Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-29
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Kxp eF THE sespAs CAMPAIGN
Al Ias. orders hare been given for tne
~3thar.zal Of wcissisg's army from
wady Halfa ard the rstarn o. General
forcs 70 suAkim. This means
tia sbansonmeut Of the so1dan % the
srisish forces, and The sBd Of . can
r.ion which. in sons rsspscssL Il one Of
shs mos, rsmarkabie IN the annals Of
rsosus military operations Probably
IN no other oimpaiGn Of equal IsnRSn
.vsr undertaken by the Briibsh govern
.asus have 20 rnsny otsicers Of world
vide rs,suGasiez bssu killed - IN 'his
advance into toe heart OF Africa and
this fact h ths more nsnafkAbts vnsn
tbs somsafsti~s smaIInsss Of ne forces
engaged is taken int confederation
This list Of the slain b IN sppaiiina
one. An,ong the msay vel knosn ON
sers Who faIl will be rsHismbsrod HICKS
C.rmishi.sl, "a. yincsnts the iso stow
arss, B,srnaby. Gordon ard Fare.
Hsyss wss campeiRn 9 mors conp'ese
faslure. MOT one Of the offsets TOT
vhish q vas undertaken has besn 20
eomp,ishsd, and The unpreeetisntsd s1-
o1pdituss Of precious blood whiah rem
ders a memorable vas utterly In VAIN
History will tell Of ID - u mad enterprise
wresshsdIy naanAesd, and ending N :
nav that woold mark u ~ afaEoe, u -
wsrs sos all 700 much Of tragedy.
Tbs soudan var may properly Be a.
yidsa into -four dissint periods, which
should be known respectively as TIE Pc
riod Of snniidsnes, the period Of mac
ssvisy, the psriod Of rescue and TIE pc
risd d revenge, ths last tvo naraes. OF
soasse, being taken from the impulse
which animated the British Govern
msnt in its operations rather than IRON
ANY rsssIl.s accomplished, fer indeed,
h<,sa the attempts 20 rescue Gordon ana
ssas % sysnes bis death vsre dismal
failures
TAs tirsi period. that Of sonhdense'
sxs.ussd from November, 1898, 70
Mareb, 1884. Prior 70 Eoumber I'd,
,sss the sitaasion Of Affairs in Eayps
was All thai the British Governneni
ee,uld dsslre. Psaee and order rsigned
ii shs Nile valley, and the olaiy sabies'
OF discasaion In the oaksnes was
whether the British troops should Dc
Withdrawn from Egypt immediately o.
sfssr q delay Of . few months. On
NeysmbsF ed. however. news was TO
csiysd nj Cairo Of the entire destruction
Of Hichs Paal.a and his army BY the
fcsces Of tho Mahdi. vhinii had 90
CURED Ia the previous month while ths
army vas attempting 10 march from
paems, on the Nile, 70 n otsiyad, the
capital Of Kofdofsn- The news fell
like ti,nndsrbolt. No one, either u
Cairo or London. bad bad the most re-
mote idea that the array Of Hicks Pssha
was In danger. In the faoe OF 10 sad
dsn and 90 great . catastrophe Lord
Granville, the British Secretary for
Foreign Affairs, sssms 70 have CON-
plsseiy lsss his head. On tho advice OF
Sir Evelyn fiaring. British Resident Ia
Cairo. ard without cne days oonsidera-
ton, Granville gave IN order for the
eompists abandonment Of the sendan'
and the lnassine Of the Egyptian troops
a. New Donaola or some point further
down tha Nile. To this absurd order
al the failures Of the BEitish are 10 be
attributed, and upon the heads OF
Granville and Barring should rest the
guilt fos the blood shed In The fruitless
operations Which followed. That the
essisr Wis not only unnecessary but
absurd Id clear, when II Is remembered
that at chat time ell the strategic points
10 she Soudan we're occupied By
Egyptian soldiers. The aai'risons TO-
asshss numbered thirty-four Thousand
men. stationed as Doneollt, Beshsr,
Kkartsain. Hnakim, Ksssala, Sinkat and
other places. Granville by ordering ths
abandonment surrendered Ahe whole
rsaion vishsat making IN sfors 10 de.
fszid II.
Ths reimlt was what might have been
forosesu. Tho natives Of the Soudan,
dsserssd By the British Government,
were fsscsd 70 sssk rafuRs undsr shs
hsnnsr az the Prophet. The UPRISING
heeofns gensrisi. Ths eArrhlons. with
few sxosptions. we're cut Oft and b.
sisRsd HI ths towns whieh they bald.
Tls ahandonulsnt vaA not 30 easy Il
aaeomplinhmeni ~ had been sxpsctsd.
ID he dilemma which ensussi The Brit.
isll 0oysrnmsns Showed IL condolences
h The aoed iatsntions Of the Arabs BY
an ass which. Ia The liRhs Of Subsequent
events. slnnos but Be reeasted ~ the
mosi colossal Iisce Of slapidiiy Of ths
Aas. In january. 1854. General Gordon
ana Colonel Stewart. usissly alona. were
sent 70 fIhastoam with snstractions 70
meilsfy The Arabs. and &C ths isAms time
70 sfses the safs Withdrawal fsom the
scaa&n Of ths hslsaenred esrxisona.
0osdoa sFas given full power 70 800 a.
ha thsualAs heat and rseelved shs most
solemn assurances Of che sapgnst Of the
british Ctovernmeni in whatever eourss
~ mss'hi decide ui,oa- assurances
whieh. u b needless 10 say. wsse treaeh-
sroasiy dlsregaidsd.
On February tab. rswiiak Beg and
he entiri earrtssn az sslnkss we're de-
siraysd. he htiiish having failed 10
make any efforts for their rescue. al
tAeaeh sAnkAt b within twenty-five
miles ~ l,aAkisa. a whlrA pines tiset
II Britain iReselads waa shsn lying.
Hhsrsly Aiiss this, abeas haFsA iai. he
period ef canaaIsncs smiz. and he pr
Rod Of inacsivssy hesanA Early IN
kzaruA, HAkeF fasAa. on his ess ~
spensiellily. made , fatlle sfswt 10 ~
sss TIE earxissn ct Iokar. Aat shs
isrilish 6H,ssrnsssnf did nsthtae a. all.
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