Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-09-08
A CRUSHING DEFEAT.
English Army Wins a Great
Victory In Egypt
The MAHDIS FORCES ROUTED.
The Death Of Chinese Gordon Avenged
-DeuViSho'S Men Slaughtered by
tho Thousands by Rapid
Fire Gunss


the Nile, Nubla, Sept. 2.--By camel
Post TO NasH.-The sirdar General Slr
Herbert Kitchener, with the khalifa's
black standard, captured during tho
battle, entered 0mdurman, the CAPT"
tai OF Mahdiam, at 4 o'clock this at
ternoon, at the head OF the Anglo
Egyptian column, after completely
routing the dervlshes and dealing q
death blow TO Mahdiam.
Roughly our losses were 200, while
thousands OF the dervishes were killed
and wounded.
Last night the Anglo-Egyptian
army entered at Agaiza, eight miles
from Omdurman. The dervlshes were
three miles distant. At dawn today
our cavalry, patrolling toward Om-
durham, discovered the enemy adj
yancing to the attack in battle array,
chanting war songs. Their front con-
sisted Of infantry and cavalry,
stretched out for three or four miles.
Countless banners Huttered over their
masses and the copper and brass
drums resounded through the serrled
ranks OF the savage warriors, who ad-
vanced unwaverlngly with all their
old-time ardor, Our infantry formed
up outside the camp. On the left were
the First battalion Northumberland
fusileers, the Second battalion Lam
cashire fusileers and the First battal-
lon grenadler guards, with the Maxim
battery, manned by the royal Irish
fusileers. Tn our center were the First
battalion WarwiclSshire regiment, the
First battalion Cameron Highlanders
and the First battalion Lincolnshire
regiment with MaXlms worked by O
detachment OF the royal artillery, un'
der Major Williams. On our rlght
were the Soudanese brigade, com
manded by General Maxwell and Gen
eral Macdonald The Egyptian brig
AIDES, commanded by General Maxwell
were supported by the Maxim-Nor'
denfelt batteries.
At 1870 a, m. the enemy crowded the
ridges above the camp and advanced
steadily in enveloplng formation. Al
7:40 our artillery opened fire, which
was answered by the derylsh rihemen
Their attack developed on our left
and in accordance with their tradi
tlonal tactics, they swept down thu
hillside with the dselgn of rushing oul
flank. But the whitening fire main
tanned for fifteen minutes by all oul
line frustrated the attempt, and thu
dervishes baked, swept toward oui
center, upon which they concentrated
a fierce attack. A large force o
horsemen, trying to face continuous
hail OF bullets from the Cameron
Hlghlanders, the Lincolnshire regi
ment and the Soudanese, was literally
swept away, leading to the withdraw
al OF the entire body, whose deat
atrewed the field.
The bravery OF the dervishes cal
hardly be overestimated. Those VIII,
carried the flags struggled to within
few hundred yards Of our fighting
line, while the mounted emirs abso
lutely threw their lives away in bolt
charges.
When the dervishes withdrew be
hind the ridge in front Of their cam
the whole force marched in echeloI
OF battallons toward 0mdurman. A
our troops surmounted the crest ad
joining the Nile, the Soudanese on gu
right came into contact with the enc
my, who had reformed under cover o
rocky eminence and had massed be
meath the black standard of the kha
iifa in order to make a supreme effor
to retrieve the fortunes OF the day. /
mass, $4,000 strong, bore down on tn
Soudanese.
General Kitchener swung round tn
center and left OF the Soudanese an
seized the rocky eminence, and tn
Egyptians, hitherto in reserve, joine
the firing line in ten minutes, and be
fore the dervishes could drive thei
attack home.
The flower OF the khalifa's arm
was caught in depression and with
In zone of whitening crossflre fror
three Gbrigades, with the attendant M
tillery. The devoted Mahdists stroy
heroically to make Roadway, but eI
cry rush was stopped, while thei
main body was literally mown dow
by sustained deadly crossflre.
Dehantly the dervishes plante
their standards and died beside their
Their dense masses gradually melte
70 companies and The companies I
driblets beneath the leaden hail. Fin
ally they broke and fed. leaving tn
feldwhite with jibbah-clad corpse.
like snowdrlft-dotted meadow.
At 11:15 the sirdar ordered an ad
vance and our whole force in lin
drove the scattered remnant of tn
foe into the desert, our cavalry cui
ting of their retreat to 0mdurman n.
Cairo, Sept. 6.-General Kitchene
tAle0rauhS. savinp, "Onlv h,,o pr;,