The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-19
AS OMDURMAN FELL.
Incidents of the sirdar's Campaign
Against the KahIifa.
From the Phlladelphla Press.

tOtu Tue iiicutlllild 1ItSS.
The new moon of late August, accord
ing to Arab notions, bodies bad luck for
the dervishes. 1t was mot a lighting
MOON" If it were it would have been half
on hts back. trailing ike a scimitar, but
it was a very upright moon, and encour-
aged the superstltious with the Anglo
Egyptian army most nightly.
The army breakfast at 4:30 and the bat
tie began at $50 in the morning the shells
from the howitzers, knocking holes in the
Mahdi's tomb At 500 other batteries got
to work; at 645 the dervish advance began
and by $50 the irresistible movement of
the Anglo Egyptian forces on Omdurman
I was under way. The outskirts were reach
ed at / p. M, the Sirdar entering little
after O'Clock in the afternoon. One of
the first places he visited was the house
where Slatin Pasha was so dong confined.
Little water or food was had by the An
glo-Egyptians for nearly fourteen hours,
and night fell their exhaustion was
complete. But the fight was won, they
said land what mattered now"
Acts of VaEor and heroism were COM
mon enough. Lieut.. Grenfell was killed
early in charge. Knowing that the der
wishes would mutilate the body Lieut..
Montmorency and Lieut.. Pirie rode back
at the enemy, shot three or four of them
and brought the lieutenant's body out Of
the melee.
Trooper Byrne, fighting with desperate
Yalor was badly wounded, first by a der
Wish sword and then by a rifle bullet. But
the madness OF battle was upon him, and
he continued to fight. Has troop officer told
him "to get outside" He replied do let
me have one more 80 at them, sir"
Sergt. Maj. George Neysey got a slash
from a dervish sword which severed his
nose, and almost simultaneously a spear
was thrust into his chest. Blood streamed
two 10. H.
in his saddle and continued to cheer on his
troop TIL the fight was over.
Lieut.. Wormald, of the Seventh Hussars,
engaged an Emir single-handed and nearly
came to grief Delivering terrific blow at
the mal-clad warrior, the lieutenant s
sword, striking against the chain armor,
bent double, as though it were lead; but
before the Emir could get his own sword
home Wormaid hit him across the head
with the bent sword and stunned him, and
lancer opportunely coming along finish
ed the chieftain.
After the battle had been going on for
some time the Khalifa's black flag, which
had in the first advance been planted with
in 1900 yards of our front, stin waved aloft.
A pile Of stones had been heaped around
its tall bamboo staff, but with the excep-
ton of a few of the enemy who were
shamming death all had been killed or
wounded. The staff and flag were riddled
Wltn Dulet-hOies, ana nIty neaped-up dead
including the Khalifas brother, Yacoub
lay there. One fanatic had lent care4essIy
against the staff, holding 1t by one hand
for some time but he. like others, fell
pierced by many wounds.
Inasmuch as their front extended over
three miles and was interspersed with
innumerable banners and the glittering
sheen of steel, the carly morning adj
vance of the dervishes, says an eye Wit
ness, presented one of the grandest spec
tacles IL Is possible to imagine as the
enemy deployed over the undulaiing
plain. Scattered along their front were
Che mounted Emirs and bodies OF Bag