Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-22
THE WARM EGYPT
Return of the Gunboats Which
Went to Dongola.
NO FIGHTING MEN IN THE TOWN.
British Capture the Dervish Treasury,
Records. Etc.-Wad Bishara Somewhere
in the Vicinity and Expected to Make n
Stand When the British, Who Arc Now
on the Way, Arrive-Thc Dervish Chief
Called on to Surrender.

stand When the British, Who Arc Now
ON the Way, Arrive-Thc Dervish Chief
Called ON to Surrender.
Cairo, Sept. 22.-The sirdar, Sir Her.
bert Kitchener. telegraphed yesterday
that the Sunboats of the British ex-
pedition to Dongola returned from that
place to kerma Sunday afternoon. They
report that they saw a few dervishes
at Dolgola, who fed when fire was
opened upon them. y party was landed
from the sunboats and ascertained that
only women and old men had been
lett in camp. No further trace of the
enemy was to be seen. On the re-
turn journey the Gunboats captured
severa! boats. one of which contained
the dervish treasury, records, money.
etc.
Message Sent to Wad Bishara.
Sir Herbert Kitchener has sent to
Wad Bisnara. the defeated emir of
Dungola, q message calling upon him
| to surrender and offering pardon for
himself and followers. All the troops Of
| the Anglo-Egyptian expedition have
| now crossed to the west bank of the
Nile, except the cavalry and camel
corps. Naval Commander Colville. Of
the river gunboat Tamai, who was
wounded in the engagement of SatuI-
day, is doing well. OF the thirteen otn-
| ers who We're wounded on board The
Tamai. enc u British armorer. has
| died. but the rest are likely to recover.
The Capture of Dongola.
IL HAIR. On-the-Nile, Sept. o.
! Copyright, 1906. by the Associated
Press. .l-EcgardinE the capture of Dom
gola Commander Beatty, who assumed
| command of the three gunboats, reports
as follows: We arrived at Dongola
| early in the morning and made fast to
the east hank. BY this time ColviIle
was able to resume command, and the
| operations against DonSsla began
with bombarding it at 500 yards range.
| We Immediately perceived that Don
| gola was not defended, and a force was
| landed whiehc2utured a quantity of
treasure. all the dervish books ard also
| seven grain-laden boats.
| Il was now able to see the effect of
| the deryish fire on the gunboats The
| Metemmeh was struck by one shell
| which injured her gunfittings and her
boiler. breaking the safety valve. The
| dcrvish rifle fire was essentially good.
| The wooden parts of the upper decks
| were simply riddled and the sides of
| all the gunboats showed hundreds of
| hits"
How Wad Bshara Was Wounded.
Beatty received a bullet through his
| helmet and Armorer Richardson was
| wounded in the body. He has since
| died. on board the Tamai five men
| We're wounded, on the Aboukler six
| mc:l We're wounded. and one man was
! wounded on the Metemmeh. At the
| time Wad Bshara was wounded he
| had just received a letter from the
| khalfa and ordered out of his tent
| everybody except the messenger VINO
! had brought it and two blacks. Shortly
afterwards a shell from onc of the gun
| boats burst in the ter. killing the
| messenger and the two blacks and
| wounding the dcrvi=h leader in the
chest and head. The main body OF
AnGlo-ESyptian troops. under Sir Her
bert Kitchener, started for Dongola
last night.
| Relic of the Hicks l'asha Expedition.
| 1t is reported that Wad Bishara, the
| commander of the dervish forces. has
reached the vicinity OF Dongola on his
retreat from this place. and is prepar-
ing To oppose the Egyptian advance
| WaG Bishara's wounds are severe but
not mortal. The dcrvish troops are de-
| sorting in large numbers to the Egyp.
tians. Queen Victoria has telegra phed
| her congratulations to Sir Herbert
Kitchener. Major Jackson's battalion
has found in the desert an enormous
quantity of ammunition. including q
number of boxes of Nordenfeld ammu.
milton which are known to have be-
lonScd to Hicks Pasha's Inflated force
which was arnihilated in the interior
OF the Soudan IN the former war with
the Mdhdi.