The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-09-22
Which Resulted in the Fall of
DongoIa
LOSS OF THE ALLIED FORCES
All Told, Embraced But a Dozen
Wounded Men
The Defeated Emir Called UDon to Sur
render Under Promise of Pardon
All the Dervishes Have Fled.

Associated Press Special Wire
Ell HAFIR, via Ker1sla- on the Nile,
Sunday, Sept. 2o.--The following Off
cial details of the capture of Dongola,
the Dervish stronghold, have been OBJ
tanned. The gunboats engaged in the
capture of Dongola were the Tamai.
commanded by Rougemont, after Naval
Commander Colville was wounded;
AbouIse!or, commanded by Beatty, and
Matemmah, commanded by Oldfeld.
They arrived here late in the after
| noon. Commander Beatty, who assumed
command of the three gunboats, report
ed as follows:
I'VE arrived at Dongola early in the
morning and made fast to the east bank.
By this time Colville was able to assume
command, and the operations against
Dongola began with bombardirg at 800
yards range. We Immediately perceived
that Dongola was not defended and
| force was landed. which captured a
| quantity of treasure, all the Dervish
books and also seven grain-laden boats.
II was row able to see the effect of the
Dervish fire on the gunboats. The Ma
| injured her gun fittings and her boilers,
breaking the safety valve. The Der
wishes rifle fire was essentially good.
| The wooden parts of the upper decks
were simply riddled and the sides of all
| the gunboats showed hundreds of hits.
| Beatty received bullet through his
| helmet and Armorer Richardson was
| wounded in the body. He has since died.
ION board the Tamai five men were
wounded, on the Aboukler six men were
wounded and one man was wounded on
| the Matemmeh.
Commander Colville is recovering
rapidly"
At the time Wad Bishara was wounded
! he had just received a letter from the
| khalifa and ordered out Of his tent every
| body but the messenger who had brought
it and two blacks. Shortly afterward a
shell from one Of the gunboats burst in
I the tent killing the messenger and the
two blacks and wounding the Dervish
leader in the head and chest.
The main body of Anglo-Egyptian
troops, under Sir Herbert Kitchener,
started for Dongola on Monday night.
1t is reported that Wad Bishara, the
commander of the dervish forces, has
reached the vicinity of Dongoa on his
retreat from this place, and is prepared
| to oppose the Egyptian advance. Wad
| Bisharas wounds are severe but not
| mortal.
| The dervish troops are deserting in
large numbers to the Egyptians.
Queen Victoria has telegraphed her
congratulations to Sir Herbert Kitche-
| ner.
| Major Jaokson's battalian has found
| in the desert an enormous quantity of
| ammunition, including a number of
boxes of Nordenfeld ammunition, which
| are known to have belonged to Hicks
Pasha's ill-fated force, which was an
Initiated in the interior of the Soudan
in the former war with the Mahdi.
CALL FOR SURRENDER
CAIRO, Sept. 21-Sir Herbert Kirch-
ener telegraphed today that the gun
boats of the British expedition to DON
COLA returned to Kerma yesterday after
noon. They report that they saw few
Devishes at Dongola, who fled when fire
was opened upon them. The party
landed from the gunboats and ascer-
tanned that only the women and old men
were left in the camp. No further trace
of the enemy was seen on the return
journey. The gunb~ts captured sew
eral boats, one of which contained the
Dervishes' treasury. records and money.
Sir Herbert Kircherer has sent to Wad
Bishara, the defeated emir of Dongola,
a message calling upon him to surrender
and offering pardon for himself and fol-
lowers. All troops of the Anglo Egyp-
tian expedition have now crossed to the
west bank of the Nile except the cavalry
and camel corps.
THE STATE BOARD