Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-09-10
GORDON IS AVENGED.
THE MAHDISTs ARE CRUSHED,
General Kitchener Captures Omdur-
man mud the English Now Down
the FnnatiCal DerVishes by Thou
Snnds-The English Lose TWO
Hundred Men.


Nile, Nubia, Sept 2.-tBy camel post to
Nasev.)-The sirdar General Herbert
Kitchener with the khalifa black stand
ard captured dunng the battle, entered
Omdurman, the capital of Mahdiam, at
o'clock this afternoon at the head of
the Anglo Egyptian column, AFTER com
pletely routing the Dervishes and dealing
a death blow to Mahdiam.
Roughly, our losses were 200 while
thousands OF the Dervishes were killed
and wounded. Last night the Anglo
Egyptian army encamped at Agaiza, eight
mics from Omdurman. The DerYlshes
were three miles distant At dawn the
cavalry patrolli1g toward Omdurman dis
covered the enemy advancing to the at
tack in battle array, chanting war songs
Their front consisted of infantry and cav
airy. stretched out for three or four miles.
Countless banners tluttered over their
masses and theh copper and brass drums
resounded through the ranks OF the saw
ace warriors who advanced unsWervlngly
with all their old-time ardor. Our in
fantry formed outside the camp. On the
left were the First battalion OF North
cumberland fllsileers, the Second battalion
Lancashire fllsileers and the First bat
TALON grenadier guards with the Maxim
battery, manned by the Royal Irish tusi-
leers. In the center were the First bat
TALON Warwickshire First battalion
Cameron Highlanders and the First bat
TALON WarWicNshire, First battalion
inns worked by detachment of the royal
artillery under Major Williams. On our
right were the .Soudanese brigades, cool-
manded by General Maxwell and General
Mcdonald The Egyptian brigades held
the reserves and both TANKS were sup
ported by .daxim-N ordenfeld batteries.
At 1920 a. IN. the enemy crowded the
ridges above the camp and advanced
steadily in emeloping formation.
swept Down the A--Iside.
At 7:40 our artillery opened fire which
was answered by the Deryish rltiemen.
Their attack developed on our LETT and
in accordance with their traditional tao
ties they swept down the hillside with
the design of rushing our flank But the
whitening fire maintained for ID minutes
by all our line frustrated the attempt
and the Dervishes, baked, swept toward
our center, upon which they concentrated
a fierce attack.
4 large force of horsemen, trying %
face continuous hail of bullets from the
Cameron Highanders, the Lincolnshire
regiment and the Soudanese, was literal
ly swept away, leading to the withdrawal
OF the entire body, whose dead streWed
the field,
Magnificent Rushes.
The bravery of the Dervishes can hard
" be oyerstated. Those who carried the
flags struggled within a hundred yards
OF our fighting line. When the Dervishe5
withdrew behind the ridge i'll front of
their camp the whole force marched III
echelou battalions toward Omdurman.
When our troops surmounted the crests,
the Soudanese on the right came to at
tack those who had reformed under the
rocky eminence and had massed around
the black standard of the khalifa III or
der to make a supreme effort to retrieve
the fortunes of the day. mass loOOO
strong bore down on the Soudanese Gen
eral Kitchener swung round the center
and left of the SoudaneSe and seized the
rocky eminence and the Egyptians, hith-
erto in reserve, Joining the firing line. In
10 minutes and before the Dervishes could
drive their attack home the flower of the
khalifa's army was caught i'll depression
and within zone of whitening cross
fire from three brigades, with the attend
ant artillery The devoted mahdists
stroye heroically to make Roadway, but
every rush was stopped, while their main
body was literally mown down by sus-
tanned deadly cross-fre.
Died Around Their Standards.
DedantIy the Dewisnes planted their
standards and died beside them. Their
dense masses gradually melted to COM
panies and the companies to driblets be-
meath the laaden hail. Finally they
broke and fed, leaving the field white
with the iibbahclad corpses, which like
a snowdrift, dotted the spot.
At ll:l5 the sirlar ordered an advance
and our whole force in line drove the
scattered remnant OF the foe into the des-
ert, our cavalry cutting OIL their retreat
to Omdurman.
None BraVer Than English.
Among the chief incidents of the bat
tie was brilliant charge by the Twenty
first lancers, under Lieutenant Colonel
Martin. Galloping down on a detached
body OF the enemy they found the Der
wish swordsmen massed behind and were
forced to charge home against great odds.
The lancers charged through and kept