Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-21

| Copyrighted. 1876. Associated PresS.)
Kerma-On-The-Nile, September %
! Dongola has fallen, and the nominal OBJ
jec.iye point Of the British-Egyptian ex-
ped.ton has been reached.
The river forces of the Britsh-Egypt
ian expedition, pushing up the Nile from
E, Hahr, landed a force at Dongola and
occupied that pace, before the Dervish
forces. retreaing from Ell Hafr, reach
ed that point.
e, Hafir and Dongola are therefore
both in the hands Of the expedition,
while the Dervish forces are somewhere
between,
SEEKING REFUGE
Yesterday afternoon, to resume the
connected narrative of the expedition,
the long range firing continued between
the Deryishes, on the west bank Of the
/ Nile. and the expeditionary force on this
side. The maxim guns, with their
sweeping hail OF fire, did great execution
in the Derv.sh ranks, while the field and
horse batteries never allowed the enc
my to do anything with their batteries.
Darkness put an end 10 the artillery
duel across the Nile water, and stiffness
! fell upon both camps. The night was
one of waiting, though the silence OF the
| desert was once broken by the dlscnarge
| from ;Le maxim guns on this side OF the
/ river.
In the morning every one was
UP AT DAYBREAK,
anxious to know what change had de-
veloped in the situation during the
nigh and what would be the next move,
and eagerly scanning the enemy's camp
across me river. There was no sign OIL
life IN the Dervishes works, but soon a
commOlon was perceived among Uhe
! boats along the bank and a native ii one
of them was discerned in the act OF WaV-
ing something, as though for a slgnai 70
this side of the river. ,...
The steamer Dal. OF the eXpedluon3ry
force. thereupon proceeded to the west
hank of the river. where it was found
thar e; Hsiir had been evacuated by the
e,,' e,,~.,,,,, n,.,er the eoyer Of the night and
mot not q Oer-isn fght.ng man was
NJ, IN crcI1T,
LEI ~ . h,o,.
The detachment on the D94 sTh' l,a,n D@CM N
n the camp On this side OF the river
tventy-sayen boats, which had been
manned bv the native residents OF Ri
! LTf1 and loaded VITA a great quantity
NOf grain. =.
The natives announce ~ - tI,o
had d5p2riea ana tha' " az D'1li''- -,,,,i
young Emr Ct DongOIa' "Ho OC'iilN az ~
/ ed The Dervisdes, was Wouhueu III !eS
terday's fight. y sheH rom an 80 y
tian battery burst IN his tent lhilIc, ;
wounds in ,he breast ana neau' 'n1 1oi
mer being se'SIe GU; - +bo ov,e5itio,
AlSeI Se..15 .,i9 -. rov through mast the
10 'o' ~ ~ 1Iafr Yesterday and had Dro-
Iol - a -, ,.l-,.aJ -, ,or9rd Doogola ,he
CS0U,l .-',,,..,,-,,. rorceived thar FL
l., - -. 90 l-o,. ~ nlsca for them
HdHI was i0 i0li90i '-'0 ''''~0
( ana tAe!
PREPARED To DEPART.
They buried as many of their dead as
/ they had time for. The rest were pre-
pared with d stone around the neck and
thrown inco the Nile.
/ This afternoon the news arrived here
that the steamers and gunboaJs OF lie
| expedition he'd reached Dongo!a ana had
| landed q force, which lmmeoia-ely oc-
cupied the treasury and the grain store,
the principal stronghold Of the town.
4 g1ivod bnra with do
| light. as II is supposed that the enemy'
/ is now marching between here and Don
COLA in a hampered condition by the
/ reaSon Of the number of their wounded
and their retreat along the river bank
! threatened by the steamers Whlcn can
destroy, at any moment tAe 1ooa sup
plies stored az Dongola, II they cannot
HOLD THAT PLACE
oo,irs+ tho rofraa-frg forces of Dervishes
Ill .bo Ind forces of The eyDe1ition
have advanced TO co-operate with them.
Yesterdays engagement at FL Hafir
F seems to have altogether dlsmayed the
Dervishes who placed great rel2nce up-
on The tort nj tnat pace uey OelIeVsu u
'ha, Jhai .or' "ol'i1 " So'e ~ prevent !
the passage Oh any Vi tle S'edIieIS u
t1e eXpea..,oa up IN ~. -N-'e, e..
me aE''''i! ii'e ~ o.l; Us 5.ue VI ,ue
river seems 10 nav .ii''teiy u.9Coilcel =,
Cd them' thelr O@-'eIles oelHs ueS'royeu
IS soon as the smoke rom 'Aem maj
ca'ed target Tor 'Ae BFiHsh ana Egyp-
tan gunners.
As soon as the news OF 'ne eVacu-
alton OF III Hahr was received the cor
/ respondent OF tae Associated Press pro-
ceeaeu 10 CIosS 1ne Ie! anu maze q