The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-09-21

| terry had been terribly knocked about by
the artillery fire from the east bank and
| from the steamers.
| Still farther south was a big en-
4 trenchment facing towards the north
and onto the Nile. There was noticed
the same system of piercing the wall in
such away as to allow firing only in one
direction. In this entrenchment it was
apparent that the rifiemen had made
| plucky resistance, staying in the trench
es all day and eating where they lay, as
was evidenced by the quantity of dates
and water gourds lying about.
| The native residents of Ell Haflr have
welcomed the appearance of the expedi-
| ton and seem to regard the advance as
assurance of deliverance from the rule
of the khalifa and the Baggaras, the
| khalifa's native tribe. who have exer-
cised a cruel domination over the Nile
| tribes. From the description of yester-
| days fight, furnished by the natives, it
| appears that the dervish cavalry kept
out in the desert watching the fight and
| waiting for the opposing forces to take
| part.
| Bishara, the dervish commander, was
| wounded at about noon and was imme-
| diately carried out of range of the fire,
repeatedly exclaiming, Allah is against
| mel"
Wad Bishara decided to evacuate
| during the night. Ho was able to re-
| move his guns but he was forced to
| leave behind him a great quantity of
| ammunition. The dervish steamer
| which was sunk by the expeditions
horse battery was said to have also been
| loaded with ammunition and guns.
This morning at $3.50 the troops of the
! expedition began crossing the river.
| McDonald's brigade was the first over
| and the soldiers We're met with the Wild
est signs of delight by the natives. They
shouted in a frenzied manner and they
danced about the troops, singing and
shouting like lunatics.
| The first use made of the captured
dervish boats was to transport the sec
ond brigade to El Iafir, which is very
| fertile spot, Offering plenty of green
| herbage for the animals--a pleasing
| contrast to the rough rocks and desert
sands of the march.
| 1t is hoped that today the whole of the
/ expeditionary force will effect cross
| ing Of the Nile, so as to camp at Ell Hafir
| tonight and continue the march to DON
! COLA tomorrow.
| Owing to the lack of a supply of tele-
graph cable to lay in the Nile, terminus
of the field telegraph still remains at
Kerma, on the east bank.
The losses of the expedition up to last
| evening were only five wounded. despite
the enemy's hot fire. The field horse
| battery and the men who handled the
| heavy guns had an especially warm cor
ner. During thd engagement the men
| lunched behind any shelter that could be
then devised. The Maxim guns were
manned by the Connaught rangers and
! the Tenth battalion was ranged along
| the bank of the river They fired three
rounds at the enemy. 1t is the general
! impression here that the dervishes will
not make any further stand. 1t is evil
dent that Wad Bishara had brought UP
all his effective force from Dongola, in
| tending to make stand at Ell Hafir.
| Even il he is able to recover Dongola
! from the river force of the expedition,
which has occupied it, it is not consid-
cred possible that he should make
stand against the advance of the COM
| bined land and river forces
| One of the most striking things noted
during the fight was the long range of
! the enemy's Remington rifles. At a
| distance of 200 yards they were able to
do a deal Of damage and some of their
| bullets struck at least 1000 yards from
| the point of firing.
| NEWS DISPATCHES
| LONDON, Sept. 20.-The Times corr
| respondent at kerna telegraphs to that
| paper:
| Wad Bishara was misled into sup
posing that it was our intention to
march on Dongola by this bank of the
| Nile. FIe therefore vacuated El Hanr
and hurried in the direction OF Dongola
| to oppose our crossing there.
| The correspondent of the Daily News
from the Nile expedition, in a dispatch
from Ell Haflr says:
| IT is possible that being desperate
| the Dorvishes will make a hot fight
| for DonGola. though I learn there is
great Gissension among their leaders
and the disabling of Wad Bishara ma
| terially affects the Dervish plans.
| A Kerma dispatch to the Standard
| praises the clever tactics OF Wad Bish-
ara and adds: "The Dervishes are GER
| tainly well led and they retain much
OF their old spirit
An editorial in the Times with refer
| ence to the taking Of DonGola says:
| We way reasonably hope that the work
| Of liberation will be speedily carried
| further south
a dispatch from Kerma to the Chron-
| icle says that the treasure chest belong
| ing to the Mahdist leaders was on board
the steamer which was sunk in the
| Nile.
THE MATABELE, WAR
| LONDON, Sept. 21.-A dispatch to
| the Times from Fort Salisbury, Mata-
| beleand, dated Saturday, says that
| Major Janner has completely beated
| I9Umtigazas' tribe, numbering 5000 men,
IYat Fort Charter and has captured all
the strongholds. Umtigezas surren-
| dered.
| WHEEL WORK.
| The Welsh WhirlWind to Be Given a