Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-12-21
FOREIGN TOPICS.
THE REBELS ROUTED By THE
BRITISH AT SUAKIM.
More Outrages in Zanzibar-Suffer
ing Among Poor Canadians
The French Senate.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-unIos.I
MADE THEM DANCE.
The Dervishes and Other Rebels Driven
From Before suakim

Deloro SuakIm.
LONDON, December 2Oth.-Tbe attack on the
Arab lines before Suakim began early this morn
ing and lasted half an hour. The Arabs fought
desperately, but were worSted by GrenfeIls
forces, which numbered 1900. 1t was practi-
callv a hand-to-hand conflict with hayonets and
small arms. Grenfelfs cavalry pursued the
Arabs after the battle The British lost twelve
killed and wounded and their Egyptian auxil-
larles forty, including two officers. The Arab
loss was 400 killed and wounded.
Accounts of the battle say the combined forces
of British and Egyptians, after brilliant en-
gagement lasting half an hour drove the enemy
lost 1000 men killed.
LATER-A dispatch from Suakim saws the Brit
ish lost four men and two wounded During the
gallant cavalry charge the Egyptian and black
regiments charged the trenches brilliantly los
ing two men killed and thirty wounded. Only
two officers were wounded The attacking force
were two Egyptian battalions. The rebel loss is
now stated TO have been 400.
LATER PARTICULARS
LONDON, December 10Th A dispatch from
Suakim says the feature of the fighting was a
determined rush upon the trenches by the
blacks and Egyptians. The Dervishes fought
with the utmost bravery, great many OF them
dying in the trenches
The charge OF toe HusSars is also specially
mentioned. When the Dervish cavalry saw
them coming they dismounted and planted their
spears III the ground but these proved 10 be no
obstruction to the HusSars, who swept down
upon the Dervish hoIsemen like an avalanche
cut through the ranks, and left halt OF them
dead on The ground. The HussarS then re-
formed and charged the remaining Dervishes,
who fed.
A large portion of the rebel force was not en-
gagged in to days fighting, being absent camping
at Handoub and the wells beyond
1t is believed the rebels will be reinforced and
will make an attempt to retake the lost position.
The Hussars who followed the fleeing Arabs
have returned, They chased the enemy to
within four miles of Handoub The enemy is
still flying.
DIGNAs NEPHEW cAPrURED-sHoDDY ARMS
SUAKIM, December 2Oth - Osman Digna's
nephew and twelve Dervishes have been cap
tured. ALI are wounded.
Serious complaints are made concerning the
quality OF sabres and revolvers furnished to the
troops. Several cavalrymen returned with
broken sabres and in many instances their re-
volvers became clogged and were rendered use
less.
Three zerebas and a stockade were built over
the filed trenches and manned by four Sou
danese battalions and British soldiers. The
space between them and the water posts was
occupied by battalion of horse artillery.
The Emir of Trinkitat is a prisoner He is
wounded.
THE FANIsHED REBELS.
The trenches were bare. They found no
rifles and cartridges. The prisoners knew
nothing of the reported capture of Emin or
the fall of the Equatorial Provinces.
The natives assert that Handoub would fall at
WIG AiASs HPPAooNh VI Oul tIDOpS. 1ue UONeTD-
ment ought not to lose this chance. The task is
an easy one, as there is not the slightest sign of
any gathering of local tribes.
WHAT THE PRISONERS SAY
LONDON, December 20th.-A dispatch to the
Times from Suakim says: The prisoners say
they believe that all the mounted gunners were
killed. All tell the same story of privation and
cruelty at the hands OF the Mahdi and Osman
Digna. None of them wished to fight, but were
forced to do so, or were persuaded TO fight bv
promises of loot at Suakim and other rewards