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

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r. ard for an roar obT 80
cangeu4~ps was almost a@luse3.
SCORPIONS sre Eot fond q ~.
westhe- ard seek cover wSer-
Sv~- they ran FRA *. Cae ~ ta~s> HUE
al5rFors u the 2oa8sa NESTLED - vain
Garner between gly shoulder ana ~ hIsa-
kst Cncaas s3ue.y Z s@g2easd io DISTURB
I'm SIS h.a .Fuga 5grs. "les see ping Digs
lie" saya the e.8 maxim. In ar instant
vas sraahe4 apparently w,th red-not
pofuara sfy servant CAME - nay sssss-
TANGO with ammonia. ~aca Has Fu3'}e4
tnfo ,he uuucture Sa6 ny arm was t4gat-
~ Damaged Up. ~al,a my g9|3 fi'e'1G
ara 80. sa-g4s t.less ne " ~
The f3aroxysnn % pain lasted three hours.
iaen nHnonesa ~ tne lekt ss3e - "a
a. ~ = - ~ . 4@ey pre- - -,
TIE pcison q the scorpion. and ,eil
aaseep RE rare.lle ! Simply ufenLon taiS
Fasbcr persona! matter - testify tnst tae
cas- ., scorpion bites is eciCacsous. We
VEL a.. exc e<ively damp an1 nnconltof.
table Gar uaDy hours isl tfi*. our maj
nat AZ iJ s2ter@ ards turned out-0*tofs
nafs.nR sac enemy Tire say MAS over
caHt ana ihe freshness o. ne morning.
sageezte1 q first % september ia RI
gia-a. and the heasiness G t5e ground.
oH.aS 81 the 9fe Tl0fls His ~ 3 rain. gaze
color to tne impgestCu tbAt we we're
rlougnsGg through e tfirnlg HajG Or
stIo31ag expedition. p" more evening ifao
O'Clock our s'ifyen9d .nDs Began 70 feel
mere sugpje 10 tie sun broke oat ana
fff moisture az oar Eat3-8fentaeI CO. ITs
evapafaEed. So8a rA2 sound q distant
booming - gBnE SEEMED to hasten ne
Iac.' - iile Brigade lulo a bt.SHer step
a. t3sy .ridseu ever sne U.ase platn
j. saS rem 5rkanle the effect on The men
% ans pear Isses+.H}.lfy of h&ht. Al
sxultarf buzz passed THROUGH the RACKS
g. M8J3g EluS4le's battery commenced tG
poGuG away az the ou2urFisG iortS. ~
came !" fa't - fh' ltEe
OF ksrFiri aud from the uiateaU on which
the Village stood W. couli plainly see ne
ruins az khartpum and The Mahdl's tomb.
q white zone standing nBt an ths r.Zet}.
TIE III gaIr had bat hardly marched on
thclr markers 10 CnednFH }ent when our
cavalry scouts reported the enemy Ia
sign. 3aa poui .at.r "a rccaafl i@.s3uce
FAR + eatn" ia with tGe news That the
whole deTVish army was marching on our
position. ~ once our brigade moved for
ward and fonk no their position on ridges
% undu,ating ground the English 3iyi-
son stretching from above thr Niio south
o. our let. tn Egyptian forces con'inu-
Ing tho line north - q narrow crack on
our right. fleming ohiope square with
a mie frontage towards the desert, The
gurhnaEs the Nel,k Sheikh. Sultan Me
tefnuah. \ hi l. .eA and Fattch. protecting
our TANKS
Night before The Fight.
Towards sunset the enemy came 10
halt III our imue diate 'front.'. about two
miles away. evidently with the intention
OF giving battle ia the morning Though
rather weary with tho heavy days march.
the Sirdir's forces were spelling for
hight. never saw men keensT, and there
fatigue parties were told off To bring In
weed 70 cook their ratioHs, though they
had been without a square meal since the
night before. kattlas were soon boiling
tea munched their biscuits and bully beef
end eventually slumbered on their arms
waiting for the dawn. Lights were or
derpd out shorty after sunset, but the
order was nos ftri~tiy carried out. ard
many fires were burning far into the
might. giving the enemy splendid opp0f-
tuuity Of following tne.r tactics as a, Ahu
k!ea which was 10 snirc us all night
LONG However. not q shot was fired. and
when the moon rose. flooding the whole
landscape with her sof; m low light.
nothing IN, the heavy breathing OF the
troops, and the occasional amorous bray
OF the donk.rs ana growing ~ came,s
broke The stiffness. In the middle OF The
night | Woke az, remembering THAT had
camera with films Ths could only he
done when darkness r. gred so ] aroused
nay servant set the apparatus together
and took e down % the suuhoa; MelIk.
WHORE I found darkn IS enough in her
sitting f0reAo.d. By the time had ar
RANGED matters and came on 81 X. = - A.
cawc An ordtr haa Jns' arrived for the
commander Major tso~i01, IN cover the
extreme fiEh' flank - the SgUz~s and
the Milk was steaminr along shore .
take az her position. Not being abe N
land ! climbed NJ - her az; battery,
whence ! ,ouii I'fw tha country around
From ih.s position I commanded most
conpreH asNc view - the whole s!fua-
fion. ana II was = zs1' ;hst va rsrr
remain n wy naemery On my lett flank
was the Nile. a wide eNpanse ~ si,vefY
sheen reH. ;5rs the mos. delicate }i1ts
Of eclar from ,he earlv sGn-a shttl5 =
amber rls,ar randy tahtui ths purple
rulns ~ Eori3n'S palace in the aba y
grew - khafteV}u J wondered az taa
mon.eL, r II wou'1 80 n'H fa'e today -
s@a th9t sGU set rpau th" artei,tEa o. tAe
dervish rower. ans tGat glorious Sol1lt "a
cr0ai castN attne 4 Gls0c!nE go 'ac
rlphf 1884, rou}t see th- grew decor .fe
lew pain broken ~ a SHARP CauicAi h3i
hearing 'oa sr!s on'dnruan. then run
MIR parallel - tile river slv mites away.
wsS Ing Gat ridge of h.lls shutting Inc
de&srt f..
The Rattle Array.
tn square ~ lhe S.r3zg'~ forces faced
these t9es thr pg.Esa division forming
tn ,ef 4tA .af. -e04 g. vtt,tt tH+ t.- De
tiaa br.sa5es hel3 the r.Eat 81 tae post