The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-21
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In the sondan War GenernI Stewart Dies
of HIS Wounds sketch Of His, Life. :
Z colonel BailSr Hetnnastl in by ths +
mahdrs rreop.-rhe situation.

I.oSDoS, Feb. General Sir Herbel
Stewart, who was wounded at the hattlec Z
Abn Klea, died on the 10th at Gakdr
Wells, to which. place lie had been Il
moved. His death has cast . gloom owe
Itheentite British army.
The news was unexpected in Londol
aud spread Ike wild fire throughout Lon
don. Coming on the, second dayotth,
Parliament session It caused alarm to th,
Liberals and increased the possibility o
the. passage Of the proposed vote OF cen
sure. The names Of Gordon, Earle ant
Stewart are on every lip and the queryo
the moment Is whoiwiIl be the next.
The dispatch from Lord Wolseley advis-
ing the egosernment Of the deatlof Gen
Stewart says: "Cien. Stewart will ibs
buried at the entrance Of Tie valley lead.
ing TO GahNal. He wiliteceiye soldieri
funeral. No drawer soldier or more bril-
liantle ever wore the Queens uni
form. England can III afford TO lose this
young General" ses i,..
General Stewards achievements as q
soldier have gained him immortal name
In history. To him was committed The
task ofleading little army Off, 500 men
across the Bayuda Desert, in the face Of
swarming enemies. IL appears that his
men were selected with care, and were
worthy Of their leader. Lord w Woiseiey Is
blamed for sending sfew, hut the success
of the undertaking seenis To- justify his
confidence. He knew Stewart could de.
pend on the cool courage Of his men, and,
believing that their numberwas sufficient,
avoided the unwieldliness which neces-i
sarily, ,oharast terixes @ large army on the
march. The greater OF the two battles
fought on ihe march as at Abu
Klea, where the British defeated ten
times their number, but not without SO.
we're loss, especially in officers. In this
battle General Stewart had a.horse shot
under him. Two days after, the force.
now reduced TO about twelve hundred,
those in charge of the wounded being de.
dncted from lis fighting men and added to
the number Of the dead and incapacitated,
encountered a. host Of foes In ina place,
favorable to attack, because for o time,
owing tothe rank Vegetation and the pc:
ctiliar conformation, OF the land, the Brit.
is troops were iexposed to a heavy fire
without tile possibility Of an effective re.
tItn. At,thls point General Stewart re.
ceiyed the wound which was the cause Of
his death. As Eaon as .itcopldSbe done,
provision was made for the de-
tense Of the helpless, which
seems To have been accomplished
with tho utmost thoroughness, and
then the fighting mem moved OFF in
the form OF "a square. After repelfing
three, charges made by vastly. superior
numbers ot the enemy, their work was
doae, aaa.next morning they, retafned TO
the friends they had leitbshind in the
''zareba.p Then all together moved to
the western bank of the Nile, a few pilea
from ATetemneh and between that city
and Khartonn. There they are nov, in
position; and 1t appears
to ba unlikely that the dispirited Arals
will molest either them or the little army
now crossingi in their gacks.