Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-12

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LONDON, February 12-The following addh
tional particulars are given by the Standard cor
respondent OF Gen. Earles capture Of Brit on
Tuesday. Amer the Brftish forces had sue
ceeded In completely surrounalne tae snemy's
msnded the Black Watch regiment 20 cArry
the enemys works at the point OF the bsyonei
msnd. @ s The pipers % Struck up and With tn inspir. %
ing cheers the men moved forward with .
steadiness and valor when the enemy were nm
able to withstand, and which called forth ex-
pressions OF admiration nom the lips OF Gen.
Earle. From loopholes In the enemys works
Watch Wat anHe kept snSr Sra%elS s advancins. ~ ''A
They scaled the difiicult rocks and drove tho
rebels from their shelter at the point OF the bay
onet Unhappily, General Earle fell at this
point as he was gailantiy leading his troops 20
victory. Meantime the cavalry pushed beyond
sas scene Of conflict and caPtIena u ,he
Before Si the Black ai watch @ lad succeeded IN car.
tack was being made two companies OF the
south Staffordshire regiments were directed To
& slers high rScky HIN which hr,,sh hras remen serne
boldly TO the charge, but the enemy clung des-
perately 20 their position, and disputed the
from the hill This brought the battle OF FL
ki6erkan to close. From INST TO last IL WAS
The rebels consisted Of Arabs of the Mannassir
and Robatal tribes. With them were numbers
OF dervishes from Berber. 1t is impossible 10
tSes M sns OF ane S nature
the ground. The corpses OF the rebels who were
slain lie IN heaps upon the ridges from which
they were driven by the British charge. Tho
leader OF the foe, who was from Berber, and sew
erai emirs, were among The killed. The num-
be, 6er who noe escaped WAS very small Half osttsl a.,
body Of the B British tits forces forces viii advance @ednes.
day some miles further up the river. The guns
spiked by Col. Stewart when he was forced 10
abandon the steamer Abbas were found buried
at Brit.
Lord wolseiey telegraphs from Eorti "a fol-
lows: "Gen. Brackenbury. who took command
OF the forces advancing up the Nile when Gen.
miles above Merawi. the following report OF the
engagements The attack was well planned and
the effect OF the battle viii he 70 onen the wnV
10 Berber without further fighting. The rebels
held high ridge OF razor-backed hills with
some advanced koppies In front close 10 the
river The number OF the enemy was not great,
but their position was extremely strong and
diiiisult is of access and they fought with the
advanced over rocks and broken ground upon
the koppies. They answered the fire Of the
they had thereby driven OF the enemy's charges
they stormed the position under heavy DIRE.
Gen. Earle was among the foremost in this at.
tack, and TO the deep sorrow OF every officer and
man I'm the force, he was killed Just as the sum-
init OF the first koppie was reached.
"In the attack the gallant commanding ON.
Ger OF the Staffordshire regiment, Lieut. Col.
Eyre, was killed, meapwhile the 10th Hussars
had captured the enemyls camp and our sue
cess was complete. Ten OF the enemy's stand.
ards fell into our hands. The enemy's losses
were great Besides Gen. Earle and Lieut.. Col.
Eyre, the British slain numbered Lieut.. Col.
Coveney and nine men OF the rank and
file. Four officers and forty-two men were
wounded"
SIR SAMUEL BAKER on THE SITUATION.
Sir Samuel Baker writes that he believes
Khartoum had already fallen when the battles
OF Abu Klea and Gakdul were fought. He says
that the treachery which caused the fall OF tho
city originated among traders, who, being ab-
solutely ruined by England's policy Of sban.
donment, wisely sought the mahdi's protection.
Sir Samuel urges that the new expedition con.
sist OF IL 900 men, and that all converge al
Berber, which would make a base that could
be supplied from Suakim. Continuing, he
says: "If the present imbecile government de-
lays any any 10 Longer the sP,endtd @ army arm iI the son
land should let the Italians occupy Kassala,
relieving the present gallant garrison at that
place and retaining the country from Masso-
wah to the Atbara river. He asks how long
England viii stand the present terrible mis-.
government.