The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-17

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So army. ans II ~flg carry .ae-n -
.aF ~ ~ a4shsng vafow % - $780,
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- army, 2na re combination * -ne 80
: .gssfssa nzht4ng rnzcAtse ~ tne
@-.s4@r sftle army.
g0@ CHEER commanding an rswva.saw
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80 - Els4cz. after Aaltsns. srfa- e..sse-
- tnt F0css AZ 10 yar3s f~a~n tka. s.,s---
- pour n 9 fsnat shower q hssffssu 49,
a Nss gwen - advance as me rran
spfarE 20 and Jeff cover vrgfn~.,- : -
naenfs hesitation. 4 betf ~ 80 -
fret from tn@ groarss o. TIE .afls a. -.
ssaaEe ~ the norTa cad shows ks--s 80
tf'~ Egyptians fired IS fENv sstarsres :.
shat point A. 70 the IRE cssesrsfias a. -
Iofee generally. the whistle Tor the eeaa~
- We nf*AyE instantly nsseyes. taa voE-
tTks we're a. good. and the eonNssrn rkgrss
q ammunition vas snail ~ ~vsv.eys -
ing between ffteen and sixteen r4r4r4Avss
w!ld firing. z"
! asFs already remarked the rerfees q.
leisee -gf tie night march on Fsrkes. ara
80 aossbce q smoking. A. g this last
bDsat, nave since heard that Wssassr srfso
commanded the infantYv aisfssr,n sssssa-s
ne = eFti that any seialer caught svaaksqsx
or affi&fuE ltg1t Eoula b. TIED ~ s,tf.s
mary cs4ft-nEaytsai after tae battfs ara
shof. The fare OF a ilxas on TIE march a.
- ne 6sFouAe might have betrayed fh<
$3.50 % he coming attaek 10 some
NxicfSfal scout Of the enemy.
The prisoners have nearly an beer aeos
down 80 Talfa. carrying on IftSry shalr
more slightly Wounded comraaes. AS a
r9ls the men who surrendered raesn@s
glad 10 be cut OF taa T1ervish earsp. ard
1naer an Egyptian guard Two despera-
GOES. however, tried 70 murder Egyptian
A042Ier@ after their lives had been SHARED
They we're tried ard shot We ara ss4gl
discovering dead Dsrvssbes ga The hlsfs
ana one y as found in the river en- Friday
There Is also lot OF arms IN tins river
bed and on the islands. In all more than
i's~' rides have been taken on the field.
! besides what weYe carried OF. This shows
the strength o. the Jeha6la.
The Nile IL steadily rssinr--every morn
ms one can see some little creek or bay
tEat has filled during the night among the
EockH on the shelving river bank below
our camp. But 40 far for some days to
come The rise wiz be measured by inches
The heavy Hood cannot be expected until
TIE ED or the month. Even 4 daily rise
Of Inches makes considerable difference
IN week or SO. and we hope In few days
70 see the arst Of the light sailing boats
coming up.
Bur We shall have 10 wait tiIi near the
middle Of July before there vii be any
chance OF the stern-whesi steamers and
gunboats making their way here up the
long stairway Of catarsc,s. which begins
with the second cataract between Wady
Halfa and Ginnig and ends with the Dial
cataract. the long cataract OF Trant0F
and the minor distractions on the river
or 5emneh. wady AtTieh. AmbiEol. Ok
men, and Akasbeh. making IN all some
twenty miles OF rock-hroken rapids.
Another thing we are waiting for - the
railway. But FOR accidents and Interrupt
lions az the end OF Nav. the railway would
now be al Akasheh. Work has. however.
been resumed this side OF Amblgol Wells
BY the railway battalion OF the Seventh,
and the line will reach Akasheh before the
end 81 the month. But Il e not % stop
there. From Akasheh 70 Ferkeh railway
OF smaller gauge will be laid very rapidly
along the desert route. on the line sur
veyed By the Messrs. Fowler for the khe-
dive Ismail in the '7Gs. The ground Is
very favorable: the wheeled guns Of the
horse battery came over Il on the night
before the battle Of Ferksh.
The distance from Akasheh 10 Ferkeh IS
sixteen miles on this route. and for six ana
A hair miles the roadbed o. the railway
was prepared in lsSs-5. and r. stiil In good
condition. Girouara came up here on Fri
day to mark out n further extension 81 the
railway from Fefkeh along the river bank
70 kosheh (netween Mograka and Glnnis).
This Will make an additional eight miles,
all on level ground. This morning the Ave
batgallons he-e are all furnishing strong
fatigue parties 10 start the work OF pre-
pairing the roadhed.
understand that the line south Of Akas-
heb will be a Hight railway OF type that
can be laid at the rate OF several miles 4
day. Tt will be n useful pioneer line for
the fill-ganEs railway which Is soon 20 be
carried to Abu Fatmeh. At the head Of the
Hannek Cataract. a point from which
there are about no miles % open water
10 to beyond Koril and pehbeh. At tbs
very earliest II win be the middle Of July
before we can hope for the steamers. the
xtinhoafs, and the railway 70 reach our
camp here Till then. you must not eX-
meet any great events. bat once we have
me steam whistle sounding on the river
and the shore. the march on Dongola and
the close ef the campaign wih bs near At
hand
Meanwhile. the camel convoys come and
go between ralIhead and the 'front.', ac-
cumaiating stores. and S9Arda mas become
the starting point from which cur FAR
ranging scouting parties START 70 E'ean III
tslfie.snca OF the enemy. 50 far as ne can
asrertain. ne has abandoned 81 pavlc al
his small posts north OF keoatn ana he
burma. villages On this side Of tie halnaT
Cataract. IN both OF which ne ceTVisheS.
according 10 Information gathered rom
the prisoners. had accumulated cousldefa-
ble sapnlges-supplies Intended % De sent
down he river TO the force we destroyed
II Ferksh.
The important pos: on the bend q the
Nile at SAID Fsnn has bcc1 evacuated
The nearest Nahdist post Is now more
man forty miles south % Suar3s. ano oiliy
shau. sfxtv miles from ponEoia. All the
r,a~ Stkkot district enc % TIE richest "a
date pala,s on thu Upper Me has been
e,.r.i5ra4 - as. and lhe ncrt1cru part Ct
~ par Mahasss s. also clear ot the ere
nv Surh are the Iatcst results or u4e
crushing hioW struck only A week aso Al