Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-09-26
DohGOIN tFTURED IN british
EGYPTIAN EXPEDITION.
DerVish Commander Was ser'""@i'
Hurt and Many OF the MI
tivpa Il ilIed.

Ia has fallen and the nominal opJecli\9
point Of the British-E Egyptian expedition
has been reached.
Tbo river forces Of the British Esyl-
tian expedition, pushing up Ih2 Nh
from I'll Hafir, landed q force at Don
cola and occupied that place before 'li'
Deryfsh forces retrcatng from III lid"i
reached that point. Eel Haur ana Lon
cola are therefore both in the hands
IF the expedition, while the DerVish for
ces are somewhere between seeking
refuge.
Yesterday 60 resume the disconnected
narrative Of the eNpedtuon) the long
ranae firing continued between the Dee
wishes on the west bank of the Nile aud
the cxpcditionary force on this side. The
Maxim guns with their sweeping nan
of fire did great execution in the Der
wish ranks. while the field and horse
batteries never allowed the enemy 10
Go anything with their batteries.
Darkness put an END % 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 discharge
of the Maxim guns on this side OF the
river. In the morning every one was up
at daybreak, anxious TO know what
change in the situation had developed IN
the night and what would be the next
move, and eagerly scanning the enemy
camp across the river. There was no
sign Of life in the Dervish camp. but
soon a commotion was perceived among
the boats along the bank and a native
in one of them was disCerned i'll the act
Of waving something as though for sig
nal to this side of the river. The steam
sr Dial of the eXpedtionary force there
upon proceeded to the west bank of the
river where it was found that Eel HAIR
had been evacuated by the enemy. un-
der cover of the night. and that not
DerVish fighting man was left in sight.
The detachment on the Dial sent back
to the camp on this side Of the river q
boats which had been manned by the
native residents of Iil Hair and loaded
with q great quantity of grain.
The natives announced that the enemy
had departed and that Wad Bishara, the
young emir Of Dongola, who commanded
the Dervishes, was wounded in yester-
days fight a shell from an Egyptian
battery burst in his tent inficting
wounds in his breast and head, the for
mer being a severe hurt.
Buried Their Dend and Decamped.
After the gunboats of the expedition
had forced their way through past The
forts at Ell Hafr yesterday, and had
proceeded southwark toward Dongola,
the DerVishes apparently perceived that
Ell Hafir was no longer the place fOr
them and they prepared TO depart. They
buried as many of their dead as they
had time for The rest were prepared
with a stone around their necks and
thrown into the Nile.
This afternoon the news arrived here
that the steamers and gunboats of the
expedition had reached Dongola, and
had landed a force which Immediately
occupied the principal stronghold. The
news was received here with delight, as
it is supposed that the enemy is now
marching between here and DongOla in
a much hampered condition, by the rea-
son of a number Of their wounded and
their retreat along the river bank
threatened by the steamers, which can
destroy at any moment the food sup
plies stored at Dongoa, if they can not
hold place against the retreating
forces of DerVishes until the land forces
OF the expedition have advanced to CO.
operate with them.
Yesterdays engagement at FL Hafr
seems to have altogether dismayed the
Dervishes who placed great reliance up
on the fort at that place. They believed
that the fort would be able TO prevent
the passage of any of the steamers of
the expedition up the Nile. The artil-
lery fire from this side of the river
seems to have entirely disconnected
them, their batteries being destroyed as
soon as the smoke from them indicated
a target for the British and Egyptian
gunucrs.
AS soon as the news of the evacuation
Of Eel Hafr was received. the correspond
ent OF the Associated Press proceeded 10
cross the river and make a survey Of
the enemy's late position. Ii was found
that their mud defenses had been built
with great care, but the rifle trenches
only permitted the men a very short and
straight front for protection. Mats
were still strewn along and within the
trenches, and In the straw shelters We're