Evening journal., 1889-08-05
TWAS VICTORY Or DEATH
The Desperate Dervishes Pre-
ferred Death to Defeat.
THE FANATICS FOUGHT FIERCELY,

And Fully Half Of Their Force Was Left
Dead Upon the Field - The Dervish
Leaders FaiI--Gen. Grenfeirs omciai
Report of the Battle.
LONDON, Aug. 5.--England is drawing a
bng breath Of relief after the news Of the
complete rout OF her enemies in Egypt, on
be Nile. Further details Of the battle de-
lcribe II as a scene Of revolving slaughter,
0ch as could scarcely occur where both com
batants are civilized soldiers. Nor docs the
responsibility for the butchery rest upon the
English troops and their Egyptian allies
Long after the fate Of the day had been de-
cided, after all hope Of recovering their lost
ground must have been abandoned by the
fAnatical dervishes, they continued 20 hurl
themselves upon their foes, only to be merci-
lessly moved down as ripe grains before
the reaper They refused all quarter and
gave none, but with a grim determina-
tion that knew but two issues to a
6ght-victory or death--they fought
as bravely and as stubbornly when the
deadly fire Of their enemies had cut great
swaths in their ranks, and when every move
ment was hampered by the piled up bodies Of
their own dead, as when FIRST with unbroken
front and confident Of victory they faced
their foes
The Dervish Leaders Fall.
1t was while leading the scattered rem
nants Of his brave warriors In this forlorn
hope that the dervish leader, Wad-el-
fSjumi, fell pierced by bullet in his brain.
ais followers, nothing daunted by his fate,
dashed themselves over and over again upon
fhe pitiless and unbroken line Of rifle barrels
In front Of them, and kept up the fight long
after every yestige of organization among
them had been destroyed and when nothing
was left for the scattered fanatics but 70 sell
'Sheir lives as dearly as possible
Half the Force Dead Upon the FicId.
Fully one-half Of the invaders force was
left dead upon the field. The small number
Of lighting men which Wad-el-N' jumi brought
INTO the engagement is a complete surprisa
All estimates heretofore credited him with
an available force Of no less than 5000 men.
while il turns out that he could not at any
time have had more than half that number.
1he whole dervish force Is now completely
wiped out, and all immediate danger Of an
1nvasion from that quarter is at an end
GrenfelI's Ofioiai Report
The official report of Gen. Grenfel states
that the dervishes wore themselves out by
eesperate and repeated charges The brunt
Of the assault was borne by the infantry line
of the Twentieth hussars, but the Egyptian
cavalry and the Egyptian horse artillery
rendered excellent service The report places
ihe number Of fighting men brought into the
engagement by Wad-el-Njumi at 5000 The
British troops viii return 70 Cairo at once,
there being no further need for their services
on the threatened frontier.
Small Losses Of the Allies.
The number Of casualties suffered in the
engagement by the British and Egyptians is
surprisingly small. Their total loss is Il
killed and iSl wounded. A thousand dervish
prisoners were captured. The khedive has
sent his congratulations to Gen. Grenfell
Gen Grenfell has decided that the per.
manent occupation Of Tarras win be neces.
sary 10 protect the frontier from invasion.
such as the one just repulsed. A movement
7pon Dongola he deems useless unless the
government assents to the view expressed by
NJ the English generals that Berber should
se held as the true key to the Soudan.