The record-union., 1898-09-04
Right Bank Of the River Completely c Cleared
Of Forts.
on Tuti Island, Op-
posite Omdurman, Demolished,
and the Latter Place Captured
While Losses to Dervishes was
Heavy.

LONDON, Sept. 3.-The British War
| Office at noon to-day received a dis
patch from Nasri, on the Nile, saying
that a gunboat had returned there and
had reported that there were no cas-
ualties among the Anglo Egyptian
| forces: that the right bank of the river
| had been completely cleared of all
| forts; that the forts on Tutl Island,
| opposite Omdurman, had been demol-
| ished. and that the guns had been cap
| tured
| The dispatch also said the howitzer
| practice of the Sirdar's force was eX-
cellent.
| The War Office later in the day re-
ceived another dispatch from Gem
eral Sir Herbert Kitchener, by way
! of Nasri. 1t was not dated and read
/ as follows:
owing to the wet weather, the lines
! have been broken, and the telegraphc
| communication has been interrupted
| Am sending this to Nasri to be for
| warded.
| The march has been very favorable
| Practically no one has fallen out of the
| ranks or been invalided
During the two days we have driven
| in the Dervish cavalry and small par
| ties after slight resistance. From Jo-
| bel ROyan we marched to Wad el Obeid.
| thence to Surarat This morning we
| reached Egina, a mile and half south
of Kerreri, six miles from Omdurman
! The mounted camel corps. with a horse
| battery, pushed forward to Khorsham-
| ba, whereupon the entire Dervish force
issued from Omdurman and were clear
| iy visible. l estimated the force at 3D.
| 600 men
They advanced at II o'clock a. m.
| as if to attack us, to meet which | dis
| posed of our forces in a good, open po-
sition, with a clear field of fire. The
Khalifa's force had halted three miles
southwest of our position, and is now
there at 3 p. m,
Early this morning, according to
| orders, the gunboats advanced tow
| ing howitzer battery and barges in
| support of the Arabs on the right bank
The howitzers took up a position oppo-
site Omdurman, and the gunboats bonn
barded the forts. They have not re-
| turned, but their fire has partly demol-
ished the dome over the Mahdis tomb.
All WELL"
The substance of Sir Henry's report
is also contained in the following dis
patch received to-day from Cairo:
On Thursday afternoon the Sirdar,
General Sir Herbert Kitchener, ad-
vanced within a mile and half of
kerror, driving in the enemy's out
posts, without any casualties on the
side of the Anglo Egyptian army. The
forces of the Sirdar were then halted
to await the result of the gunboats'
reconnaissance. The Khalifa's force. es-
timated to number $4,000 men, We're
drawn up outside Omdurman. Kepple's
gunboat partially destroyed the dome
of the Mahdi's tomb, in the Mosque of
Omdurman.
LONDON, Sept. 3.-O1 p. m.)-Up to
a late hour this evening no confirmation
of the capture of Khartoum had been
received at the Foreign or War Office.
dispatch to the observer" dated
Nasy Island, September I'd, says: ON
druman has been captured, after a
battle of only slight resistance offered
by the Dervishes. The Khalifa. who
had re-entered the town, fled as we en-
tered. One hundred and fifty prison.
ers We're released. Our entire army is
now encamped in the desert west of
v.
CAIRO, Sept. 4.-(2 a. m.)-The fol-
lowing dispatch. dated yesterday (Sat-
urday), has just been received from
Navy:
Early this morning the Dervishes
made a most determined attack upon
the Anglo-Egyptian forces, but after an
hours hard fighting we drove them off.
AT a. m. a general advance was or
dered upon Omdurman, and again we
were received with a determined attack
on our right, but the Dervishes were
once more repulsed with heavy loss.
The army, under the personal COM
mand of the Khalifa, was totally dis
persed by noon. At , o'clock this af-
ternoon our forces advanced again and
occupied Omdurman. The Khalifa fled
during the forenoon, and is now being
closely pursued by our cavalry"