, 1884-03-02
EUROPEAN EVENTS.
Terrible Battle Fought at
Trinkitat.
Fearful Loss of Life Ensu-
ing.
Details of the Horrid SIaugh-
ter.
Some Narrowing Pictures
Presented.
Fears over Dynamite
Disasters.
The Battle Of Trinkitat.


Trinkitat, March lon Thursday
night General Graham's expedition en-
camped near Fort Baker. The troops
we're all assembled before sunset except
the 65th regiment, which arrived at 8
O'Clock Friday morning. Breakfast
over, the forces, about 1000 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 H.ghlanders formed the
advance, with two Calling guns and
one Gardiner on the right corner, and
two GARDENERS and one Calling on the
left corner. The SSth regiment formed
the right hand side of the square, and
the Black Watch regiment was in the
rear. The length Of the front was $50
yards. The hussars acted as seconds,
adv ancing 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 for a mile from Fort Baker
along the road, when the rebels opened
fire with Remington rifles, but the
range was so long the shots proved in
effective. The rebels in swarms reached
the high ground in front and on the
TANKS of the British army. They re-
tired slowly as the English advanced,
keeping about 112 yards from the main
body OF the English forces. The British
cavalry followed, covering the rear
upon the left and formed In three lines
at a distance of 300 yards from the
main army.
At $50 a gunbodt fired from Trink-
itat, but the shells burst a mile short
Of the enemy's position. The cavaky
and mounted infantry advanced OIL the
left to touch the rebels who moved OBJ
stinately, though not indisposed to
fight. The infantry advanced steadily.
Two or three times a halt was made to
allow the sailors and artillerymen who
were dragging the guns to rest.
The road toward Teb was studded
with a hundred corpses, 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. 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 il they were
holding a parade, the bag pipes playing
and the ~highlanders feeling cheerily.
They advanced until within 800 yards
of the rebels position, where an old su-
gar mill surrounded by lumber, huts
and two guns we're situated. Here a
halt was ordered, and the scouts re-
Joined the cavalry. Neither force SEEM
ed disposed to open fire. At last ''at-
tention I" wa called, whereupon the re-
bells seeing the British move began the
battle with shell from a Krupp gun,
which passed wide over the square.
The next shots were aimed with greater
accuracy and the shells burst close to
the British, wounding several. The
rebels maintained a rafting fusilade
with small arms. and as the shots in
creased the ambulance surgeons were
fully occupied.
The English advanced steadily on
without answering the rebel fire till
they passed north of the place of the
rebel works. at this point a piece of
shell wounded Baker Pasha and twenty
men were hit. After an advance of a
thousand yards a halt was ordered and
the men directed to lie down. 1t was
MONDAY and quite clear, the winds
having dispersed the smoke of the rebel
fire and disclosing the rebels move.
ments.
Then the British opened fire with
guns and Martini rifles, causing the
rebel fire to rapidly slacken and almos,
cease. At this the bugles again sounded
an advance. The troops rose, wheeled
on the center of the square and ap
preached the rebel works. The rebeli
were in 10 military order, but wer'
scattered here and there SO as to TAX,
advantage Of the abundant cover which
the ground afforded. They chung tx
: their position with a desperate tenacity
: There were 1900 rebels directly IL
front, while many hundreds huni
around the two sides Of the square
As the British moved forward, 6rini
3 as they advanced, the rebels, armed
with spears and huge cross hiltet
swords, rose within 200 yards of tn
', advancing lines and rushed against tn
British at a breakneck speed, needles
: and fearless Of death. The rebels fel
right and left, though some of tn