The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-24
The Soudan.

well-directed shots did the enemy great
damage, n exploding among a group
engaged in placing a howitzer on the
summit OF the hill east of our sailors
fort and the other removing the whole
gun carriage. Lord Charles Beresford
also did the enemy great injury with
Gardner guns. The honors,of the day
fell to Major Wardrop. who with thir-
teen men stole cautiously around the
enemy's right and found they had only
a few hundred rifemen on the hills and
no reserve spearmen. Wardrop's men.
keeping outof sight, sent volleys at a
range Of eight hundred yards on the
enemy's flank. Leaving one man at this
point to continue firing he took the
twelve Others and as quickly as possible
pursued the same tactics at three con-
secutive hills, giving the Arabs the i'm
preston that fresh bodies of British
troops were arriving. The Mahdi's
forces became panic stricken, ceased fir
ing and decamped toward Metemneh.
taking the guns and dead and wounded
with them. A few Arab scouts only
were left three miles off to watch the
movements. There has been no sign of
the enemy since. -
General Butler advances on Gakdul as
soon as reinforcements arrive from
Korti. The British loss during the en-
gagement vas foul killed and twenty
wounded. -
LONDON, February 2O.-Florence Night
ingale, Lady Roseberg, Lady Roth
schild, Mrs. Gladstone and other we'll
known ladies, have formed a committee
to raise funds to provide assistance and
comfort for the sick and wounded sol
diers III the Soudan.
General Graham will have 5000 troops
in Suakim by the 9th of March. These
will include the Indian contingent.
LONDON, February %. "A Suakim
telegram says the arrival OF British
troops alarmed Osman Digna, who is
trying to gather a large force at Sarnai.
Osman recently killed a messenger from
Taxa, bearing news. The Mudir of
Dongola, assisted by Shukra tribes, en-
gagged in a battle Hadendowar, who
had attacked friendly tribes, supplying
English with grain. Two thousand
Hadendows are reported killed by the
Mudir and allies.
The Egyptian blue book. issued to-day,
contains aletter sent by General Gordon
to General Lord Wolseley, in December.
This says: 81 have five steamers and
nine guns at Metemneh, awaiting your
orders. I can hold out forty days
longer with ease, after that it will be
difficult. The loss of Col. Stewart is
terrible. l told him to give you all the
information possible. He had my jour.
nal from January Sd to September 10th,
The Mahdi is eight miles from Khar-
toum. Senaar is all right. Phe garri
son there is aware that you are coming
My journal from September 10th to date
is on board one of the steamers which
you will find at Metemneh. l continue
to have occasional fights with the Arabs
1t is rumored that all Europeans with
the Mahdi, including Slatin Bey, and
nuns have turned Mussulmans.i
"Lupton Bey has surrendered; Ihavt
sent out scores of messages in all direc
tons in the last eight months. DO moi
send private letters to me; the risk il
too great. Do not write me in cipher.
have a note, and it is nc use. Tht
Mahdi knows everything. Take tht
road from Abullot to Metemneh. Yor
need not fear the Mahdi. Both tht
NGtCn GOllSul IL tAO huSbIldb COilo0
are safe. The Mahdi has captured
letter from the King of Abyssinia to me
Your expedition, as l understand, is TO-
the relief of the garrison of Khartoum
which | failed to accomplish. I declin,
to admit it is for the rescue of me per
sonally."
A letter from General Gordon, date(
September 0, contains the following
statements: 1--WE have sufficient none,
and provisions here at Khartoum Il
last four months. At the end of tina
period we shall be much embarrassed
Although I've wrote you it was impos
sible to send Col. Stewart to Berber o.
account of many things which occurre,
here, we afterwards saw fit to send hin
together with the French and Englisl
~consuls in a small steamer to Dongols
to communicate with the British com
mander there concerning the SoudaI
We detailed two large steamers to az
company them to Berber to keep th
way clear for them to pass by Berbe
toward Donao'a. How many times hay
we written asking for reinforcement
and calling your serious attention to tn
SOudan and no answer came
] General Gordon also instructed
messenger sent from Khartoum on De
cember 18th, to deliver the foLowin
message to Lord Wolseley: Don
scatter your troops. Bring plenty G
troops. The enemy is numerous. W
5 still hold 0mdurman. The Mahdi
!; lines are beyond Munsho. The Nal
| dists a month ago attacked Omdurma
2 and disabled one OF our steamers. w
! disabled n of their guns. Fightin
r was renewed on the south side the
days later. The rebels were again r.
pulsed. Come quickly. Don't leay
Berber in the rea Keep the enemy i
your front. Don't let rumors of yor
approach spread"
The Marquis OF Lorne publishes a ie
ter in thePdH AdUGGzette this Afternoon
in which he deprecates the BIRTHS
advance against Khartoum now TIL
Gordon is dead. The British, Il
Marquis contends, should be satisfied
take up a position on the Nile to bloc
the Mahdi from advancing to low
h Egypt.
q At a meeting of conservative pee
held at the Marquis o ~Salisbury's tn
evening, it was unanimously resolve
to move in the House OF Lords a vote
/ censure against government for i
Z Egyptian policy.
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