Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-05
VICTORY
Continued from page 4,
1eRRIsLE SLAUGHTER
Among the Dsnishss Who Were Utterly Roulsd
and Dispersed.

Omdurman, opposite Khartoum on tho
Nile. Nubia. Sept. 2.-By camel post TO
Nasri.-The sirdar, Gen; s.r Herbert
standa nd. captured during the battle, en-
tered Omdairman. the capital Of Mahdism,
at 4 O'Clock this afternoon. at the head Of
the Anglo. Esyp,.an s,l,ir column after com
Roughly, our losses were 100. while
thousands OF Dervishes were Killed or
Last night. The Anglo Egyptian army
tcamped at Agaiza. eight miles from ON.
durman. The Dervlshes. were three miles
distant. At dawn today. our cavalry.
patroliing toward Am!urman. discovered
the army advancing to the attack in bait
tie array. chanting war sings.
Their force consisted Of infantry and
Countless banners fiuttered over their
masses and the copper and brass drums
resounded through the. ranks OF the saw
ingly with an their oid-,ime ardor.
Our infantry. formed up outaide the
camp. On the left were the 1st Battalion
Northumberland Fusileers, the I'd Bat
tailor, Lanca ashire Fusileers ami the LIST
Battalion Grenadier Guards, with the
Maxim battery manned by the Royal
! Irish Fusileers.
In our center were the Isl Battalion
Warwickshire Regiment. the 1st Battalion
Cameron Highlanders, and the 1st Bat
taiion Lincolnshire Regiment. with Max
Artillery under Maj Williams.
On our righ. were the SouJanese bril-
gades. commanded by Gen. Maxwell and
Gen. Macdonald. The Egyptian briSades
he'd the reserve. ard both fanks were
supported by the Maxim-Sordsnfcld bat
;eries,
ridges above the camp and advanced
steadily In enveloDing formation. At 7.io
our artillery opened fire. which was an
swerei by the Deryish riIiomen.
1.s u.sk ~ qtIr fef nd
IN accordance with their traditional tac-
tics. they swept down the hillside with
the design Of rushing our flana. But the
whitening fire maintained for u minutes
by ali arms in our line frustrated the at
Tempt. and the Deryishes. banked. swept
toward our center. upon which they cou-
cGn.ra:ed fierce attack.
A large force OF horsemen trying to face
a continuous bail of bulltss from the
Cameron Highiand.rs. the Lincolnshire
Regiment and tho Soudanese. was liter
ally swept away, leading TO the with
Grasal OF the whole body, whose dead
s;rwcd the field.
~ be oversiased. Those who carried the
flags struggled to within few hundred
yards Of our fighting !ine, while the
mounted Esnirs resolutely threw their
lives away in bold charges.
When the Dervislles withdrew behind
the ridge in from. Of their camp. the
whole force marched coward Om1urman.
As our troops surmounted the crest ad-
joining the Nile the SouGanese on our
right came into contact with the enemy.
who had reformed under cover of a rocky
black standard of the Khalifa in order 20
make upreGne effort 10 retrieve the for
tunes of the day A mass. 500 strong
bore down on the Soudanese.
Gen. Kitchener swung around the center
ard left OF the SouIanese and seized the
rocky eminence. and the Egyptians. hith-
erto held in reserve. Joined the firing line
In 10 minutes and before the Dervishes
COniG drive their attack nome.
The flower Of the Khahfas army was
caught in a depression and within a zone
of Nlthcring cross fire from three bri-
gades. with the attendant artillery. The |
devoted Mahdists strove heroically to
make headway. Kbut every. rush was
stopped. while aher main body was liter
ally mown down by sustained deadly |
Defan.ly the Dervishes planted their
dense masses gradually melted TO COM |
panies and companies to driblets beneath |
the leaden kaiE Finally they broke and |
fled. leaving the field white with jbbah- |
clad corpsea. like snow w1rift-6otted |
meadow. ugs4f@
At Ills the sirdar ordered an advance. |
ard our, whole force In line drove the
scattered remnant of the foe into the des-
ert. our cavalry cutting off their retreat |
10 Omdurman.
Among the chief incidents of the battle
was brilliant charge of the 2lst Lancers |
under Lieut.. Col. Martin. Galloplng down |
or a detached body of the enemy. they |
found the Dervish swordsmen had passed |
behind and were forced to charge home |
against ;,ppal Hing odds.
The Laneers hacked through the mass |
rallied and KEEP. the Dcrvish horde at bay |
Lieut.. Grenfel. nephew of Gea. Sir Fran |
els Grenfe!. was killed. four other officers |
We're wounded. p men were killed and 20 |
wounded.
The Egyptian cavalry were in close
fighting throughout with the Baggara |
horsemen. For short period the enemy |
captured and held the gun, but ii was |
briliiaEtiy retaken.
The heroic bravery of the Dervishes
evoked. universal admira ton. Time after
time their dispersed and broken forces
reformed and hurled themselves upon the |
Anglo Egyptians. their Emirs conspicu-
ously leading and squirting death. Even
when wounded and in death agonies. they |
raised themselves to fire a last shot.
Among the wounded is Col. Rhodes, the
correspondent of the London Times and
brother of Cecil Rhodes.