The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-01-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK SUMMiRIlED
BATTLE IN THE Dzszxr.
The British Troops Under Gen. Stewart
Defeat the soudancss Rebels After q
Long. Hard Contaat.

The British Troops Under Gen. Stewart
Defeat the soudanoss Rebels After a
Long, Hard Contest.
A dispatch has been received at tho British
,, war office from Gen. Wolseley dated Korti,
JAM p, 8 p. M, which reads substantially as
follows:
Gen. Stewart has had heavy engagement
Klea wells, about twenty three miles this side
Of Metonineh. Rebels had collected fro m Ber-
Der, Metemneh and Omduraman. This last
place, l regret to say, prisoners report, was re-
Gently captured by the mahdi, and thus men
We're released from there to fight Gen. Stewart
On the afternoon. of Jan. 16, Gen. Stewards cav
airy reported the enemy were i'll position some
few miles this side of the wells. As it was too
late in til . day to allow an advance to q sue
cessful encounter, Gen. Stewart bivouaCked
where he was for the night The enemy kept
up fire all night and erected works on Gen.
Stewards right flank. Saturday. Gen. Stewart
endeavored to draw the enemy on to make an
attack, but the rebels hesltated In conse-
quence Gen. Stewart left all his impediments,
also camels, with guard of the Sussex regi-
ment and some mounted infantry and moved
forward, keeping his forces in the form of
square. All the men were on foot The Brit
ISL army passed rounu the enemy lelb Hank
forcing them to make an attack or be subject
to an enfilade fire. The enemy wheeled to tho
left and made well organized charge under a
whitening fire from our men, The square was
unfortunately p netrated about its left rear.
where heavy cavalry and camel regiment
were In position, by
SHEER WEIGHT OF NUMBERS.
The admirable steadiness of our men en-
abled them to maintain hand to- hand fight
With the opposite force. while severe punish
ment was being inflicted upon the enemy by
all other parts of the square. The enemy were
finally driven back under q heavy fire from all
sides. The Nineteenth Hussars then pushed
forward to the wells, which were in our pos
session by In the evening. The enemy left
not less than SEQ slain around the square.
Prisoners taken while the enemy were retiring
report the number of enemy wounded quite
exceptional One immediate effect of the bat
tie Is that many of the rebels are submitting
1t was necessary for the army to remain at the
wells many hours to obtain water AS soon as
practicable, the intention was 10 push on with
all expedition to Metemneh. The English
are DONG we'll.
Gen. Woiseley says Gen. Stewart concludes
his report as follows:
1t has been my duty to command a force
fromwhIch exceptional work, exceptional hard
ship and exceptional fighting have been call
ed for. 1t would be impossible to adequately
describe the admirable support given to me by
say tina lour loss was severe but our success
has been so complete that it may dishearten
the enemy to such an extent that all their flu
ture fighting may be of less obstinate char
lcter.
Gen. Lord Wolseley says:
Gen. Stewards operations hare been most
to him as commander, and the ma
ion has every reason to be proud of the gallant
y and splendid spirit of her majestys soldiers |
IN this occasion Our losses were one commits
stoned officer killed and nine wounded, and
'iAty-fve n-commssioned officers and men
killed and eighty five wounded. Gen. Stewards |
'orce consists of about fifteen hundred men,
III told
AN INDUSTRIOUS VICTIM.
Among those who fell was Col. Burnaby, |
Who made the famous "ride to Khiva." Be- |
tides Col Burnaby the following were killed:
Maj Carmichael, Fifth lancers; Maj Ather-
on Fifth dragons; Maj. Cough, Royal dra-
ICONS; Capt barley and Lieut.. Law, Fourth
lragoons; Lieut. Wolfe, Scots Greys, and
4ieutenants Pigott and De Lisle, navy brigade
ord st Vincent and Lord Airlle wounded