Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-05
CIVILIZATIONS MARCH.
THE mAHulsTs WERE UTTERLY ROUTED
Al Two Thousand Of Them siain-rwo
Hundred Estimated rs the Loss OF
the Anglo-f.gyptian Army.

orlurman opposite Kharioum. on
49, ME- Nubla. Sept s.-By Camel
-, 10 Nasri THE slrdar. Gen. Her
- Kitchener. with the Khalifa's
,,sck standard, captured during the
,s,,s. entered omdurman. the capital
I,,t,bai,m. at o'clock this afternoon
y, IN. mead Of the Anglo-Egyptlan col
a,rn and dealing a deathbiow to Nah
1,,,, Roughly. our losses were 200.
All. ,bous.nds OF the Dervlshes were
Killed and wounded.
t,.t nleht the Anglo Egyptian army
cne,mp,d at Agalza, eight miles from
omaurman. The derv.shes were three
,.,,is. disnut. AZ dawn today. the cav
H. n,irolllug toward omdurman. dis
covered the enemy advancing to the
st,ack In battle array, chanting war
songs
Ther front consisted Of infantry and
cavalry. stretched out for three or four
miles. Countless banners nuttefed over
fhair masses and the copper ana htass
druma rssoundod through the RANKS
of The savage warriors, who advanced
unswcryingly with all their old-tlme
ardor. .,,,.ts. 81,
eninu. on the LEFT were the First bat
TALON Northumberland fuslloera, the
second battalion Lancashire fuallgeta
and the First battalion Grenhdler
fruards. with the Maxim battery
manned by the Royal Irish fusilcera.
In our center were the First nattalloh
Warwlckshlrc regiment the First oat-
talon Cameron hlghlandefA anu inc
First battalion Lincolnshire regiment,
with Maxlma worked BY deiachn.nt
Of the royal artillery under MAI WIZ
iiama. ON our right were the SOU
dhnese brigadea. commanded ny egn'
Maxwell and Gen. Macdonald. Ihe
Egyptian hfigadcs held the reserves
ard both fiank>-wcre supported BY the
Maxim Nordcnfeld batteries.
AZ 1890 q. m. she enemy crowded M.
ridges above ,he camp ana advanced
steadily Ia enveinpng formations. A.
a:i0 uur artillery opened fro. which
was answered by she Dervlah rlneincn.
their attack developed on our left. and
10 accordance with their traditional
.actics they swept down che hillside
with the doalgn Of rushing our nank.
Hui the whitening nro maintained Tor
fifteen mluuies by all our line frus-
NNNH|A SUI ANH|NANAH NNNA NAAH Nf|AN AHNlN|HH
baked. swCpi towards our ccntcr. upon
wh.ch they concentrated "A fierce at
tICk
a large force OF hnrsemcn. trying 60
face a continual hail % buiie'r from
the Cameron highhndcra. tiie Llnolln-
shlre regiment ana She Sludaneao, was
literally swept away, leading 60 the
withdrawal " thc entire body. whose
dead sircwcd the fi1ld.
Thu . IaNs
hardly De ovcros.lmated. Th0se vino
eafr.ld the naEH struggled 60 within a
hundred yards ~ our lighting line.
When she DCrvlHhes Withdrew behind
ths ridge In front % OAR camp. .ha
Nh1lc force marched In echolon 90 bat
gallons toward Omdufman. A. our
troops surmour;cd the crest adjoining
inc Nile. the Soudanose On our right
came IN contact with the Remlck.
who had reformed under cover 81 a
fucky cmlnonce ana mad manned H.
neith the black standard Of the Khau-
"a IN order o. make a supreme effort %
retrieve the fortunes Of the DAY. A
mas, ib,ooo strong, bore down on the
S1udancfc.
Gen. Kitchener swung around the
oe'er anu left the S1u1anese and
seized IN rocky emincncc. and ghe
EgypilanA, Hitherto In reserve, jolnHd
fIre the Dorvlshca could drive MIR Az.
slck homo.
The Hover or the khnllfa's army wa.
caught IN u depression and within a
zone u whitening croHA-fire from throo
hilghdeH, with the attendant artillery.
The devoted MahdlHts ntrove horolcaiiy
70 make Roadway. but every rush wa.
t,orp.d, while their main body was
."lauy mown down by sustained
deadly ognas-nre.
btnanly the Dcrvishca planted their
standards and died beside them. Their
uense matfes gradually melted TO com.
Ahlfs, and the companies To drIblets
nrheah the lraden hail Finally, they
ulohr and lied, leaving the neld white
WIN Jlhuhh-clnd cOrpaen, like snow.
arm dotted spot.
a. iiiil the Hlrdnr ordered an nd.
vance, ana our whole force, In line.
aruNe the scattered remnant OF the loo
INTO the desert, our cavalry cutting on
hglr retreat 10 Omdurmnn.
=, Among the chief Incidents OF the hat
We was brilliant charge by the Tween.
ty-ilrat lanoera. under, Lieut.. Col. Mar.
I'm. unhopng down on a detached
BODY o. the cnumy,thoy found The Der
Nihh HMnrdsmon mnHFrd behind and
Were forced 20 charla' home against
appalling odds. 'rlu nncors hacked
through ihe mass, rallied and kept tho
barviah horde az bay. Lieut.. Orenfclt,
nephew OF Cen sir Francis Grenfolt.
vas KILLED four other officers were
Nn1,nled, iwonly-pne men were killed
anl iWenty wounded.
ne Egyptian cavalry were In close
thsn,ins throughout with the Bnggara
n.l.,inpn' For short period the en-
.my eapiured and held gun. but IL
va brilliantly retaken.
10 heroIe bravery OF the Dervlshos
e.,l universal admiration. Time at.
VINE their dispersed and b,pken
,u''sA reformed ana hurled themselves
' Di,n lne Anglo Egyptians. their emlrs
~. ''u,lsiy leading and spurnlns
''1'h. Even when wounded and IN