The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-16
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asrguinsry Eneagement With thc Der
wishes ON the Hank. Of the >ile. IL
which Wsd. Ei->.Jamt. fsrtsd cus
"a conaaer the world. fsii. With = Hos
OF His Followers. n~fore the steady Al
vance ~ the Allied Egyptian and In
gii~h Forces
LexDoS. Aug. i-The battle which has
been impending in Egypt iaiiy since the
Invasion OF the dcryishes took place yes
tcrday. The invaders resumed thci.
march. moving norihward slowly and
with caution. General Grentell. with tive
thousand infantry aud i've hundred cav
airy, moved up from Assouam aud rr.t
the enemy at Tosdi. where they barred
further advance. Fighting began y~ester-
day morning. General Grenleil attacking
the Arabs in force. The latter repeated
iy hurled themselves against the lines
aud sought % break their way through.
but all their charges were repulset, and
they were nna.ly routed. annble % resist
the steady advance u the British and
Egyptian lines.
They fought with desperate courage.
aud led only when they found tAetr
furious assaults failed - check the Brit
ish advance. The Dervish Chief and
principal MIR were killed, AM fifteen
hundred OF the men were KILLED and
WOUNDED.
General Grenfell reports the loss OF
-lhe Anglo-E syptiaa forces ~ abol' nifty
killed AMI wnnnded. The nnmhAr -
Arabs engaged i not known. bat Il = be-
lieved they can not recover from their
present defeat. and that the back AZ the
invasion j. broken. The news reached
London AT q late hour last ni-At. Il did
not spreal beyond the newspaper Offices.
and was E1t generally known until flsis
morning The press was taken ~ sur
prise. II was not expected that a decisive
battle or "a large q scale would occur 80
early.
Fears are expressed that it has been
Tough. prematurely. that pnly 4 portion
OF the invading force has been struck. A.
in all previous engagements. anl THAI
General Grenfeil should have waited m
I'll all his achievements had coma up
and the enemy had massei Ia full force
IL Is probable, however, that he had no
choice: that the enemy precipitatei the
conflict. especially by their advance
down the river in the teeth 0t the p
preaching forces. and that he determined
10 attack as he did to anticipate their
terrible onslaught General Grensrll in
taking this course would avail himsel. %
his knowledge OF Arab warfare. ani the
result a. reported fully ju-tifes his tao
tics. He has still a great task before
him 10 rid the country Ot 4 host q hui
mar lvcusts. pushed 70 invade the lard
as much By hun ger a. by fanaticism and
thirst for revenge
LoSDoS. Aug. England j. drawing a
long breath OF relief after the news ~
the complete rout ~ her IN ia
egypt. on the banks OF tue Nile. early
Saturday morning. Further details ~
the battle received here yesterday de-
scribe ii as 4 scene % revolving -laa-h-
ter. such as could scarcely occur where
both combafants are civilized soldiers
Nor does the responsibility for the butch
cry rest upon the English troops AMI
their Egyptian allies. Long after tne
fate Of the d1y had been De-
cided: after all nope o. recover
ing their lost ground mast have been
abandoned by the tanatical dervisaes.
they continued % hurl themselves upon
their foes, only % be mercilessly moved
down as ripe grain before the reaper
They refused all quarter and gave none
but with = grim determination that knew
but two issues to a fght-vlct0ry -
death-fhey fought as brarely and a.
stEbSsrnly. when the deadly fire - their
enemies had cut great swatns ia their
ranks. aud when every m0rement was
hsmperei By the pilel-up bodies X their
WIN dead. as when first. with unbrcken
front. aud confident Of victory. they
faced their foes.
n was while leading the scattered
remnants OF his brave warriors in this
forlorn hope that the derylsh leaier
wad-el- MUM. fell. pierced by > bullet
in his brain. His followers, nothing
Haunted BY his fate. dashed themselves
over and over again upon the pitiless
and unbroken line Of rifs barrels in
front OF them. and kept up the fight long
after every vestigs Of organization
among them had been destroyed and
when nothing was left Tor the scattered
fanatics but 70 sell their lives As dearly
As possible. SO il came that fully one
half OF the invaders force was LEFT dad
1pon the field.
The small number Of fighting men
which wad-el- N'Jumi brought into the
engagement IS a complete surprise. All
estimates heretofore credited him with
m available force ~ no less than six
thousand men. while il turns ont that he
could not at any time have had more than
half that number. The whole dervish
terce is now completely wiped out and
all immediate danger os an invasion
fror that uuarfar l. AZ m end.