The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-04
Desultory Skirmishing Results in the Killing
Of Few Men, and Graham Returns
to His Original Position.
fractional Bitterness Defeats All Efforts
to Form French Ministry.
India Greatly Excited Over Sir Peter Lums-
denis Proposed Boundary Line Between
AfghaniStan and Turkestan.
GRAHAM's PROGRESS.
He Drives Osman Digna from Tamai and
Burns the Town.

He Drives Osman Digna from Tamai and
Burns the Town.
LONDON, April 3.-Dispatches received from
Suakim this morning give the following ac-
count of the progress of events at the front:
General Graham occupied with his forces all
the heights above Tamai last evening During
the night the rebels fired into the zeraba, and
some of their shots took effect One soldier was
killed outright and two others wounded. Early
this morning General Graham advanced to
Tamai, and at o'clock took possession of the
springs"
Another dispatch is as follow: "The Guards,
the Bengalese troops, the marines, the Berk-
shire Regiment and the Sikhs, will occupy Tamai
on Monday. The remainder of the forces will
follow when the water supply has been secured.
A dispatch from General Graham is as follows:
1.-THE hills around the zeraba were occupied last
night by chain of pickets supported by strong
reserve forces. The enemy's fire was sienced at
loclock this morning by voley from our ad-
vanced picket of Grenaders, and by shell
from a thirteen FOUNDER The rest of the night
was quiet. The troops are in good condition
Only seven men fell outof the ranks yesterday
during the fifteen hours march l do not expect
to meet with serious resistance
Another dispatch from General Graham, dated
at noon, gives the following: Our forces ad-
vanced at o'clock this morning, and occupied
the village of Khar. We encountered slight
opposition on the part of the enemy, We found
very little water, and what there was of very
bad quality. l am going to return with my
whole force to the first zeraba. Four soldiers
were wounded in occupying the village; of these
two belonged to the Australian contingent"
A dispatch which was filed at Suakim at
o'clock this afternoon says: 'Tamai is in
flames. The British loss in occupying the place
was one killed and six wounded"
A special dispatch received from Suakim
says: General Graham commenced the ad-
vance on Tamanieb this morning. He had not
proceeded far before he found the enemy strongly
intrenched just beyond Tamai. General Graham
Immediately attacked the Arab position, and a
battle is now going on"
A later special from Suakm says: "The
enemy retreated in the direction of Tamanieb.
The British then burned Tama General
Graham lost one man killed and twelve men
wounded during the fighting"
The conflicting dispatches received from
Suakim this morning in regard to the movements
Of General Graham's forces leave general i'm
preston Of uncertainty as to what actually has
been the course of events to-day. The belief
here is that there was fighting to speak of,
and that the casualties were very slight. The
official dispatches state simply that four men
were wounded. Other dispatches, however, say
that one man was killed and from six to twelve
wounded. The British found the water at
Tamai bad in quality and insufficient in guam
tty, and after setting fire to the village returned
to the zeraba from which they set out in the
morning