The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08
SLAIN IN BATTLE.

0snsral Grssnfsl Practically End. Is.
War with the Dsrvishss In 8 Fixht i,
which Wad-el-NJumi and 1,5oo 81 HI.
Followers Are Killed. n SIS ass
LONDON, Aug. "a battle was fought IN
Egypt Saturday which practically ends the
war unless . new leader shall arise ma
Njumi, twelve of his emirs and /, 500 der.
wishes were killed, while the E1yptian
loss is insignifioant For several weeks
the two armies have been gradually an
proaching each other, and the daily dis
patches indicate that q decisive an.
gagement could not long be DELAYED
Several skirmishes took place Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday, in which small
parties of dervishes were compelled to re-
treat with considerable losses, while the
Egyptians In each case came of
with none killed and few wounded
General Grenfell held = council
with his officers Friday night, and
1t was decided to force the lighting. Early
Saturday morning the Egyptian troops
were massed for action noar Toski, under
cover of the darkness, and the advance
upon the. derviehes beyan Tho rebels
meantime learned of Grenfelrs movements
but received the warning too late to make
an effective resistance The Egyptian coll
umn advanced on the double quick. re-
serving their fire until they were within
short range, when they opened with
deadly volley all along the line. The der
wishes fought very stubbornly and refused
quarter. They attempted to turn the az
treme right of the Egyptians when the
cavalry swept through the enemy's lines.
sabering them right and left
Hundreds Of the rebels fell and the re-
mainder soon broke and ran. Wad-el-
N'jumt, their leader, succeeded In rallying
them In grove, where they awaited tho
oncoming of the attacking army. Grenfelps
troops again advanced on the double quick,
and when within ~ yards of the grove
fred second volley, which dis
lodged the rebels and sent them
flying southwark. The Egyptians pur-
sued the rebels three miles, load
ing and firing at short intervals with ter
rible effect Wad-elN'jumi and seven of
his emirs were found dead In the grove.
Five more emirs were killed during the
pursuit. No prisoners are reported to have
been taken rs yet The dervishes dead are
roughly estimated at 800. The gunboats
have been ordered to pick up the wounded
and fugitives.
According to General Grenfells official
report few days ago the dervishes num-
bered 6, OW fighting mon, while the English
army of occupation numbered 1900, and
the Egyptians and Soudanese under his
command numbered 600 fighting men.
Recently Colonel Wodehouse had the
west bank of the Nile cleared of its inhab-
ttants and food as far as Assouan, a dis
lance kot about 100 miles. The cavalry
having occupied the enemy's deserted
camp found number of men, women and
children dying of exhaustion. the result of
this order. General Grenfell, considering
the effects of Warehouses; order good, is
sued a proclamation that natives along the
frontier be forbidden to traffic with the
dervishes under pain of death The tnten-
ton was to reduce the whole of Wad-El-
N'julni's force by exhaustion.
CAIRO, Aug. 5.-General Grenfell, in his
official report of Saturdays battle, says
that the dervishes made repeated and
desperate charges upon his men. They
were met by the infantry in line Of
battle, supported by the Twenty
fourth Hussars and the Egyptian
cavalry: The Egyptian horse artil-
lery did excellent service. The der
wishes numbered $3.50 fighting men, The
British troops will now return to Cairo.
Ths Egyptian killed and wounded number
about lOO. The khedive has sent con-
CALCULATIONS to General Grenfell 1t has
been decided that permanent occupation
OF Sarras is necessary for the protection
OF the frontier: movement upon Dongola
Is deemed useless unless the Government
assents to the views of the English Gen
erals that Berber should be held as the
true key to the Soudan.
The latest advices give the Egyptian loss
iii = = =
Thousand derv1shes were made prisoners