The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-05
THE WAR IN EGYPT.
Another Battle With the Ferces OF n
Mahdi-The British Score Another Vic
tory-TwO Newspaper Correspondents
R.dIx WonndRd.

| kiIied-Stewsrt Badly Wounded.
LONDON, January 2S.-Intelligence has
Just been received at the War office that
General Stewards force is entrenched south
of Metemeneh. The dispatch also gives the
gratifying information that Stewart is in
communication with General Gordon
Stewards force had several fights with
the Arab rebels before it reached
| Metemneh. Stewart himself is badly
wounded. Five of the Mahdi's officers
were killed in the fight. General Wolseley
| in dispatch reports the capture OF
Metemneh by the British. He also says
that Sir Charles Wilson cas- gone to Khar-
| toum on board steamer to confer with Cor
don. 1t is expected he will return as soon
| as possible and report personally to WolSe-
ley.
LATER DISPATCHES.
LONDON, January 29.-The full report OF
| Stewards advance from Abu Klea wells Is
row made public. Stewart on December
! 18th established strong post at Abu klea-
| Those who had been seriously wounded
were left with sufficient garrison. On the
afternoon of the 18th Stewart began for
ward movement. After passing Shebacat
wells the British forces moved to the right,
| IN accordance with the instructions OF
! Wolseley, that in case Meterneh was found
| occupied by the enemy, Stewart should
make all efforts to establish himself at some
point on the Nile between Metemneh and
Khartoum. At seven o'clock in the morn
| ing of the 10Th, when the British line was
! only league from the river, the enemy APP
| cared in force some distance in front. y
! halt was hereupOn made for breakfast in 4
| strong camp established here. The enemy
opened fire and Stewart built strong
| earthworkS for protection 10 the
wounded and baggage. The fire was ths
| heaviest that the British had yet been sub
! jected to. While at this point Stewart was
| wounded, January 21.. Two days after the
| battle in the desert, reconnaissance of
! Metemneh was made. This revealed the
fact that Metemneh was in state OF de-
! Tense. The works were in fairly good con-
! ditiOn and furnished with loop holes. Sir
| Charles Wilson reports he could have car
ried Metemneh, but thought it not worth
| riSEing the loss of men which its capture
might involve On the following day a
reconnaissance vas made along the river to
| Shendy with three steamers which returned
on the same day. Sir Charles deplores the
/ losses the English troops suffered in cross
| ing from Korti to Gaubat, but in other
! respects regards the result of the operations
as in the highest degree successful. Lord
| Wolseley telegraphs that two officers were
| killed and nine wounded during the passage
| from Abu klea to the river. Colonel Bur
! leigh was among those Slightly hurt.
REUTERS DISPATCH.
| A Korti dispatch to Reuters agency says:
| General Stewart gained a brilliant victory
on the 18th over the rebels, The enemy
! numbered 1000. A large number were
cavalrymen armed with rifles. British loss,
twenty killed and thirty wounded. Total
loss of enemy, 1900. The firing began in
the morning and lasted all day. Colonel
| Burleigh, special correspondent of the
London Telegraph, aud Lords Airlie and
Somerset are among the wounded.
DETAILS.
The point where the battle of January
10 occurred is in the desert about five miles
south from Metemneh. When Stewart
reached that point he found the enemy hOv-
erng about his little army on all sides and
skirting it often within uncomfortable short
range. The rebels had evidently stationed
themselves in the vicinity to await his az
rival and give him battle When they be-
gan to surround him and press i'll upon him
he determined to abide the event. He or
dered his men TO dismOunt and form a
Zareba. This was made mainly with sad
dies and baggage, and during the cOnStruc-
ton the rebel riflemen drew nearer and
maintained hot fire from behind ambuS-
cadeS and such hiding places as they could
find among the high grass. Their fire
was very well directed and was most dis
astrOuS in its effect upon the British troops.
Twelve men We're soon shot dead ana fifty
Others were stricken down with ugly wounds.
Among the first killed were Mr.. Cameron,
special correspondent of the London Stand
ard, and Mr.. Her6ertS, special correspond
ent of the London Post. General Stewart
was one of the very first to be wounded.
He was shot in the thigh. When he was
slot the work of making the Zareba was
about completed and tie army had been
put in motion to form its battle array. This
was a hollow square. The square was
formed in the following order: In front the
Naval Brigade and Grenadier Guards; on
Guards and Scots Guards; on the
left flank mounted infantry, and Oh
the rear the Sussex Regiment and
heavy camel corps. As soon as completed
the square advanced under a steady ambush
fire distance of two miles. At this point
the enemy began to move upon the square
i'm two large ecilelonS. These were directed
against the British right front, which stood
unmoved. During the rebel charge the
English troops, forming, assaulted the front
and delivered a terrific fire aimed right al
the enemy's middle, moving down men il
such heaps that they formed actual ObSta
Giles and interfered so seriously with the
evenEesS necessary to the success OF the on
slaught that its center line was brought to
standstiil about sixty yards from the British
front line. The force of the general move
ment threw the unimpeded parts of the line
like the ends of broken timber around the
corners of square, and rebels SO displaced
were simply cut TO pieces. From this on the
! warfare was as disastrous to the rebels as il
was irregular on their side. When the
enemy's line was broken the Arabs seemed
to break up into bands. each of which
waged war on its own account 4 large
command, mostly on horseback, went back
to attach the zareba. This was garrisOned
BY body of English soldiers, made up CT
little detachments left behind by each corps
which had gone forward in the square.
Lord Charles BereSford was in command.
He sustained the attack for two hours. when
tile enemy was compelled 10 retreat. During
the general attack upon the square only six
men were killed and twentyssix wounded on
the English side. Captain Norton worked
the guns during this fight, and his firing did
awful execution.
/. The total British loss, including the loss at
Abu Klea, was 104 killed and 206 wounded.
The enemy's loss was 5000 killed and
wounded.
Dynamite-s at Washington.
WASHINGTON, January est is reported
here or excellent authority that plot to
blow up the Capitol building has been dis