The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-25

Special Correspondence of the Sunday
Standard.
Cairo. Sept. I4.-England has "won
put" in the finest way in the uda
Following the news of the great vic
tory at omdurman there have come
from the front private and official dis
patches telling that the fierce chiefs
of Africa are so much impressed with
the valor of the Anglo Egyptian army
that there is a growing conviction
among them that the faithful are in
the black book OF heaven. and Allah is
siding with the inhdels. The name and
fame of Gen. Sir Herbert Kitchener
has spread through the desert, and
tribesmen who would not have hesitat-
ed a moment had the British suffered
a reverse. to throw their lot in with
the Dervishes, are subdued and ready
60 make obeisance to the Conqueror
who has carried the campaign through
with such signal success.
In the desert the loser is looked upon
with the utmost contempt. no matter
how game a fight he put up before sue
cumbing. So accustomed are the Der
wishes TO regard their cause as identi-
cal with that OF the deity that their de-
epair at the loss of a battle is only
equaled by the blind confidence that
IS back of the reckless rush of spear
armed men that the British soldiers |
cannot understand why Allah has de-
serted them. The prisoners talk
gloomily non themselves of the ter
rible fighting abilities of the men who
swept their ranks way by squads and
regiments at Omdurman. but no one
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Henry rifles and the Maxim guns. II
was the desertion of Allah that lost
them the fight, and the previous fights.
and these religious fanatics are struck
dumb with despair at the thought.
Ferocious, bloodthirsty and inhuman as
they are, they certainly reverence the
supreme being and are confident that
He is theirs alone against the world.
While the Dervishes are calling on
Allah to know why he has deserted
them, the AnElo-Egyptian troops. II
may be said without irreverence, are
making a little god Of the Sirdar. Cen
eral Kitchener. He has become known
as the Man Of Certainties' for the
reason that he made no mistake
throughout the entire campaign, ne
elected nothing that would tend TO
make as safe and comfortable as posi-
ble the march Of his men through the
hundreds Of of miles Of desert. and
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attack and every battle 10 be one of
the foremost men Of the age in the art
Of war.
The force that set out to subdue the
Deryishes. and did it So well. was the
fiuest equipped army ever gotten to-
eether. Those OF US who have read the
accounts Of the sufferings Of our Amer
lean troops in Cuba through the short
ness or utter absence Of necessary SUP
plies. cannot help, good patriots as we
are. making a comparison between
American unpreparedness and the per
iection OF thoughtfulness shown in the
equipment Of General Kitchener's
army. where nothing was forgotten.
not even the RoentEen rays.
Tommy Atkins could not have been
better cared for had he been the pam
pered pet Of a wealthy household. To
look at him in the uniform he wore
when he rushed the Dervishes' defensas
at Atbara and Omdurman. he is not
SO pretty as when. in the glory of red
and bear kin hat, he paraded i'm
Hyde park and captured the hearts of
nurse girls, but he knows that the
he wears are the very best the
scientific military man can procure To
help the wearer combat desert dangers.
On the helmet Of the soldier of Kitch-
eners army is a spinal protector"
which is worn as a precaution against
This hood falls over the
and is fastened to the back
the hak coats. 1t adds considera-
bly, 10 the size of the Wearer. who, i'm
comparison to the little men of Egypt,
seems to be gigantic.
As II was with the equipment of his
men so IT was with the military tao
adopted in every fight that occur
red in this most remarkable war. Not
} single thing was forgotten, not a pre-
caution neglected. not a life needIessly
wasted. The military genius Of Kitch-
sner is simply beyond criticism, and
he bravery of his army. Egyptian and
alike, just what might be ex-
from men led by such a soldier e.
IS the sirdar. When the army of Hicks q
pasha was annihilated there Were il
nothing but expressions Of con- 9.
for the British soldiers. and the 5,
went abroad huaSting OF A
heir deeds and giving every son of the Ia
iesert to understand that no one would 81
iare send troops against them again. I,
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