The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-04-09


There has been some confusion to the
general public in the reports concern
ing Gen. Graham's operations from
Suakim, owing TO imperfect informa-
tlon as to tho geography of tho country.
The correspondents have takon H. for
granted that there exists a sufficiently
clear knowledge Of location and dis
tances 10 make their mcage dispatch
intelligible, and they have given &C
counts of operations from Suskim in a
way that seems, from various criti-
clsmS OF Gen. Graham, TO have Gre
ated an entirely erroneous impression of
ms plans and movements. The tone Of
| dispatches as 10 the attempt to establish
a railway route from SuRkim toward
| Berbor has given rise to tho opinion
that uasheen Is on the road TO Tamai,
and 1t has been found impossible TO
reconcile the apparent differences OF
time and distance between operations
that seem at once to confirm and COM
bat the accepted idea, and so give fan
tastic character To tho tactics of Gra-
ham. The fact is, ii tho recent war
maps OF the London News defining the
respective localities are correct, uasheeu
ia distant from Vemai 20 miles due
north. 1t is village, situated in plain
surrounded by low hills, and is about
Ii miles away from Suakim in
northerly direction. Tamai, on tho
contrary, is about IS miles distant from
Suakim, in a southerly direction.
The operations from Suakim are not
confined 10 single line, nor ara thoy
conducted 10y single body of soldiers.
On the contrary, Gen. Graham is en-
deavoring to push the rebels before him
by three independent lines of action,
That by way OF hsNhoeu, that 10y way OF
Temai, and by an Intermediate route,
which nearly divides the distance te.
tween the points named, and goes by
way of Aben, with Siukat as its object
i've point, az Sinkat is the objective Of
Tamai, and thence on to Berber, the
road by way of Hasheen
making southerly detour from
point near TamboK well. The opin-
ion now seems TO be that the railway
will be laid by way of Hasheen, instead
OF via Tamai, az was originally contem-
pleted, not possibly because it offers a
moro direct route, hut because faci titles
are grea,er, the rebels having appar.
emily concentrated their forces more
largely In the neighborhood of Tamsi.
| While, therefore, the projecting detach-
ment has been operating in tho direc-
tion OF Hssheen, other forces have been
deployed To clear the way along the Ia
mai line, since it IL necessary to keep
both roads ~ b -rber open in order to
succe 'sfully operate either rs q railway
communication.
Alter the attack upon the British at
Hasheen, March 90 the enemy retired
south toward Tamai where they were
irregularly massed TO tho number OF
1900, as was esti recently. Hav-
lug occupied the Hasheen neighbor-
hood SAT- slactorly, the English turned
their attention 20 ramsi, amt, as the dis
patches this morning show, yesterday
were able b. dislDdge the rebels FROM that
position. A ter the capture of that place
the fighting was urged forward To
| Tamanib, pnilt living west OF rdmai
absut IL miles. II is tnns made clear
what was meant by the dispatch that
the troops had returned from Hashepn
aud proceeded to re-eniorce the attack
ing party against Tamai. The fact of
the apparently easy progress of the
English against the Arabs, who were
1000 strong, liz accounted for by tho or.
der OF 0smau Digua to the shoiks "a
avoid fighting IN the open, and II
Is presumed the retreat from Hasheen
was merely feint to draw the English
into the rocky and billy country where
IL would be impossible for them TO main
tain regular order OF battle. Graham
however, was too shrewd to DO led intc
any suot disadvantage. Though the
fighting has been pushed industriously
Gen. Graham has not given over his AZ
tempt TO arrange peace with the triba
leaders, and the hope Is entertained tina
he may presently succeed.-lGlobe
Democrat.