The herald., 1898-09-05
A "TELEGRAPH" SPECIAL
Giving Details Of the Advance On
Omdurmau

LONDON, Sept. 4-The Daily Telegraph
Issues a special edition with the following
details Of the movements on Wednesday,
and Thursday, telegraphed from Nasri:
This "wednesday morning the Anglo
Egyptian troops began the advance In
three brigades, side by side, with front
a mile wide. the army giving the impress
sion of vast square. Our cavalry occu-
pied Jebel Sheikh Pail, three miles ahead,
at o'clock, and an hour later our intantrT
had arrived at the banks of the river
which was flooded at that point fully q
mile inland.
1.-The force halted while the gunboats pro-
ceeded. The cavalry and camel corps
trotted forward, but only a few scouts
were seen under the command Of Abdel
Baki a dervish emir, who fell back rapid
ly without contest.
"In a village we passed number Of
charred and mutilated bodies of natives
suspected Of spying and killed by the der
wishes. At o'clock the Maxim fired a few
rounds, scattering a body Of dervShes In
the bush. Then there was lull until noon,
though the cavalry and camel corps were
several miles in advance. The gunboat
signaled that 500 dervish horsemen were
moving west upon the Egyptian right, and
the lancers on the left trotted to intercept
the enemy, the camel corps supporting.
But the dervshes slipped back to their
camp in, the bush, mile inland.
1.-The Lancers advanced through the hill
passes and got within a mile of Kerrerl.
Then officers went ahead and discovered
that there were many flags in the der
v!shes' camp. They were fired upon and
eventually the entire force returned to
Sur Bah, inside the Zereba.
During the afternoon the gunboats
shelled the dervishes camp for several
hours, apparently doing much damage. A
number of dervishes who had fled to the
| bush to escape the shells surrendered
during the evening. Among the refugees
were the sheil1h of Kerreri and grandson
| Of Khurshid Pasha.
'This (rhursday) morning, in spite Of
a fierce rainstorm which continued all
| last night and until o'clock today. the
army advanced at o'clock and found Kerr
reri deserted. The lancers on the left and
| the Egyptian cavalry and camel corps on
| the right advanced six miles ahead Of the
! infantry, which marched in square. The
ancers got within a mile Of Omdurman
| and saw the dome of the Mahd's tomb,
Tut island and the palm trees of Khar-
| toum
Drawn up in five divisions. with wing
thrown back, was the khalifa's army. its
spears and swords glistening in the SUM
shine, arrayed northwest of the town in
the desert. In the central division was an
enormous number of banners, including
| one of blue and one of black.
"A number Of mounted dervishes gall
loped forward and our dismounted troops
fired upon them, hitting several and driv.
ing off the remainder. Two squadrons Of
our cavalry pushed to within 800 yards Of
| the enemy, who then advanced, our lane.
ers and the Egyptians retiring. The1gun-
! boats are now (Thursday) afternoon bonn
harding the forts at Omdurman and
Khartoum."
The British Loss
| CAIRO, Sept. 4.-Gen. Kitchener tele-
graphs saying: Only two British officers
| were killed in the battle-Lieut. Grenfell
of the Twenty-first lancers and Capt. CAL
decott of the Warwickshire regiment.
Grenfell fell In a brilliant charge by the
Twenty-first lancers, who lost twenty-ons
killed and twenty wounded.
Gen. Kitchener telegraphs:
Howard war correspondent, was killed
at the taking Of Omdurman."
George Lyulph Howard, second son Of this
Earl of Carlisle, who was the war corre-
spondent Of the London Times.
A Splendid Sight
LONDON, Sept. 5.-The special cor-e-
spondent of the Times with the Anglo
Egyptian forces telegraphs as follows:
The advance toward Omdurman was Z
magnificent panorama. Our whole front
was covered by the English and Egyptian
cavalry and camel corps. spread out like
huge fan. four miles in advance and
protecting q front Of three miles. The
gunboats, Melik, Sultan and Sheikh
steamed In single file, their decks cleared
for action.
The British division advanced along tho
river bank. Then came the Egyptian
forces in battle formation. the sirdar ard
his stan riding in tAscentsr. Gen utchsn-