Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-12
EARLE KILLED In BATTLE.
DEATH MET WHILE LEADING
AN ASSAULT ON BRIT.

| Gen. BraekenburR Leaps into Command
and Leads the Men to Victory After
Five Hours of Fighting Lightly
Founded Hopes that Gordon may be
Still Alive.
LONDON, Feb. II, A. M.-Gen. Earle
was killed on Tuesday during the storm
ing of the enemy's position at Brit.
The Stdnddrd'S S correspondent with Gen.
Earle's column sends the following dis
| patch, dated Dulka Island, Tuesday:
1.-The British troops advanced to attack the
| enemy, who held strong position on the hills.
After some fighting the enemy was complete
| " surrounded Finding it impOss BILE to dis
lOuge the rebels from their fortified position,
| Gen. Earle ordered the troops to charge. Gen.
Earle was killed while leading the attack
| The Black Watch regiment captured the posi-
| ton at the point of the bayonet. the cavalry
| taking possession of the enemy's camp. Gen
| Brackenburg, upon the fall of Gen. Earle
| assumed command and ordered the remain
| ing positions of the enemy to be stOrmed The
| troops acted promptly, made gallant attack
| and soon Captured all the enemy's positions
| The fighting lasted five hours. There was
| great slaughter among the enemy. Those who
survived escaped by swimming the river"
MORE DETAILED ACCOUNT.
Another account of the death of Gen. Earle,
| dated kOrti to day, saws:
Gen. Earle was killed in action yesterday
| The fight occurred near the Nile, a few miles
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| the pass, and had built a small fort on the
left bank Oi the river. When Gen. Earle's
| forces reached the pass they were subjected
| to heavy fire from feld guns which the
ing positions. Gen. Earle had no
artillery, and commanded his troops
to charge. 1t was more of a scramble than
charge, but the Arabs were Driven from the
| heights at the point of the bayOnet and fell
back slowly toward the river. All that then
remained to be captured was the little fort
on the river bank. AS the British column
advanced 1t was met by steady and well
directed fire from behind the sand and wat
llngs which composed the Arab fort, and
many men of the attacking party were killed.
and put himself at the head of the column.
He was killed during this charge. The fort
was ultimately captured, but at terrible cost.
In addition TO Gen. Earle officers and men
were killed, ana 30 men were wounded"
NO MORE ABOUT GORDON.
Up to midnight last night the government
mad received no official advices confirming
the report of Gen. GOrdOn's death. European
newspapers, without exception, deplore the
death of Gen. Gordon as an international
calamity.
THE NEWS CONFIRMED.
LONDON, Feb. 11.-Gen. Lord Wolselev
telegraphs to the government that scouts
who were sent to Khartoum have re-
turned. They confirm the report of the
killing of Gen. Gordon and the atrocities
committed in KhartOum by Ell Mabdi's
men.
The Ne1os says: "The age of chivaIrv was
revived again IN Gen. GordOn's history, and
the whole world thrills with passionate grief
at his Christian warriors death"
The StdRddrd alone refuses to believe that
cen. Gordon Is dead, and cl:ngs to a shadow
of hope that he may be prisoner, or NAV
even have escaped 10 the south.
Turkish newspapers have been officially
prohiblted from publishing news from Soudan
or comments upon the situation there
Gen. Graham has been aDpOinted to cono
mand the Suakin- Berber expedition. Gen.
I, r Freel1ahtle VIII command the Guards, and
Gen. Greaves will act as Chief of STAFF
WoLSELEY's PLAN APPROVED.
The Cabinet to-day approved Gen. Lord
WOiseiey 5 plan for an early advance from
Suakln TO Berber. a narrow gauge railway
VIII be lad to Arab, 100 miles west Of
Suakln, where an entrencbed camp will be
IOrmed,wlt central depot for stores, Ieay-
ing ARAB, the troops VIII proceed By forced
marches to Berber. 1t is calculated that an
advance will begin about the third week in
March, and it is hoped that Berber will be
reached IN SIX weeks. Ariab. where the en-
trenched camp is to be formed, is on the road
from Suakin to Berber. and is described as ga
smiling OASIS, where there Is plenty of water
and good pasturage.
SLIGHT HOPES FOR GORDON.
There is still slight ground for hopInp that
Gen. Gordon is alive. The accounts of the diff
lerent newspaper correspondents come from
common hatlVe service, and no eye witness
OF the death of Gen. Gordon is mentioned
with Gen. Gordon were NJ. HarZaL the
Austrian Vice Consul, and 20 Greeks and
LeVantine merchants The firm at Alexandra
for whom the Greeks have been acting as
agents do not believe the story of the massacre
at khartOum. 1t is known that FL Mahdi
held 30 Greeks prisoners either in his camp or
at Ell Obeld, and that they are well treated
In reply to Inquiries Gen. WOlseey teegraphs
that he has received no more authentic news
than that brought to Korti by Col. Wilson,
Nubar Pasha, The Egyptian Prime Minister.
mas notlhed Germany and Russia through
their respective agents that tn. ir nominees
VIII be admitted into the CaIsse de la Dette
Publique.
THE INDIAN CONTINGENT.
LONDON, Feb. l2 2 A. M.-The contingent
from India to take part in the Suakin-Berber
expedition has been raised to 5000 men, Gen
hudson, rot Gen. Roberts, will be in COM
mand OF the contingent, which is expected to
arrive at Suakln several days before the
guards reach there. The entire force for the
expedition will be at Suakin within three
weeks. Numerous surgeons are volunteering
10 go 10 Soudan and aid the medical corps.
A number of female hospital nurses will ac-
company the expedition majority of the
nurses selected for service wear medals
presented them for efficient work during the
former Egyptian campaign.
Ell MAHDfS MINISTER OF WAR.
PARIS, Feb: liza Figaro says that Ell
MahdPs Minister of War is NJ VERT He
was formerly Captain in the French army
He joined FL Mahdi in 1882, and taught the
Arabs the way to break squares when formed
by troops in battle.
TURKS EXULTANT.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 1.-THE popu1ation
are eXultant over the fall of KhartOum. On
the other hand, the government expresses
great anxiety over the disaster in the Soudan
rearing that Ri MahdPs success will lead to a
serious movement in Ell Hijaz, Arabia, where
he has many followers
DE LEssEPs PREDICTS FAILURE.
PARIS, Feb. I'm. De Lesseps, in an inter
view to-day, said that he considered the
English expedition doomed to failure. 1t may
reach hhartOum, but the Soudanese will not
submit; The English, IN going or returning,
VIII fall prey to hundreds of thousands of
fanatics who are ready to die.