Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-29

front line. The forss Of tn ssra~.l
lsosen snf threw the aniEaps.asd r,arts
~ tae line Ike ends " pxSksn tIa,hs,
afoonc tee corners of Ihe zoasra -
TOE reoels 50 displaced we're sIsBusS ~,
70 pieces From this on tha aa,ss-s
vas disastrous - the rebsl.. A. i -
irregular on their aide. whan A.
enemJs line vas broken tas 49,
seemed 70 break up into bands scr :,
Wnioo waRed war On lie own Account
a large detachment Fnzs,Iv m ~.
9aek vent back 10 attack the zarast,,a
= nis Was RarElsoned by a bosiy of So.
iian soldiers. made np of Little d~ta,.T
nsnts left behind bv each corn. ,rbi-h
Gao zone forward in the square. T[,r1
Cnaries Beresford vas in Command n
sustained an attack for two hours. whan
zee enemy was compelled To retraa,
DnfInR the general attack on th,. sonar
only Hx rDea ssre killed and twsntv-
three wounded on the Ra0lish I'd
captain Norton worked the rnos Ciurino
TINS nght and his fsing did awful eye
ennoa. Stevart's f0rcs on Ie4yin,,
,takaui Wells consisted of 300 piekad
Knitting men.
The latest dispatches received a. ,ha
war Oftlce show that Lord st. Vlncsnt
was not, A. az first reported, killed in the
battle fought in the desert on the Iatb
inst. he died from wounds received m
the 18th al Abu Klea- Ouly two Rrit,sb
officers were killed in the zareeba fi0bt
Ihe other dead we're non cosnmissioned
officers and prIvatss.
THE BATTLE AT THE zAREEBA.
LONDON, January . During the ad
vance Of the main body of English from
the zsreeba, the garrison left behind at
that polnt kept up a heavy Ere from
their gems aud rifles. An effort Was
made to erect sm Ill redoab. some 30
yards to the right of the ztreeba. under
the protection of q steady fire from the
zareeba. Daring the erection OF the
fedouet ons man Was killed and three
wounded. l. ,rd Cochrane, With 10 paeu
from the Life Guards aad Scots Crews.
heid the redoubt and maintained a
heavy fire throughout the battle. They
did muoh 90 repel the constant Fushe.
Of the enemy. The losses of the rebsls
during the whole day IL estimated at
200 killed and wouaded. Amauo the
enemy were many slaves, several of
whom have submitted to the British.
They saw that FL Mahdi sent theIn from
khartoum.
The square reached the Nile at sun
set on Monday evening, and eneam aed
for the night. Early Tuesday morning
parties made rec0nnoiss aace, and de.
stroyed some empty villages.
HERBERT's DEATH.
LONDON, Jan. 2S.-Herbert, the special
correspondent of the London Post.
whose death was reported today, was
killed during furlons attack of the
rebels on the English while erecting the
zsresba. Herbert WAS secret .rv to L lrd
Dufferin when the latter Was G1vernsr
General Of Canada. He witnessed the
battles Of Eel FL Ksbir, FL Feb aud Ia
mai. He was severely wounded ia the
last named battle.
WORD FROM THE QUEEN.
The Queen has sent disp .tch thank
ting General Stewart and the troops for
their bravery, eoadolinR with them for
their losses, aud promoting General
Stewart to the rank of Major General.
NEAR METEMNEH.
On the 22ad the British eHeamped AT
ABB hru two miles south of Metempeh.
The enemy we're most spariug in their
use OF ammunition while defending Me-
temneh aud only kept up a desulGory
lire. The rebel forces throughout all
the engagements have been well han
died. Ii 10 stated that two Europeans
are among them which may explain the
fact. A female prisoner states that the
British tre dscimated the enemy who
seem determined 10 remain inside Ne
temneh.
Five Of General Gordoa's steamers
conveying 900 soldiers and five guns
arrived at Gubat on the I'D. All of the
troops and guns we're landed and the
guns turned upon Metemneh, without,
however, producing any apparent effect
upon the rebels. IL 10 reported that FL
Mahdi Is sending more troops and guns
20 Metsmneh.
On the I'D Gen. Wilson with four of
Gordon's steamers, a number of black
troops, two companies of mounted in
fantry and six guns, bombarded Shen.
DIV for two hours and almost completely
destroyed the town, but the occupants,
Of whom there we're bat few, appeared
to DO unwilling to surrender. The
steamers Afterwards returned 10
Gubat, where number of forts were
being erected. Ii is stated that El Mahoi
has a force of COCO around Khartonu,
The population of khartoum il now
estimated at lt.000. A convoy has gone
to Gakdul 10 fetch stores and ammuni
lion.
The inhabitants OF Metemneh are
apparently ia hiding. a. the scouts were
able TO see Ouly a feS persons in the
rown. The total British loss, including
the loss at bu kiea, was l0i killed and
1l6 wounded. The enemy's loss was
1000 killed and wounded.
NEWS PROM EARIE.
General Earle telegraphs from Bahak
Cataract, about ~ miles below Boiti, as
follows; "fhe rebels still occupy Bolt,
aud ID is doubtful whether We will fieht
them there or retire 10 Berber. Seine of
81 Aahd's regular soldiers at Boiti
Q sine from Berber. they say they in
tend 10 desert to Us. Two uneles of
Sheik Suleiman, who murdered Colonel
Stewart, have sent Us word that they
will come In and submit. The natives
are now returning 70 the villages.
DESERT THIRST.
Ia the fight of the 9th inst, which oc
curred within three miles Of the Nile,
msny British troops we're in q FAINT
ing condition from lack VI water. Col.
Sir Charles Wilson ordered a small de
tachment Of csvalrymen to obtain
supply Of water from the river by cut
ting their way through the enemy's
force. THIS dangerous movement vas
accompanied with less loss of life than
might hsvs been expected. and enough
water was obtained TO revive the troops
and enable them 20 continue the attack.