The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-31
Meeting Of the National Sl.
YER Convention.
Secretary Chandler on His
-. 81. Royal Ear. al
Stewart Heard Eroua.

despatch also gives the gratifyingIn
formation that Stewart is ia com
munication with General Gordon
Stewards force had several fight
with the Arab rebels before It reaehef
Metemneh., Stewart himself is bsdl!
wounded. Five Of the AahAih
emissaries were killed in the f1ghtS
Gen. Wolseley In the despatch y
ports the capture Of .Metemneh y
the British and also says Sir CharlAl
Wilson has gone to Khartoum of
board the steamer to confer with Cor
don. It Is expected he will return u
soon as possible. The report is per
ssonally to Wolseley. .i .;
> LATER.-LoNDoN, Jan. 28. l, p. n
-Omcial dispatches received thii
afte'noon from Gordon show his po
sition al K:nartoum Is by NO means
a. desperate as supposed. He say'
be could hold out there for years
Stewards wounds are reported doing
WELL -. E=a.4
At l:3O p. M. dispatches indioats the
march of Stewart and his little army
from Abu Klea wells to his present.
position has baen no easy task.
Almost every foot of the way 1eeme
to have been sharply contested ~
the resolute Arab foe. There was
constant succession Of encounters
from The action Of, the 18th till the
Nile was reached, the British trCNpe
steadily gaming fresh victories over
the impetuous but easily demoralIxed
rebels. On the morning Cf Monday
January 10th, two days after the
fight at Abu Klea wells, the enemy
appeared In force In front Of. the I'd.
Yanein3 British army and q ss
fierce battle was fought. This oc.
Cured at a point about three miles
from the Nile. The British were
compelled to sustain a heavy fire for
some time. Early In the engage
ment Stewart received his wound and
Sir Charles Wilson thereup0 as
sumed command. Works were
hastily constructed under a leaden
rain which continued to pour upon
them from the enemy's rifles. The
wounded men and baggage train
left under guard behind, quickly
built earth works, while the rest of
the force advanced in the face of a
hostile fire to, q gravel ridge some
distance in front. Here large force
of rebels established themselves In q
strong position. AS soon as the
British line came near, . fierce
was vee made against Ii by y
the rebel foemen. British troops were
as usual, in the form of a
square, ana steadily advanced to
meet the wild onset. of the loudly
cheering enemy, who were rushing
down upon them. At the same time
the rifles of the British were; doing
bloody execution. The charge was
and not an Arab came
within thirty yards of the British
square. The rebels did not stand
long before the murderous English
fire, but were repuIsed with heavy
loss. Five Emirs and 25O men were
left dead upon the field, and large
number of wounded. About the
loss but few details are yet
received. It is known, however, that
Cameron. special correspondent Of
the Morning Post, was killed. The
place where the battle occurred Is a
slight distance. beyond Thebet
Wells. Stewards wound, while not
fatal, Is 80 serious he will be disabled
,r the remainder of the present cam.
paign. General Wolseley considers
the deprivation Of his services ma
tionaf loss. He characterizes Stew
art as the 'ablest soldier and most
dashing commander he ever knew" :"
and recommends him to the Queens
most favorable consideration. Gen.
Vincent, of the artillery, was among
the British slain.
LONDON, Jan. 28.-Stewart now
holds q strongly fortified post at
Gubat, not far from Metemneh, q
place on the Mile half way between
Berber and Khartoum. Opposite
Gubat Is q large island on which
plenty of forage for horses and camels
Is easily obtalned. So strong Is the
position at Gubat that It,. Is conf
IDENTIFY asserted 1t can be held by
small garrison against any force
which the rebels may send to attack
it. The route across the desert from
Gubat to Korti Is 8. curely held by
the English. Col. Sir Redvers Bull
len will be in command of this route.
He left Korti to-day 10 assume the
position. Tie news of Stewart's
since the battle of Abu
Ktea Wells was brought to Kortt by
Capt. Pigott. He left Gubat with
the dispatches Saturday last and
reached Korti this morning, having
no serious difficulty by
the way. !
LONDON, Jan. pa Korti dis
patch to Reuters agency says,
General Stewart gained brilliant
victory on the 18th over the rebels.
The enemy numbered seven thou
sand. A large number was cavalry.
The British less was 20 killed aud
60 wounded. Total loss of the
enemy, 1900. Firing began In the
and lasted all day. Col.
Burleigh, special correspondent of
the London Telegraph and Lords
Airlie and Somerset are among the
The point where the battle of the
10th occurred is in a desert about five
miles south from Metemneh. When
Stewart reached that point he found
the enemy lowering about bis little
army on all sides and skitting it
often within uncomfortable range