The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-04
New SactS About rhe Fight at
Abu-K lea AgonIes Suffered by
the Wounded Further EN-
tracts from Gen Cor
don'S Teiegranns.

Lgndou Fc5. 2t-Tac dispatches
sent by Mr. Charles v Hams, spee.al
core. poudeut of tle Gable News. from
Abu-klea last mouth and suppressed
Uy zen " Woi,eley. VII ., published in
/ Icndon 10 .q..ryw IAcy give the
/ most graphic aud unbiased description
i Iot Gen. stewart battle at Abu klea
On Jan g which has yet found lis way
To London Ills is tuo battle III which
/ Col. Fred. Buruaoy was killed and in
which the British square vas broken by
the Arabs.
The military explanation hitherto
made OF the breaking Vi the square was
accomplished by the Arabs by sheer
weight OF numbers. Tho reprrt OF Mr..
| Williams throws new light upon the
occurrence. lie says the disaster was
caused by an unauthorized order given
By Col. Burnaby Tor the dismounted
cavalry, tolmlnG part ol one side ol the
square to advance To meet the charge
ot the Arab spcarmen. Col. Burnaby
calamity led this advance aud was
Killed in the haud-to-hand fight that en-
sued The cayalrvmen were swept
back, and the Arabs, swarming all
around them, forced their way into the
square through the gap left by the
cavalrymen' advar &c. Itwas plucky
movement. and Col. Burnaby eXpiated
the mistake in Judgment which prompt
ed it. but it terribly imperilled the safety
OF the whole force and cost many lives
besides that OF Col Burnaby
Mr. Williams says that after this action
and the one near Gubat the wounded
sutieres fearful agonIes from the effects
OF the sun and the lmpossibInty of OBJ
tanning sufficient water to drink or to
dress their wounds He also crlticises
Gen. Wolseey'S plan OF campaign, and
writing from Gubat SIX weeks ago, he
predicted the retreat which has since
been begun by Gen. Butler, and toretold
some OF the disasters which have already
overtaken his force.
The papers continue to publish extracts
from the telegrams and letters of Gen
| Gordon as they appear IN the Blue Book
| on Egypt One OF these letters. dated
Dec. 4 recounts many incidents OF the
siege 1t says:
Once the livtr rose We drove otftne
Arabs In four fights We fred their
towns. We sent two expeditions to Sen
naar. We had a tight on Sept t We
were defeated with heavy loss, our square
getting always broken 1t has been quiet
since. We fired , GOO 600 rounds IN these
different fights The Arab krupp guns
often huIed our steamers. We have
lost three steamers and built two. All
he captiyes with the MahGl are well
SIatin Bey is we'll treated, but he is kept
IN chains. The nuns among the captves
osteuSibiy married the Greeks III the
party in order TO save themselves from
being compelled to marry Arabs. There
is mysterious Frcncbmap from Dongola
with the Mahdi Don't let the Egyptian
soldiers come Take direct command Of
the steamers al Aletemneh apd turn cut
the teilaheen
Ia letter to a friend at Cairo, dated
Dec. If, Gen Gordon wrote:
1t is all up with us. | expect a catas-
trophe within ten days from the present
time 1t would not have been SO if our
people had kept me better informed of
their intentions Nv adieus to all.
Gen. Woseley told a nun Der Of friend
! ly native chiefs to-day that it was the
! fixed determination OF the British to re
capture khartoum and to ayenge the
Id ath Of Gen. Gordon.