The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-03-26
Gen. Wolseley Evscuates Eorti-AAOut
the Fail OF Rhart0um.
PARLIAMENT oNTHE SITUATION
Everything stn wsrlihe Between Eng,
land and RussIA-P Parlying for Peace
at Pekin-Tho wInnepeg Re-
VOlt-MeXIcan Reports
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS NOTES
The Soudian.

SAPfERs CLEARING THE brush.
SCAKTr, March 2i,-Sappers are now
engaged in making a road through thc
brush toward rsmai. a convoy with
PROVISIONS aud water has gone TO Reba
the scuno of Sundays battle. Oslnnr
Digns's famous chief, Taggeah, was
killed In Sundays hght.
All the Arabs IN tho Gght OF yester.
Jay wore III Mfhdi's uniform. One oi
tho banners captured from the rebels
was gift irOm !9l Mahdi. rGothirds
has sent his Indian troops back 20 Sua-
kim.
MORE MILITARY MOVEMENTS.
The Egyptian troops ARE To be shipped
back to Cairo tomorrow. Prisoners re-
port that Osman Digna's mon at Tamai
are sending all the women and children
back into tho hills and preparing 10
make "A desperate resistance To the
British advance. Tho Shropshire regi-
mont, accompanied by couvnya, started
to-day to Join Gen. Mcneil vt the
Hasheen zereba,
THE LATEST RETURNS
regarding the casualties in Sundays
engagement show that, including The
Indian troops and exclusive of tho camp
followers, 6 officers aud 81
men were killed, and onicora and
1876 men wounded. Ono officer
and 20 men are reported missing.
SKIRMIsHGNu.
The Guards and the marines, while
to-day TO meet convoy from
Suakim had several musketry skirm-
ishes with the rebels, during which l6
British were wounded and one killed.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF doRDoN's DEATH.
KoRTI, March I.--A native reports
that in sortie before the fall of Khar-
toum, Gen. Gordon lost 200 men; that
Gen. Gordon was really killed by q shot
from gun, and that his body was
pierced with spears after d. ath.
Gen. Wolseley to-day started for Don
COLA.
1T GAN BE EASILY IMAGINED.
LONDON, March 2i.-The censorship
over the press reports prevents, in Eng
land, a knowledge of the exact situation
about Suskim.
GEN. GRAHAH's REPORT.
Gen. Graham telegraphs from the ad-
vanced zereba that tho British position
there is strong and secure against any
number of tho enemy. He regrets tho
but exhoneTates Gen McNeill from
blame, believing he did tho best that
could be done. Gen. Graham praises
the gallantry of all tho troops. He
says the cavalry would have
given the alarm had not
the rugged native ground prevented
their seeing more than short distance.
Though the rebels met with tempor-
ary success, they received severe les
son. The corpses of over 1000 Arabs
we're counted on the field of battle, In
Guiding the bodies Of many noted chiefs.
DISSATISFIED WITH GEN. GRAHAM.
The war Office is dissatisfied with
Gen. Graham's management of the adj
vance and he will probably be recalled.
The st. James GazsGte denounces the
incapacity shown at headquarters,
and says: "rhis murderous mill
tary scutile never would have happened
if Gems. McNiell and Graham had taken
the precautions which should haye oc-
Cured to a cadet"
The general press comments are in
the same tone.
A DESPERATE DEPARTURE.
Government officials at Chatham have
been ordered to prepare for immediate
service large draft transport
corps which il ia supposed is to be sent
80 Suakim. Chatham officials have also
been sundenly ordered to put the iron
clads in commission.