The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-03-11
A BATTLE AT TRlNKITAT.
General Graham Defeats the Egyp-
tian Rebels.

OG u heStmtht, WHICH aT IVeu AZ
O'Clock FIidav morning. Breakfast
over. The forces, about 1900 strong
formed in On obloug square, the from
and rear being longer than the sides
owing 10 the different strength OF the
regiments. The Gordon Highlander
formed the advance with. two gatling
guns anil one Gardiner in the right cor
ner, and two GARDENERS and one eatline
in the left corner. The seth Regiment
formed the right hand side of the q rare
and the Black Watch Regiment the rear
The length OF front was $50 yards. The
Hu sars acted as scouts, advancing in
semi circle, thoussnd yards ahead, GOV,
ering the front and tianks oi the mair
force. The troops advanced over the
sand knols and scrub for the distance oi
mile from Font Baker, along the Teh
road, when the rebels opened FIRE with
Remington rifles, hut the range was so
long that.the shots proved Ineffective.
| The rebels 10 swarms occupied the high
ground in front aud on the hanks OF the
British Armv. They retired slowly, as
the English advanced, keeping within
about l 200 wards OF the main body OF
the f glish force. The Bti ish cavalry
followed, covering the rear, upon the lett,
snd formed in three lines at q distance
Of 900 yards from the map army.
At half pas, 9 O'Clock gunboat fred
from Trinkitat. ,sbutF,he shells hurst a
mile short OF The e1etv's' position. The
cavalry and mounted infantry advanced
on the left to touch the rebels, who mnv-
ed obstinately. though no. indisposed to
fight. The infantry continued to advance
steadily. Two or three times halt was
made to allow the sailors and artillery
men dragging guns TO rest The road
toward Teb was studded With hundreds
OF corpses OF B.ker Pasha's fngitive'.
filing the air with pollution, and around
VII ch swarms OF carrion flies hovered.
After advancing three miles the earth
works of the rebels came in sigh. The
guns we're mounted and The standards
were flying The rebel fire had now al
most ceased. except on the extreme right
and left The British stepped forth as
II on holiday parade, bagpipes PLAYING
and Highlsnders footing cheerily. Thev
advanced until within 800 Yards Of the
rebels position, where an old sugar mill,
surrounded by number OF huts, and
fort with two guns, were situated Here
q bait was ordered. and the scouts re
Joined the cavalry. Neither force seemed
disposed to open FIRE. At last "atten.
ton" was called. whereupon. the rebels.
seeing the B irish move, began battle
with she'll from Krupp gun, which pas
sed wide nver the square. The next
shots were aimed with greater accuracy,
and the shells hurst close to the Brit
ish. wounding several. The rebels mann
timed rattling fusilade with small
arms. As the shots increased the am
bulance surgeons we're fully occupied
The English advanced steadily in q
square without answering the rebel fire
until they passed the north face of the
rebel works. At this point piece Of
shell wounded Baker Pasha, and twenty
men we're hit After an echelon Of q
thousand yards halt was ordered and
the men directed to lie down. 1t was
now MONDAY. clear. and the wind dis,
persed the smoke Of the rebel fire, dis
closing the rebels movements. The
rebels were found 10 force, With two
guns mounted, at an old fort three miles
from Fort Baker. -, ,se.
Then the British opened FIRE With gnns
sad Martini rifles, causing the rebel fire
rapidly to slacken and almost cease At
this the bugles agsin sounned an ad-
vance The troops rose, wheeled on the
center OF the square, and approached
the rebel works. The rebels were in
no military order, but we're scattered
here and there, so as to take advantage
OF the abundant cover which the ground
afforded. They clung TO their position
with desperate tenacitv. There we're
2 900 rebels directly in front. while
many hundreds hung around the two
sides of the sqlare. As the British
moved forward. firing as they advanced,
the rebels. armed with spears aud huge
cross hiltsd swords, rose within 200
yards of the advancing lines, and rushed
against the British at breakneck speed,
needless and fearless OF death. The
rebels fell right and le I, though some OF
the brave fellows reached within i've pa
ees of the SO iare None Of them holted,
they only fell back sullenly when they
we're forced. Having cleared the ground
in front with their Martini rifles, the
British attacked the fort. Colonel Bur-
naby was The frs. to mount parapet,
firing a double barreled shotgun into the
enemy. Around the works the rebels
fought with furious energy, and fright
fol melee Of bayonets and spears took
place Atlast the B itish gained pos
session OF the fort. They caatured two
Krupp guns. and at once turned them
against. the enemy. but the Arabs still
cont ,sted every inch They would not
submit to BE- driven off They could
only he killed. The B itish next di-
rected their attention to the old sugar
mill, hrick building containing an iron
boiler. This thew storned. and succeed
ed 10 dislodging 200 rebels, who leaped
forth and charged from every opening.
At 10 clock, after an sbour Of intense
fighting, the rebels gave way and bolted
outright. The gatling gun. and Mar
tiui rifles had caused great havoc there.
The British pursued the rebels as they
fell back, and advanced as far as the
fresh water wells of Teb. where the reh-
els made their last, Sand The shelks
who advanced empty handed to show
that they bore charmed lives we're str;-x-
en- down with hasoHtt thrns,s. The
Highlauders carried the mex. earthworks,
capturing three guns. At the end Of
fours hours arduous fighting the British
gained possession OF the rebel camps,
and of the huts and wells. The cayslrv
on the right flank charged the retreating
rebels, who did not halt, but met the
troopers. who rode among them, giving
blow for blow. A splendid display of
heroism wae made by three mounted
rebels. They resolutely maintained
their ground against the shock of two
cavalry charges. In the third charge
they were Cut down, but not before they
bad killed several men and wounded