The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-30
STEW ARTS FIGHT.
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF The BATTLE
IN THE DESERT.
A Brave Dash for Water-Stewart' Wound
The Mortality Among Newspaper
Corresp spondeuts- Total Killed and
Wounded-EOreign Flashes.

Wounded-Eoreign Flashes.
LONDON. Jan. 50 The News correspond
ent gives the following account Of
the late battle i'll the Soudan.
After describing the march before
the battle and the establishment of
zareeba in the rear, he says the square was
formed and marcheL 10 meet the rebel:
who We're on all sides ii clouds, ami con
tinucs as follows:
The first part Of the march was orderly
AMI quite steady. Later the route lay
through a dense jungle and groves Of mi.
mOsa, where the confusion ani upToar Of the
native drivers delayed progress a couple
the alert Eeacs concealed il the
tall grass kept up a CALLING fire. Tho British
were gradually worn out, being exposed a
targets and unable 10 strike back Gen
SteWart's wound delayed the counter
attack Of the square until =
O'Clock in tie afternoon Rebel rifle
men possessed the heights, while their
horsemen closed the roads in our rear. As
the square moved slowly from the aareeba
all felt that their fate depended upon its
stoadlneSs When the square stopped, the
rebels lay down and delivered volley
after VoieE with superb steadinesS
At last the British moment came
The rebGl spearmen advanced to
huri thanse!ve, against the little square.
The British never wayelel amoment. When
they saw the foe coming, they cheerad
Justify, and delivered a fire So deadly that
the Arabs cropped in their lines and
recoiled, and retired Ia broken array.
Meanwhile another dense mas, Of rebels from
the south was stopped by shells from Nor
tons guns. Al this pmcture the eIeNys re
dOubtable reserve OF horSemen, standard
Learers, and fanaticai followers rushed
against the square, but was again re
pulsed by a whitening fire delivered by cur
men. Their retreat this time was final
for they renewed the attack no mora. Mean
time the men left behind in the zareeba 70
guard the wounded watched the square
disappear over the hills and were
unaware until next the morning whether
the Guare had reached the Nile safely or
had been overwhelmed. When the men
were see" returning next day, they We're
greeted with loud ana heartfelt cheers.
After reyoreutiy hurymg the dead the
whole force marched 10 the Nile, Where they
were allowed 10 biyoUae il peace ana unity,
the rebels making np sign bayuDd beating
drums during tl.e whole night
The Daily Telegraph thus describes the
dash for water from the zareeba, the men
having been fighting four hours and without
water al day:
Co. Wilson saw that the whole force wa,
doomed unless water could be obtained.
The Nile Wa only three miles dis
taut, iUt some thousands of Arab
tTibasiaeu were between tie British troops
AMI the river. The Arabs were keep
ing up Il desperate FIRE on the British posi-
ton, ami their attack WIS especially heavy
e9f -, # MI oh
| toward the river. Nevertheless Col.
Wilson detailed a number of picked
guardsmen and ordered them to cut
| through the enemys lines, to make their
way 70 the river and to return with rubber
sacks tille1 with water. The guards
charged in squadron front and sabred their
way through the Arab forces. Nearly
one half Of them reached the river alive,
and almost one-haf Of tho ra
mainder succeeded in forcing their way
back, but the few who did return brought
/ water enough 10 refresh the troops and
enable them 10 repulse the enemy.
Gen. Wolseley telegraphs to the war office
that considering the dangerous character Of
| Gen Stewards wounds, he is making favor
able progress toward recovery. The rest Of
! the wounded are receiving excellent atten
| ton and most Of them are improving rap
| idly
The total British loss, including the loss al
! Abot,-K ea. was 10f killed and 116 wounded
! The cnemyfs loss is 5000 killed and wounded
| The mortality among tbs newspaper cor
respondents who accompanied Gen. Stewart
force Is one of thu chief features of interest
| in news from the SJuian. OF the five
correspondents who started on the
march from Gakdui to the Nile.
] IN. /
| those killel were Col. Burnaby who had
/ special commission from The Morning Post,
! Cameron, of The Daily Standard, and Her
bert, of the regular staff of The Morning
| Post The best-known Of these correspond
ents, next to Col. Burnaby, was J. \. Cam
ero1, who had long and varied expert
ence as n war correspondent Cameron
was with Baker Pasha when that 0iiicel
made an attempt to chastisa EI Mahdi aftel
the 5feat Of Hicks Tasha. Cameron wa
missing some months after that, and wa
| supposed to be dead He had been captured
and detained as g prisoner in FL Mahdns
camp but he eventually made his escape
and wrote an interesting and valuable &C
count Of his experience during his detention
BROOKLYN, " Y, Jan. SO-Bemet
Graham Burleigh, who has lately bee1
wounded in the Soudan, and who ha
achieved prominence as a Central News wal
correspondent and latterIy doing the Egyp
tian news fer The London Daily Telegraph
came to America from Glasgow, Scotland
in 1850, and served in the Confederate army
and navy, holding commissions il
both branches of the service. Afte
the war was over be came t.
Brooklyn and attached himself to the stat
of The Brooklyn Daily Times, this being hi
first regular newspaper work. He reported
the whole of the Baecher trial for this papeI
and afterward did court work He showed
remarkable energy and persistence. HI
was steadily employed for three years, laav
ing here i'll the summer of 1873 to take q
position on The London Standard. from
which time he has rapidly gained renown "a
war correspondent for different Londol
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