The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-05
COURAGE OF DERvIsHEs.
Desperate Charge of the Cavalry
One OF Great BrilIiancy.

London, Sept. 5.-The war correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph, with the Anglo
Egyptian forces, says: "Khalifa Abdul
lab, with has harem and Osman Digna, his
principal general managed to escape; but
Abduilah's banner and thousands of pris-
oners are in our hands. 1t is estimated
that 1900 of the enemy were slain. Our
total casualties were about 500.
Besides Col. Rhodes, another corre-
spondent was slightly wounded. Mr.. How
ard, the New York Herald correspondent,
was slain by a shell in Omdurman."
The war correspondent of the Daily
News says: "Our victory was not easily
or cheaply won. The dervish loss was
enormous. 1t is estimated that the killed
OF the enemy were no fewer than 5000.
"Our whole force was engaged in the
fighting from $50 a. m. until sundoWh.
The dervishes displayed marvellous braV-
cry TO the last. Instead of waiting for
US in Omdurman, where they could have
made a resistance that would have cost
us thousands of lives, they advanced TO
meet US. The sight was extraordinary.
Some Il 900 men in four brigades attempt
ed to rush our zeriba.
with desperate gallantry they were
repulsed, suffering huge loss. Our Max
i'm guns especially made terrible lanes
in their ranks, and our artillery dealt
havoc in the town, which was fun of wo-
men. The dervish army of 60,0OO is utterly
broken, but We are fully prepared TO
fight tomorrow, if they wish it,"
The Standards war correspondent also
pays tribute to the magnificent courage
of the dervishes, but says: Fortunately
for us, their leaders showed little or no
xrrfe1 dom in oh eli hot
Describing the attemut of the Bag
CARA horsemen to retrieve the days for
tunes by a final charge, the correspondent
says "Dashing across the level stretch
of pebbly SOIL the Khalifas cavalry rode
madly at the steady line of infantry. Our
troops awaited the charge without finch
ing On came the dervlshes, but again the
deadly fire fire poured into them and did
its work. Men and horses fell thick, and
hardly a rider in that desperate charge
escaped.
"A large body of the enemy's infantry,
undismayed by slaughter, could be seen
preparing to follow the cavalry, but our
field artillery and Maxims, descending
from the hill on which they were posted,
came again into action and the conflict
entered a new phase.
'fThe attack on our camp had been re-
pulsed, and the only question was wheth-
er the defeat of the enemy was complete.
1t was moi long before the derViShes were
seen in full fight toward the rightleaving
their dead on the field as they fed. Prac-
tically the whole army of the Khalifa was
destroyed. Our casualties number over
200.
1.-The march to Omdurman, after the
great fight, was comparatively without in
cident
las we neared the place the people liv-
ing in houses outside the wall, poured out
in large numbers to welcome the victors
with hoarse shouts. Passing through a
long street we came to the wall itself,
a solid looking piece of rough masonry.
There had been no need to employ 40
Founders to effect a breach. An entry was
found near the river, and the sirdar rode
into Omdurman unopposed.
''The city seemed deserted, save for wo-
men and some two score men, who came
forward to make submission and lay down
their arms. Around the ruined tomb of
the Mahdi the city extends ON all sides
like a rabbit warren"