The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-23

s3retop Maxim n hard. and With remark
ao'y good aIrr played OF me sn@Ty, Sa.4e
91r GJtck-tsr.f.g f0re-TIrret gus Shellec ne
S~a THIS of SeFxiEa ever aggrlsating the
f9rces tEoFtag coE1r1s Ia. camel corps.
TIE camel nsc1. under BIN oasai lnG%as',
behaYc@ VIII rsnlar sl@5sz GOODNESS, not
ot- 44rr5s2 h. the sudden movements 90
the er@.ny. wE0 TEr& advancing m1cb as
Il they ~ere marching II cotuEnn e ao15.e
FEosFlgs&Fsles At. 1F}1g FoLsys a. -lS Farose
wa3fe xw0F1s.7en hurried towards tas.r
seft 1aak completely cutting on thetr re-
treat About s.x came. ~-e1 III the 6us-
81 :as rs; few yoIleys. but the searching
Era % he 3eIiE made the a1er1y waVer.
ana soon they commenced 10 retire, AZ
ground was strewa with their dead and
dying. Leaving i.>1l sian upon the field.
TAey uos slowly trudgAd nor'nwsfds.
towards he back STANDARD. round which
from = .Sso 70 80 white gibbas giistened
- re moment Far from being beaten
81 their attack on rhe square. they rad
csatef.T fo1as out our weak 3ank, Tn-
Ta 2 body h11 given the British wing a
y De birth :honSh SIN making bold
show Il our front. and ware raw concen-
tTat7g tor supreme effort to break
throeg1 the Egyptian brg2ies, under
Lew5s Macdonald ana Maxwell. forming
CUR r!gh' aank.
The Lnncers' Charge.
IN the meantime the S5rdsr, with reck-
less anxiety 20 reach Or91urman, and COM
ing % the conclusion that the dervishes
n his front, checked bY the fire from our
square, might retire on the town. sounded
TIE advance. ordering the 2lst Lancers
screening the 3=Ed battery and the left
T3nk. 70 Gear the ground OF the enemy.
Win splendid audaciry this small body ~
horss-sone $50 troopers-commencee the
Work Since the beginning o. the hght |
rad noticed about 800 dervish spear ar3
sworcsrnen had been lying perdu In de-
preston OF The ground on our left front.
- yer lad rot been In action The
gallant leader OF The Lancers. Col. Mar
eft derv'sh frontal attack gave the order
. charge, ard a column Of dust was all
could sec i: one Of he mast brilliant ana
reckless charges IN the history Of cavalry.
Iacy were TOO close 10 the enemy 20
couch iances effectively. and the casualties
q the gallant horsemen would have been
fewer Il they rad discarded these weapons
for t2e swords. Arriving on the verge Of
the shallow nuilah the enemy confronted
Thorn. perfect wall % swords and spears
only too anxious 20 meet them. with the
impetus NJ the charge lane was opened
Hp through the dervish ranks. which
closed OF the horserneu as they passed
through, me derVishes hacking the horses
Win Ine'r long swords. and a melee cdu-
meHced which Is probably the blooGiest on
record The troopers shortened their
i4oces. and stabbed and butted their way
through the derviSh masses. reforming
sod rf-cnargins. But the enemy eifil
SHe"e7 bold front. ham-stringing their
npfseS and siashiug at ali unfortunates
"ho had fallen. TIL their faces were IN
recognizable. one or the trooDs com
manded ny Capt. Grenfeu was brought
ao"n ." 9g to his horse stumbling. ana
was Immediately cut 20 pieces. which was
ne case Win he majority % men who
!id lost ihetE mounts. Among the many
her3,c deegs IN his famous charge was
another officer saved by a. con,rade. who
aismoun'ed and, assisting him 10 siip I'm
neAind aim, rode 10 the rallying mt saw
. .a viii 90 the riding: YOU can do
Noiver This plucty charge cost the
Twenty-first % officers and men killed and
A. wounded: 81 horses killed and -
wounded.
An Infantry Fight.
Almost simultaneously with this daring
British exploit. the dervIsh attack on inc
Egyptian rank comm &c north OF her-
riri Macedonia ID : brigade had just moved
out Of square formation 10 Keep touch
with the general movement n echeon
heading towards Cmdurm 5 WAen I ule
enemy from !0.H0 10 1890 strong. rally
.ug round the black standard came into
sight over the kerriri hills The general
jmmedia tely formed TWO sdes of square.
With thanking Mdx.mS. and the toughest
infantry tight o. the day commenced, the
dervsue steadily advanced wIta supreme
confidence In Their power to destroy the
Egyptian battaions. for thousands OF
these men confronting Us had dealt with
Egypti3ns under Hicks Pa>ha. hut this
Ime they soon found that they had 10 do
b4t>Ie w;th-yhough SIMILAR material as OF
yore--3u article that had been drilled, DIS
c.pi ned and moulded into spl nd Z fight
ing machine by the patience and reTse-
Verance If British officers. In spite az the
excellence of the Egyptian ire. the derv-
ishes came On. leaving the nils Of slam
aad dying In their wake. still confident
that at close quarter The Egyptians must
fail back. In perfect touch with each
other. The EGypt ans steadily held their
ground. The Sirdar, TOW seeing the serl-
business Of this fresh attack, IN answer 10
Nacdona}d's request fer a British reg
fuent. ~ last :. nj Wauchope to MS sup
Th4y ~. SsaflYtNS and l.lnClluS.