The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-09-28
IN EGYPT CH|HEST CONTRADICTION THE TWO GREAT LEADERS
GREAT TRIUMPH OF BRITISH
ARMIES ON THE NILE.
Objective Point of the Expedition
Reached-Dongola Occupied - Der
wish Forces Shattered.

MA-ON-THE-NILE, Sept. 90
Dongola has been taken and the nom
inal objective point of the British
Egyptian expedition has been reached.
The river forces of the British Egyp-
tan expedition, pushing up the Nile
from El-Hafir, landed force at DON
gola and occupied that place before
the Dervish forces, retreating from Ell
Hafr, reached that point. El-Hafiir
and Dongola are therefore both in the
hands of the expedition, while the Der
wish forces are somewhere between
seeking "A refuge.
This morning at 6:30 o'clock the
troops of the expedition began cross
ing the river. McDonald's brigade was
the first over and the soldiers were
met with the widest signs of delight
by the natives. They shouted in "A
frenzied manner and danced about the
troops, singing and shouting like luna
tics. The first use made of the cap
tured Dervish boats was to transport
the second brigade to El-Hafir, which
is II very fertile spot, offering plenty of
green herbage for the animals-a
pleasing contrast to the rough rocks
and desert sands of much of the
march.
1t is hoped that today the whole of
the expeditionary force will effect a
crossing of the Nile, so as to camp at
El-Hafr tonight and continue the
march to Dongola tomorrow.
Yesterdays engagement at El-Hafr
seems to have altogether dismayed the
Dervishes, who placed great reliance
upon the fort at that place. They be-
lieved that the fort would be able to
prevent the passage of any of the
steamers of the expedition up the Nile.
The artillery fire from this side of 1ht
river seems to have entirely discon-
certed them. their batteries being de-
stroyed as soon as the smoke frorT
them indicated target for the British
and Egyptian gunners.
The native residents of El-Hafir have
welcomed the appearance of the Brit
ish and Egyptian expedition and seem
to regard their advance as assurance of
deliverance from the rule of the Kha
lifa and the Baggaras, the khalifa's
native tribe. who have exercised Il
cruel domination over the Nile tribes.
From the description of yesterdays
fight, furnished by the natives, it ap-
pears that the Dervish cavalry kept
out of the desert watching the fight
and waiting for landing of opposing
forces to take part. Wad BiShara, the
Dervish commander, was wounded at
about noon yesterday and was imme-
diately carried out of range of the fire,
repeatedly eXclaiming to those who
surrounded him: "Allah is against us"
Wad Bishara decided to evacuate his
position during the night. He was
able to remove his guns, but he waH
forced to leave behind IA great guam
tity of ammunition for both the artil-
lery and the rifles. The Dervish steam
er which was sunk by the expeditions
horse battery, was said to have also
been loaded with ammunition and
guns.
| Yesterday afternoon (to resume the
connected narrative of the eXpedition)
the long range firing continued between
the Dervishes 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 eX-
ecution in the Dervish ranks, while the
| field and horse batteries never allowed
the enemy to do anything with their
/ batteries.
GERMAN NAVY.
BERLIN, Sept. 10.-Never before