Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-22
WHOLE NO. 1882.

| eral WolSeley, and dated korti, January
| Dist, 8 T. NJ, which reads substantially as
| follows: General Stewart has had a heavy
engagement with a portion of Mahdis
| forces near Abu klea wells. about - miles
this side of Metemneh The rsbelS had
collected from Bcrber, Metemneh and Om-
duraman. This last place | regret u say
| our prisoners report was recently captured
by Mahdi, and thus men Were released
from there 10 fight General Stewart On
the afternoon of January 10Th General
Stewards cavalry reported the enemy were
IL position some few miles this side of the
wells. 1t was too late in the day 10 allow
an advance and successful en-
counter General Stewart hivouacked
where he was for the night The
enemy kept up Il harmless fire all night,
and erected works on General Siewart'S
right flank. On Saturday General stewart
endeayored 10 draw the enemy ON To- make
an attack, but the rebels hesitated In con
sequence, General Stewart left all his inn
pedimeptS, also the cameS. with auard of
the Sussex regiment and some mounted
infantry and moved forward! kevpng his
forces in the form ot q square. M the
men We're on foot The British army
passed around the Cncmy's flank forcing
them Ia make an attack 81 be subject To
an cnii!ade lire. The enemy wheeled to
the LETT and made a wcli-argauiZCI charge.
Undcr withering ire from our men
The sI.Jare was unfortunately penetrated
about It's iet, rear, where a heavy
cavalry and camel regiment were i'll
possession. by the sheer weight of
numbers ana admirable stcadincSs our
men were enabled 10 maintain haud-to-
hand fight with the opposing force. while
severe punishment WAS iu@intlicted upon
the enemy 10y all other parts of the square.
The enemy were finally driven back under
heavy fire from all sides. The Nine
teenth HusSarS then pushed forward To the
Wells, which were in our possession hv )
O clock in the evening The enemy left
not less than 500 slain around the works.
Prisoners taken while the enemy was re
tirlnE report The number of the enemy
wounded quite exceptional One immc-
dlate eiievt of the battle Is that many rebels
are submitting. Il was necessary fur the
army to remain n the wells some hours 10
obtain water. rs soon rs practicable, the
intention was 10 push on with all eXpcdi-
tion 20 Metcmneh. The English wounded
are doing we'll.
General Woseley says General Stewart
concludes his repCr; as follows: Ii has
been my duty To command q force from
which exceptional work, exceptional hard
ships, and exceptional fighting have been
called for. 1t would be impossible Ia adc-
quatclv describe the admirable Surport
given me by every officer and man of the
forces. | rcgrCt 10 say that our less was
severe, but orr success has been SO complete
that it may diShoarten the enemy TO such
an extent that all their future fighting may
be of a less obstinate character"
General WolSeiey SAYS: Genera! Stew
arts operations have been most cTeditable
TO him rs a commando, and the nation has
every reason to be proud of the gallarry
and splendid spirit of her Majesty soldiers
on this occasion. Our losses were nine
commissioned officers killed and nine
wounded, and to non-Commissioned officers
and men killed and 50 wounded. General
Stewards force consisted of about 500 men,
all told
OFFICERS KILLED.
LoNpoN. January 21st-BesideS Colonel
Barnaby, the following were killed Major
Carmichael. Fifth Lancers; Major Ather-
ton, Fifth Dragons Major Cough. Royal
Dragons; Captain barley and Lieutenant
Law Fourth Dragons; Lieutenant Wolfe,
Scots Grcys, and Lieutcnants Pigott and
DeLisle Naval Brigade. Lord St Vincent
and Lord Airlic We're wounded.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
LoNpoN, January 2lst-Thc battle be-
tween General Stewards troops and the
Arabs was fought AZ a point on the Pas
sanyCh desert twenty miles northwest
from Motemuch, and near the caravan
station of Stcbacas. General Stewards
force consisted of about loo effective
men. On the approach Of the Arabs who
were estimated to number 5000 or 10000,
General Stewart formed his troops in a
hollow square, with field pieces AT the
corners, the invalids and prisoners in
= ltg tV al,L l,ns~
attack in a tumultuous rush. directed
principally upon the side of the
square held by TIE hussars. This side of
the square was broken at one time during
the fight The officers attribute this disas-
ter TO the Unruly conduct of the camelS,
which got powder-burncd and became un-
comfortable. The line was speedily re-
formed, and the discipline of the men was
splendid throughout the action. A steady
and deadly fire was kept up by the huSsars
and mounted infantry, while the artillery
maintained an cniilading fire, which piled
the dead Arabs up in heap. The space in
front of the British right flank was veri-
table slaughter pen, and when the
Arabs were finally repuSed they left
500 Of their number dead upon the field.
The number of their wounded able to
march or be carried from the field is esti-
mated at 1000. Most of the casualties on
the British side occurred during the break
III the line of the hussars The British
took their own and the Arabs wounded TO
the wells and Stebacas Most ofthe wounded
are reported doing well. General Stewart.
with the remainder of his troops. are pro
crossing toward Metenncth. During the
night preceding the action the Arabs
threw up small earthworkS intended to
intercept General Stewart : march. but thew
were captured and destroyed by detacll-
ment of English troops
THE MEMS IN LcNroy.
LoNpox, January 21st.-The news of the
battle in Egypt surprised the Government
ass severe lighting was not expected, Seri-
Ous doubts are expressed as to whether
General Wolseley's. force is sufficiently
strong to reach KhartOum. Colonel Bar
naby's death was greatly deplored in Lon
don. He was a favOrite III all the clubs
and in political and military circles, where
the news has been the chief topic Of conyer-
sation. The death of Barnaby was more
talked about than the battle itself The.
news was not generally known until the
late editions OF the evening papers had
been published. Great excitement prevails.
Ei Mahdi's Movements.
MERAUI Egypt, January DIST. The
Black Watch regiment has arrived, and an
advance is daily expected. The Arab
Msret publishes FL Mahdi's let
ter to his Lieutenant at Shendy, ordering
him to take all his troops to Berber, where,
with 5000 warriors, he shall attack the
English forces at Mount Hamund, North
Of Berber. The paper publishes another
letter from lll Mahdi 70 Osuan Digna, urg-
ny him to capture Suakim, and thereby
enable El Mahdi 10 procure aid from
Arabia by way of that port.
The italian Avalanche.
ROME January 21st-The snowtalls at
Piedmont, SAVOY and other departments in
he vicinity of the Alps, are very serious
1he avalanche which buried FIassino
Piedmont, yesterday, caused great less of
ife. Thirty bodies hove already been re-
,overed, and forty persons are still kissing.
SECOND DISPATCH.
ROME, January 2lst.-Terrible accounts
continue to be received from the region of
he Piedmonte1 Alps of casualties and de-
truction caused by snow-storIns and ava
anches. Twenty houses were destroyed and
% persons killed al Borgorivo. Fifty houses
we're demolished at Frassinierie, and the
lumber of fatal casualties there were
,leven. In the little village of Frassing,
which has total population Of not less
han 1.S00, seventy persons were killed.
soldiers have been sent to all the places