The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-29

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the baggage, the fire was the heaviest
that the British had yet been sub
lected to. While at this point Gen
stewart was woUnded on January u
two DAYS after the battle in the desert
reconnaissance ON Meteianeh was
made. This revealed the fact that Me-
temneh was in a state OF defense. The
works were in fairly good condition, and
FURNISHED with loop holes. Sir Charles
wilson reports that he could have
carried Metemneh, hut th0ught
II not worth risking the loss in men
Whlch the capture might involve, On
the following morning reconnaissance
was made down the river to Shendy.
with three steamers, which returne on
the same day. Sir Charles deplores the
losses the English troops suffered In
crossing from korti to Gubat but ia oth-
er respects regards the result of the op-
erations In the highest degree sucoess-
Iui. Lord Wolseley telegraphs that two
oiilcers We're killed and nine wounded
during the passage from Abu Klea to
lne river; Col. Burleigh is among those
\ BARBARIAN BATTLE.
News has been received at Suallim 7
battle near Trinkital, between force
or Beniameers, q friendly tribe of Arabs
and the rebels, in which the Beniameers
badly defeated the rebels and captured
all their cattle.
THE BATTLE OF THE NINETEENTH.
The point where the battle of the 10Th
occurred is in the desert, about five
miles south from Metemneh. When
zen. Stewart reached that point he
found the enemy lowering about
his little army on all sides, and
skirtlng 1t, often within uncomfortably
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Stationed themselves in tho vicinity to
await the arrival, and to give battle.
When they
REGAIN TO SURROUND HIM,
he determined to abide the event. He
ordered his men to dismount and form
a zareba. This was made mainly with
saddles and baggage, and during the con-
structi0n the rebel riflemen drew
nearer and maintained hot fire from
behind ambush and such hiding places
as they could find among high grass.
Iheir hre was very well directed, and
was most disastrous in its effect upon
the BRUSH troops. Twelve mon were
soon shot dead and forty others stricken
down with ugly wounds, Among the
hrst killed were Mr.. Cameron, special
correspondent OF the London
STANDARD, and Mr.. Herbert,
special correspondent of the
London Post. Gen. Stewart was one
OF the very first to be wounded, He
was shot in the thigh. When he was
shot, the work of making the zareba
was about completed and the army had
been put in motion to form It's battle
array. This was hollow square. Tho
square was formed in the following
order:
THE HOLLOW SQUARE.
In the front, the naval brigade and
the Grenadier Guards.
On tho right flank, the Coldstream
guards and tho SCOTS guards.
On the left flank, the mounted in
tantry, and in the rear the Sussex regi-
ment and the heavy camel corps.
AS soon as it was completed tho
square advanced under an ambush fire
; Tor distance of two miles. AT this
point the enemy began TO moyo upon
the square in two large echelons.
These were directed against
the British right front, which
stood unmoved. During the rebel
charge the English troops forming were
assailed in front aud delivered q terrific
iire aimed right at the onemy's middle,
moving down the men in such heaps
, that they formed actual obstacles and
, interfered so seriously with the even.
ness necessary to the success of the on
slaugbt that its center line was brought
to standstill about sixty Yards from
the British front line. The force of the
general movement was then unimpeded,
Part OF the line was like the onds of
broken timber around the corners of tho
square, and tho rebels so displaced were
sIMPLYUUT TO PIECES.
From this on the warfare was as dis
astrous to the rebels as 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 The lerge de,ach-
ment, mostly on horseback, went back
10 attack the gareba. This was garri.
soned by q body of English soldiers,
mado up Of little detachment
lelt behind by each corps which had
gone forward IN the square. Lord
charles Boresiord was in command. Ho
sustained the attack fer two hours, when
the enemy was compelled TO retreat.
during the general attack upon the
square only six men were killed and
Jwenty-siN wounded on the English
side. Capt. Norton worked the guns
during this fight, and his
firing did awful execution.
Gen. Stowart's force, on leaving
Gakdul well, consisted of 1000 picked
iighting men. Tho latest dispatches re-
coived at tho war offices show that Lord
Lieut.. Vincent was not, rs first reported,
killed in the battle fought in the desert
ON the 18th instant. He died from n
wound received on tho 18th at Abu Klea.
only two British officers were killed in
tho zareba fight. Tho others killed were
non-commissionod officers and privates.
THIS SOUNDS LIKE SKIRMIsHINa.
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OF tho English from the tarabe, the gar.
rison left behind at that point kept up
a heavy fire from their guns. An effort
was made TO erect redoubt
some nifty yards to the
right of the tarabe, under
tho protection of steady fro from tho
zareba. During the erection of the re-
doubt one man was killed and three
wounded. Lord Cochrane, with forty
men from the Life Guards,and the SCOTS
Greys, held the redoubt and maintained
heavy tire throughout tho battle.
Ihoy did much to ropel the constant rush
OF the enemy. The loss of the rebels
during the day is estimated at 200 killed
and wounded Among the onemy
were
several of whom have submitted to tho
British. They say El Mahdi sent them
from Khartoum. The square
REACHED THE NILE
at sunset on Monday evening, and en-
camped for the night. EARLY Tuesday
morning scouting parties made a recon-
noissance, and destroyed some
empty villages. The inhabitants
had watched tho military
operations from a distance and after
wards retreated to Motemneh. The
British then advanced through a vii.
lage around Metemneh and on Wednes.
day they made reconnaissance
and found Metemneh fairly well
fortified. Shots were exchanged.
bat the rebels kept out OF
sight. The ground around Is sandy,
with doprosslons full of grass and
ers state that the enemy came from
Khartoum, and that the force which at-
tackled the British ct Abu Hloa was tho
advance guard.
ANXIETY ABOUT STEWART.
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