except the ~Sixty-fifth
Regiment, which arrived Friday morning.
The forces, about 4 900 strong, were formed
in an oblong square, the front and rear
being longer than the sides, owing to the
different strength of the regiments. Cor
don's 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
eighth Regiment formed on the right side
in a square block. The length of the front
was $50 yards. The Hussars acted as
scouts, advancing in a semicircle q thou
sand yards ahead, covering the front n
tanks. The main force Of troops advanced
over the sand knobs and scrubs for q mile
from Fort Baker along the Teb road, when
the rebels opened fire with Remington
rifles. The range was so long that the
shots proved ineffective. The rebels in
swarms reached the high ground in front
and on the TANKS Of the British army.
They retired slowly as the English ad-
vanced and keeping about 1920 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 900 yards from the main army. At
$50 the gunboat fired from Trinkitat,
but the shells burst q mile short of the
enemy's position. The cavalry and
mounted infantry advanced on the left to
touch the rebels, who moved ~obstinately,
though not indisposed to fight. The in
fantry continued to advance steadily.
Two or 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 corpses Of
Baker Pasha's fugitives, filling the air
with pollution, and around which swarms
of carrion and flies lowered. After ad-
vancing three miles the EARTH works Of the
rebels came in sight. Their guns were
mounted and their standards were flying.
The rebel fire had now almost ceased, ex-
cept on the extreme right and left. The
British stepped forth as if holding a
parade, the bagpipes playing and the
H~ighlanders cheering. They advanced
| till within 800 yards of the rebels posi-
ton, where an old sugar mill was sur
/ rounded by lumber huts, and forthwith
| two guns were placed there. A halt was
| ordered and the scouts rejoined the cavalry.
Neither force seemed disposed to open fire.
| At last Attention, ALL" was called, where
| upon the rebels, seeing the British move,
| began the battle with shell from their
| Krupp gun, which passed wide over the
square. The next shots were aimed with
greater accuracy, and shells burst close to
the British, wonnding several. The
rebels maintained a rafting fusilade
with small arms. AS the shots in
creased the ambulance surgeons were
fully occupied. The English advanced
steadily in a square without answering
the rebel fire till they passed the rebel
works. At this point a piece of shell
wounded Baker Pasha and 20 men were
hit. After an echelon of q thousand yards,
a halt was ordered and the men directed
to lie down. The rebels we're finally re.
| pulsed after 1000 Of their men had been
| and 40 wounded.
LONDON, March 1.-The War Office has
received a telegram stating that the losses
| of the British in the fight near Trinkitat
were "a killed and 142 wounded. The
British captured four Krupp guns, two
| howitzers and one machine gun.
The bag found at Ludgate Hill Station
was deposited Monday. 1t contained 80
or 40 cakes Of whitish yellow powder
Each packet was enclosed in q paper and
all packed around q small alarm clock, to
which a pistol was attached, and 80 ar
| ranged that when the clock ran down il
would fire the contents Of the pistol among
the packets. The statement is published
| that the French Government has given
the assurance that it will assist to discover
| the men engaged in the dynamite business;
that all vessels hereafter arriving at
French ports from America will be thor
| oughly searched.
The bust Of Longfellow was unveiled
this morning. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. George Brothers, sub
dean, Bradley being absent on account Of
domestic affection. Earl Granville, Sir
| Hugh Childers, Lowell, Alice and Anne
| Longfellow. daughters of the poet, and
Mary Anderson were among the persons
present. The Prince Of Wales sent q let
ter of regret that he was necessarily abb
sent. The Earl of Granville made a
speech, ~eulogizing the character of the
| American poet. Minister Lowell also
made q speech, and accepted the tribute to
his memory, thus placing his memorial
in the poet oorner between the busts of
| CHANGER and Dryden in the name of the
| American people.
MADRID, March 1.-The United States
Government is pressing its claim against
| Spain for $493. 900, the balance Of awards
due on account of American losses during
the rebellion in Cuba, and also for Sc, 000,-
900 for estates enlarged during the same
period, and not restored to their American
owners.
LONDON, March 1.-Orders have been
cabled by the Government to English de-
~tectiyes in New York to inquire into the
character and antecedents of all persons
sailing from New York and Boston for En-
glish ports since Feb. l.
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