Evening star., 1898-10-12

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About sixty camel men bit the dust In tho
first few volleys. but the searching fir. OF
the MellA made the en- amy waver aud soon
they commerced TO retire. apparently Ntt'e
Disconnected. though the ground was str.N-
| ell with their dead and dying leaving Bon
slain upon the neid They now slowly
| tiUdSed northward toward the black sim.
| dard. round which from 1aRsp TO .sl,pg
white gtbbas glistened in the sun
| The situation now flashed on ne In n mo.
! mfnt Far from being beaten in .heir a..
! taeH on INC SQUARE. they had cleSerly found
| The E'ain body had given the british
I wing Mide birth, though sim making
| bold *how In our front. and were now
| concentrating for sup emc tffort 10 hr.qk
! through the Egyptian brira,ics ina.T
| Lewis. Macdonald and Maxwell formiae
| our right nank. H. the meantime thr sir
| dar, With reckless anxiety to reach or,.ltr
| man. and coming to The conclusion tba- ~,
! dtl wishes in his front checked bv fbe 6rn
| IRON our square. might retire To thr town.
! sounded the advance. ordering tn. us
i-ancers. screening the 32l Battery and the
! ieh flank. 10 clear the ground OF mo
| enemy.
4 Noble Charge.
| With splendid audaoity this small body ~
| k'fse-Sofne '3p troop -rs-conmenrrd tho
WORK Since the beginning Of the fgh' !
had Noticed about 500 deryish spear ana
swordsnen had been lying pcr,iu In A d.
precision OF the Errund on our left FROM.
and as yet had not been in action. The
| gallant leader of the lancers. Col Martin.
! taking this party for a remnant of IN,
| LETT GeiNish frontal attack gave the order
| l" charSe. and 4 column of dust was an I
| could see OF one Of the most brilliant and
| reckless charges in the history Of cavalry.
! they were too close 20 the enemy 10
| cCCch lances ffectiVely, and the casualties
| OF the gallant hUrScmtn would have b,gn
! fewer IL they had discarded these Ncappns
| Tor the swords. Arriving on the yayg. Of
| Inc shallow Iullah, the enemy confronted
| them' perfect wall of swords and spears.
| cnIy too anxious to meet them with he
| impetus Of the charge "A lane was op..l.d
UP ihrcugh the derrfsh ranks which closed
| On the horsemen as they passed through
| lhe dervishes hacking at the horses vith
| tftir long swords. ana a melee comm. NO.. a
| which is probably the bloodes; on record
| Inc troopers shortened their laucrs and
| stabbed and butted their way through the
GerNish masses reforming and rechar.tug.
but the enemy still showed a bold front,
hamstTlnglns their horses and slash.ns at
! 8ll unfortunates who had fallcu t.U thor
| faces were unrecognizabic ono of the
! Troop commanded hy Capt. Grcnf.il was
| brGug&t down owing to his horse sum hllus
| Shc was imm -diately cut TO pieces which
| was the case with the majority cf mer VITO
| mad lest their mounts. Among the many
| heroic deeds IN ttis famous charge was
| anether oiflcer saved 10y comradc VINO
| dlsmounteG, and assisting him "a slim up
| behind him. rode to the rallving point s,v-
| Ing Il will do the riding. Won can do ,ba
| shooting. as he handed him his revolver
| Thls piucky charge cost the 2ISl twenty
| three officers and men killed and forty-five
! wounded. thirty-one horses killed and ihIr-
| ty-eight wounded Almost sirnultananusl,,
| with this daring British exploit tn, d.r,-ish
| attack on the Egyptian flank commenced
| north Of Kerriri- Macdonald's brigade had
| Just moved out OF square formation to keep
| IN touch with the general movement in
| cchelon heading toward Omdurman when
| the enemy. from l0.DO0 to I5.ono strong
/ railylng around the black standard came
| into sight over the Herrtri hills The gem
| eral Immediately formed two sides of a
l square with thanking Maxims and the
| toughest infantry fight OF the day COM
meIced.
| preme confidence in their power to destroy
| the Egyptian battalions, for thousands Of
| these men confronting us had dealt with
| Egyptians under Hicks Pacha hut this
| Tune they soon found that they had to do
| battle with though similar material as Of
| yore, an article that had been drilled dis
| ciplined and nodded into a splendid aghtiug
| machine by the patience and Perseverance
/ of British officers.
| In spite of the excellence Of the Egyptian
| nre the derpishes came on, leaving hills Of
| slain and dying in their wake. still cnnil-
| oefit that at close quarters the Egyptians
| must fall back. In perfect touch with each
| other, the Egyptians steadily held their
/ ground. The Sirdar now seeing the serious
| ness OF this fresh attack, in answer to
| Macdonaids request for a British regiment
| at last sent Wauchope to his support with
| the Seaforths and Lincelns. Doubling back
| to the right flank. the latter regiment conn
| ing up on the right OF the 10th Soudan,se
| We're Just in time to prevent a serious s!tu-
alton, Tor the majority of Macdcnald's men
haa nred away their ammunition till they
| We're down to three cartridges per man.
AT the same time Tudway's camel men
| dismounted from their beasts and Joined
| the hghting line. In fact, Macdonald had
| not one man too many to stem the sudden
| onslaught. Three thousand deryishes were
/ STR linz 81,
| agony in front of Macdonald's brigade be-
| fore they showed signs that they had had
| enough OF II. when they began to sullenly
| retire southwest wardly but not before
| their cavalry had made Il supreme effort TO
| break the Egyptian ranks-a charge in its
! way as brilliant that of the aist Lam
| GERS which had taken place but a few min
| utes before
! Four hundred Basgara horse. osteusi3lv
| escorting the banners of Osmau Azrak and
! fakub, the brother of the Kha.ifa suddenly
made desperate charge on the Egyptian
| INES. Starting off at hard canter they
| increased their speed till they raced for
ward into the very jaws of death-into the
sweeping fire OF the Naxims. Many reel
| ing IN their saddles. their squirting veins
| clothing their white gibbas with deep red
| still swung their Crusader swords with irn-
| potent fury al their adversaries. til they
| lost their balance and toppled over to tht.
! ground. Many OF their sweating steefs,
| Speckled with foam and blood. continued
| the charge right home.
/ ctheFS, tneif horSeS stumbling and Diung-
| ing, riddled with bullets, rose from under
| their dying charges and. with shouts of the
prophet on their lips. hurried forward on
| foot till they withered away under the
| deadly hail from the Egyptian lines This
| Baggara charge took place about to:i5
| am. and practically ended the battle.
| though desultory firing continued TIL ,
/ pm, when all the brigades. black brown
and white, were en- route to Omdurman.
| This unlocked for flank attack of the
khaiifa On our right raised the battle Of
| Omdurman-in spite Of the overwhelming
| numbers of the enemy-from a mere one
| sided butchery to the dignity of a weii-bai-
anced Tight The Khalifas tactics. after
| all, were not by any means contemplate.
| he made a strong frontal attack while he
| tried to work round fanks. On his
| right the British brigade appeared too
| strong for him, he tried the left which
was composed of Khedival troops, the Sir
dar unwittngly playing into his hands by
the rather premature move on to Omdur-
man in breaking up the square and placing
the Egyptian brigade in the open. giving
the dervishe5 great advantage, which they
at once took.
However. 'alrs well that ends we'll" IT
was lucky day for the combined forces OF