The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-21
DONGOLA TAKEN.
EXPEDITION HAD
LITTLE TROUBLE.
Troops, However, Are Even Met BY r
Stubborn Resistance at Eel HAIR
How the Dervishes Were Out
witted.

CAIRO, Sept 20.-A dispatch from
The Anglo Egyptian expedition states
that Donecla, the objective point of the
expedition, has been taken without
meeting with any resistance from the
Dervishes. the place being unoccupied
The dispatch adds that the town of
Ell Hafr, north of Dongola, to which
place the DerYishes retreated yester-
day, was captured after a hot engage
ment. After the place had fallen into
the hands of the expedition, the Egyp-
tians captured tWenty-seven grain
laden boats, the loss of which will prove
a severe blow TO the Dervishes. The
latter made desperate attempts to re-
capture the boats, but heavy fire was
poured into them by the troops and
the gunboats, and they were finally
compelled to abandon their attempt to
regain possession of the boats and their
cargoes.
After their defeat, the entire Dervish
force reiterated southwark upon Don
COLA. At the same time the expedition S
steamers started for The same place.
and being the quicker, reached there
before the Dervishes. The city was
found to be deserted by warriors, and
the steamers at once landed force of
infantry to hold it until the arrival of
the main body of the expedition.
At the time the dispatch was sent,
the Dervishes were approaching Don
COLA, and scouts reported that they
were carrying many of their wounded
with them. Included among the wound
ed are some of the NEST noted chiefs.
It is expected that, as the Dervishes
are without food or other stores, they
will make most desperate attempt
to again get possession of Dongola.
FL Hafir was not taken by the troops
until after most stubborn resistance
on the part of the Dervishes. The Der
wishes STOOD the fire bravaly, but were
finally compelled to withdraw from the
place. Their cavalry took no part in
the engagement, remaining some dis
lance off in the desert watching the
result of the battle. When the British
and Egyptians landed the entire force
reiterated southwark.
The capture of the place was hailed
with delight by the natives, who have
| long been harried by the Dervishes.
| They shouted, danced and sang in a
frenZied manner and hailed the expedi-
ton as their deliverers
The country around Ell Hafir is fertile
: and there is plenty of green fodder for
the camels and other animals of the
expedition.
LONDON, Sept. O.-Notwithstand-
ing the asseveration of the government
that Dongola was the objective point
of the Anglo Egyptian expedition, the
London newspapers concur in the opin-
ion that now Dongola has been taken,
the expedition viii proceed to the re-
conquest of the entire Soudan
CAIRO, Sept 20.-NuDar Pasha, the
well-known Egyptian statesman, has
donated $1,000 for the relief of the suf-
fering Armenians in Turkey. Nubar
Pasha is himself an Armenian by birth.
Were Outvvitted.
LONDON. Sept 2O.-The correspon-
dent of the Daily News who is with
the Soudan expedition, telegraphs that
in the attacl. On Ell Hafir the Dervish-
es were outwitted. They all advanced
on land to meet the troops, thus per-
hitting the gunboats TO slip past the
| town, sink one of their steamers and
hurry on to Dongola. When the Der
wishes saw this move, they turned and
tried to overtake the gunboats and
save Dongola, but the land forces of
the expedition headed them off.
The Straffordshire regiment will fol-
low the gunboats to Dongola, and thus
the Dervishes will be placed between
two fires.
-Bishara, the leader of the Der
wishes, was wounded at Ell Hafir. He
was carried outside the range of the
guns. A prisoner states that when he
saw that he was defeated he eXclaim-
ed: Allah is against me-"