Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-03
TOKAR TAKEN
nus HrnsL ruauts AGAIN muurr
~ mahnts Troops sico PROM tho AdSapo-
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~ mahnis troops tico PROM tho AdSauc-
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pigua Immiosnt.
The victory ut General Graham over
Osmau Digma'S forces in the battle on
Friday WAS complete. Tho Arabs lost
I, 100 killed and the British "a killed aud
ll2 wounded. Nineteen officers wero
wOuudrd, Baker paSha aud Colonel Bur.
uahy seriously. The 3 900 British troops
had twenty-five guns and six machiue
guns They marched from Fort Baker
along tho rcb load ia an oblOng square,
auu attcr marching a milo the rebels began
firing. Thrcc miles moro brought them
to the Arabs earthworks and then the
real fighting began. Thc rcbcls were
| scattered and were without organic alton.
Tho British lire WAS truo aud the rebels
| fell right and lett They offered most
desperate resistance aud rushed against
| the British headlOug, only to bo moved
down. Al or an hour Chcy gave way aud
| fell back to the fresh water walls of Iob
| and held their ground tor threo hours
more then the British gained possession
of their camps The British remained at
the wells OF Teb over night and marched
to ToSar on saturday.
| All reports commend tho stoad,nrss
with which the British moved on Teb. Tho
|
battle was never broken. The detcrmina
| tiun aud bravery of the rebels were shown
| IN the fact that when they were charged by
tho cavalry great numbers Ot them threw
| themselves upon their backs Ou the ground
aud spCarcd the horses of the troopers as
they dashed over thcm
| The march t. Tnkar WAS accomplished
in four hours from Trb. The huzzars
scDurcd the country aud kept up desultory
skirmiShing with tho euemy, who retired
in disOrgauiz,d masses 10 the direction OF
ramanief. The British troops entered
| Tukar at noon. 4 few shots were eN
changed with tho enemy when tho four
thousand rebels holding the town hAd.
| The Arabs lost eleven hundred men dead
ou the field at Tcb besides guns aud other
munitions. The whole camp, including
three hundred aud seventy five tents aud
many cImels. was also taken. The con
ditlOn # the camp showed that the Arabs
had relied upon being victorious. General
Graham will send part OF the TOkar gar
rSOn to Trukitat aud will destroy the
works Of the fertilization. He will then
march TO Tamauief, where he will con-
yoke the sheiks of the friendly tribes aud
those submitting to him to make arrange
ments to keep open the route between
Suakim and BerbUr. Osmau Dgml is
cuCamped eight miles distant from Suak.
i'm. \ battle with him IL expected when
the British troops return to Slnkim from
Tokar.
After the battle Baker Pashl and
Admiral Hewett returned to Triukitat.
The soldiers and sailors stationed there
heartily cbecrei Baker Pasha, who had
been SO severely wounded, that he was
unable to walk. Veterans who took part
III the battle, say that they never met q
more resOute foe. The onemy's trench es
were found completely flied with COrpsns.
Admiral Hewett led tho marines in the
attack on Teb. The surgeons behaved
uobly. Queen Victoria has sent a telegram
congratulatiug the troops on their victory.
General Graham telegraphs as follows:
"fokar has been relieved. The rebels
had held the town since February lG
expressing the garrison and the iuhabi-
taut3. The rebolS fled To tho mountains. y
1t has been asoeTtainCd that the rebc
guns at Tcb were served By Egyptian sol
, diers.
The garrison found at Tokar numbarec
20 men, who were half starved. The
remainder had joined tho rebels. The
bodies of Morice Berg, Surgeon Leslie arc
four other Europeans, who were killed il
the fight between Baker Pasha's troop
and the rebels, were found at Teb auC
buried.
Sir Evelyn Ba,iug, in telegraphing the
news OF Fridays victory to General Gordon
used the Arabic language in order that th,
news might spread all along the liue.
The government, feeling convinced thA
General GordCn's mission will fail aud hil
life be put in imminent peril, offered tC
Abd-el Kador Pasha, Minister of War
under the sanction of Sir Evelyn Barring
the British minister, tho governoTship o
Nhartoum. ABIDE kader Pasha refuses
to accept the office, however, unless Genera
Gordon assents.