Arizona republican., 1898-10-10

guns were the handy but dsadly Max lm-Nordenfeldt -pounders. Mae donald had marched out wi h the Eley- Ienth Soudanese on his left, the Second Egyptian in the center and the Tenth Soudanese on the right, all being in line. Behind the Tenth, also in line Iwere the Ninth Soudanese. Major Wal ter commanded the Ninth, Major Ma sou the T5nsh and Major Jackson the Eleventh Soudanese battalicns. Hast lening forward to meet the Khalifas at tack. Colonel Macdonald threw his whole brigade into line, disregarding for the moment the assauitirg col umns Of Sheik Ed Din, who p.oviden- ltially were little behind in the attack The batteries went to the front in lopeTings between the b-igades and Ismote the facas of the dervish columns. Steadily the infantry fired, the blacks in their own pc. fashion independently, the Second Egyptians in careful, we'll aimed volleys
 i THE KHALIFA BROKEN
 "Afar we could sea and rejoice that the brigade was giving a magnificent account Of itself. The Khalifa's der wishes were being hurled broadcast to the ground. Major Williams at last and our other batteries, as well as Maxims, were finding the range and ripping into shredS the solid lines of dcTyislles. Still the enemy pressed in, their leading footmen reaching to with in 200 yards of Macdonald's line. Scores Of the Emirs and lesser leaders, as well as footmen, only fell a few feet from the guns and unshaken Khedivial in- fantry. l.. is said one or two threw spears across the indomitable scldiery. and few turned tha Hanks, but were instantly dispatched. A few salvos and vclleys shook the looser attacking icolunns of dervishes. The Knalifa's division had at length received such surfeit of wi-hering fire that ths rear lines began to hold back, and the des- 1 perate ruSheS Of the chiefs and their ! personal retailers grew fawer and tfeebler. But Shiek Ed Din was within 1.oo0 yards, running with his confident leSicns to encompass and destroy the First Khedivial brigade. Macdonald when he saw that he could not hold his own against the whole array of the i ikhalifa'S s personally commanded divis- ion, threw back his right the Ninth, ] and one and then another battery. He was now fairly beset on all sides, bu. fighting sDlsndidly, doggedly. The i iderFishes, taking fresh courage, made redoubled efforts 10 destroy him. IL was by far the finest, the most heroic struggle Of the day. A second battal- ion, the famous fighting Eleventh Sou darese, who lost so heavily at Atbara. swung round and interposed them selves to Khalifa's s and Sheikh Ed Din's ieTce followers Furious as was the blast of lead and iron, the darvishes I oil Ir,f fr~ s,, I. II and Eleventh, when the Second Egyp- tian, wheeling at the double, filled the gap.
 Without hesitation the fellaheen, let it be said, stood their ground, and. full of confidence. called to each other, and gave shot and bayCnet point to the few more trUrIlent dervishes who, braYing shot ard shell, dashed against heir line It was tough, protracted struggle, but Colonel Macdonald was slowly freeing himself and winning all along the line. Tke camel corps came out to his assistance and formed on the right of the Eleventh Soudanese Shells and showers Of bullets from the Max inns On the gunbcats drove back the rear lire of Sheikh-ed-Din's men. Thrse bartalinns of Wauchope's got 1 up to assist in completing the rout of the Khalifa. The Lircolns, sent to the right, got in line with the camel corps and assisted in finishing off the retreat ing bands of the Khalifa's son I saw the deIvishes for the first time in all these years turn tail. stoop and fairly run for their lives to the shelter of the hills. It was hind most race, and the only one 1 rave ever seen them engage in through half score of battles. Beyond all else the double honors Of the day had baen won i by Colonel Macdonald and his Khediv- ial brigade, and that without any help that reed be weighed in the glory or his single-handed triumph
 1 THE SIRDAR'S ENTRANCE.
 At last cams the entry of the Sirdar's victorious troops into Omdurman, i which is thus described:
 i About 4 o'clock Colonel MaxwelTs 5 brigade, accompanied by the Thirty second field battery and some Maxims, moved down one of the grsat main thoroughfares that intersect the der wish capital. the Sirdar and staff fol- i lowing shortly after them. Just as the ! British artillery reached the neighbor- hood of the Great Mosque, a trunkless head, TO doubt the last act of revenge Of some savage fanatic, Ec5 thrown across the walls among the troops. There was. toe, a good deal of indepen- dent shooting, which cost several SOL diers' lives and necessita+ed the firing of some rife volleys as well as the use of the Maxims from time to time. Om- durrnan presented a gnastly spectacle, with dead and wounded lying about in every direction (tha result of the lyd dite bombardment}, and the smell from thOusands of decomposing donkeys beggars all description. It seems that on the bombardment of Kerreri (the ! last day Of AugusD a number of the inhabitants packed their goods and chattels up and attempted on donkeys to make tracks for more peaceful climes, but the willy Khalifa was on the alert, and to prevent any attempt at repetition of such prudent but un patriotic conduct ordered a general de