Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-29


toum last Saturday. The force he took
with him was detachment OF the Sus-
sex regiment.
Dtsasis ef the Kettle Of sine nssh.
LONDON. January 28.-The latest
dispatches received at the War Once
show that Lord st. Vincent was not, ~
at first reported, killed in the battle
fought in the desert ON the 10th In
slant. lie died from wound received
ON the 18th instant OF Abu Klea. Only
two British officers were killed in the
Zaraba fight; the other dead were nom
commissioned officers and privates. The
point where the battle Of the 10th oc-
Cured is in the desert about i've miles
south from Metemneh. When Stewart
reached that point he found that the en-
emy were lowering about his little
amy on all sides. and skirting often
within uncomfortably short range.
The rebels had evidently stationed
themselves in the vicinity to
await his arrival and give him
battle. When they began to surround
him and press in upon him he deter
mined to abide events. He ordered his
men to dismount and form zareba.
This was made mainly with saddles and
baggage, and during its construction
the rebel rinemen drew nearer and
maintained hot fire from behind the
bushes and such hiding-places as they
could find among the bushes and high
grass. This fire was very well directed,
ard was most disastrous in its effect
upon the British troops. Twelve men
were soon shot dead and forty others
were stricken down with ugly wounds.
AMONG THE FIRST KILLED
were Cameron. the special correspond
ent of the London Standard, and Her
bert, the special correspondent of the
London Post. General Stewart was
one of the very first to be wounded.
lie was shot in the thigh. When he
was struck the work Of making the
zareba was all but completed, and the
army had been put in motion to form
its battle array. This was hollow
square. The square was formed in the
following order: In front the Naval
brigade and Grenadier Guards; on the
right flank. the Coldstream Guards AMI
the Scots Guards; on the left flank,
mounted infantry; and on the rear the
Essex regiment and a heavy camel corps.
As soon as completed the square adj
yanced under steady ambush
fire distance Of two miles. At this
point the enemy began to move up on
the square in two large echelons. These
were directed against the British right
front. which stood unmoyed during the
rebel charge. The English troops form
ing the assaied front delivered terrific
fire aimed right at the enemy's middle,
moving down men in such heaps that
they formed actual obstacles and inter
fercd so seriously with the eyenness
necessary to the success Of the onslaught
that its centre line was brought to a
standStill about sixty yards from the
British front line. The force OF
the general movement threw the m-
impeded parts of the line like
ends of broken timber around
the corners of the square, and the rebels
so displayed were simply cut to pieces.
From this on the warfare was AZ disas-
trous to the rebels as 1t was irregular on
their side. When the encmy's line was
broken the Arabs seemed to break up
into bands, each Of which waged war
on its own account. A large detach-
ment. mostly on horseback, went back
TO attack the zareba. This was garri-
soned by a body Of English soldiers
made up of little attachments left be-
hind by each corps which had gone for
ward in the square.
LORD CHARLES BERESF0RD
was in command. He sustained the at
tack for two hours, when the enemy
was compelled to retreat. During the
general attack upon the square only {
men were killed and 90 wounded on the
English side. Captain Norton worked
the guns during the fight, and his firing
did awful execution. During the adj
vance of the main body of the English
from the zareba the garrison left
behind at that point kept up &
heavy fire from their guns and rifles
An effort was made to erect n small
rcdoubt some fifty yards to the right o.
the zareba under the protection of The
steady fire from the Zareba. During
the erection of the redoubt one MAI
was killed and three were wounded
Lord Cochranc, with forty men from
the Life Guards and Scots GrayS, hello
the redoubt, and maintained a heavy
fire throughout the battle. They die
much to repel the constant PUSHES o
the enemy.
THE LOSSES OF THE REBELS
during the whole day are estimated a
1900 killed and wounded. Amonl
the enemy were many slaves, several o
whom have submitted to the British
They say the Mahdi sent them from
khartoum.
The square reached the Nile at sunse
Monday evening and encamped for tn
night. Early Tuesday morning scout
ing parties made reconnaissance an
destroyed some empty villages, the re
cent inhabitants of which watched tn
operations from a distance and after
wards retreated to Metemneh. The Br
fish then advanced through the village
around Mctemneh. On Wednesday the
made a reconnaissance and found Ne
temnch fairly well fortified. Shots wer
exchanged, but the rebels kept ont {
sight. The ground around is sand!
with depressions full Of grass an
bushes, afording good cover. Prisol
ers state that the enemy came frol
KhartOum, and that the force which a
tackled the British at Abu Klea was Il
advance guard.
The Notorious Con. Murphy Capture
and Hung.
tBy telegraph to the Dispatch.l
HELENA, Mon, January 2S.-Tl
notorious Montana, horse-thief and de