Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-27
FAsHODA IN BRITISH HANDS
Kitchener Establishes n Post Their.
without Fighting.

According to disoatches received SIM.
day, General Kitchener. commanding N.
Anglo Egyptian expedition. has returned
to Omdurman, having established posts
at Fashoda and on the Sobat river. Tho
troops did no fighting. except with q
Dervish steamer on the way South. whieh
was captured.
MARCHAND WAS THERE.
LONDON, September &-The Daily
Telegraph's Cairo's correspondent. tele.
graphing to-day monday, says: Gee.
raj Kitchener found the French Al ~.
shoda. lie notified Major Marchand TIA,
he had express instructions that the ,er.
ritory was British, and that the French
must retire. and offered them passage N
Cairo. Major Marchand absolutely 90.
clined to retire unless ordered 10 do "A
by his government. No fighting occurred
Major Marchand was given clearly 10 I'M.
derstand that the British insisted inon
their claims and the rest has been lff,
to be settled by diplomacy between Inc
respective governments.
General Kitchener sent a long oficl,l
dispatch to London hoisted tho Union
Jack and the Egyptian ensign, and loft
as a garrison the Eleventh and 1h-.
teenth Soudanese Battalions and tha
Cameron Highlandsrs TO protect The
British flag. Colonel Jackson commands
the garrison"
KHALLFA'S ARMY WIPED OUT
sUAKIM. September 26.-The only or.
ganized remnant of the Khalifas army
was defeated, and II last stronghold
Gedaref-captured on September 22d. after
three hours hard fighting. when an
Egyptian force numbering 1870. under
command of Colonel Parsons, routed 500
Deryishes, OF whom 800 were killed.
Three Egyptian officers were wounded,
and thirty-seven Egyptian soldiers killed,
and ffty-nine wounded.
Whnt the sirdnr Has Been Doing,
CNew York SUM-
The sirdar has evidently been improving
his time TO excellent advantage since
he captured Omdurman on Septem-
Der Sd. He has established garrisons az
Fashoda. and the mouth of the Sohlt
river. which are respectively $50 and 80
miles south Of Omdurman Mahdsm
gave an enormous impetus 10 the slave
trade in inner Africa, and for years lho
Dervish garrison at Fashoda was very
active in collecting slaves and forwarding
them to Omdurman.
The Sobat is the largest river In Africa
that Is still practically unknown. Il Is q
tributary of the right bank OF the White
Nile. and no one knows where IL rises
or what its course is above the lower
part of the river The solution of me
Sobat problem will be one Of the prizes
for the explorer who reveals 10 The
world the unknown country between
Lake Rudolf and the White Nile.
After the fall OF Khartoum and me
death OF the Mahdi, the khalta, VINO has
now fed before the advance Of Kitchen
err decided to capture Abyssma- Inc war
was a bloody one. but he DID not iuihl
his ambition. though he succeeded IN cap
turing Kassala and in killing KING John.
OF Abyssinia, who fell In battle one OF
the events OF this war was the capture OF
Gedaref by the Dervishes and the Town
has been in their possession ever since
until now, when we are informed llAg
Colonel Parsons has captured ms ia''
stronghold Of the khalifas loho"eIs'
Gedaref Sc in the midst OF one u mo
mos, fertile plains in the SOudaa Every
thing that thrives In a tropical climate
grows IN this plain, and there IS never any
lack Of water. The Dervishes were dil'eh
ont OF Kassala by the Italians some years
ago. and in December last the Town was
transferred 10 Egypt.
The present situation, as far - va
know, is that the Dervishes nave p',h
driven out of the fine region TO me FASH
between Omdurman and Abyssimt, un'
Sirdar has advanced his nag 70 the Souts
40 miles south OF Omdurman on inc NHe.
and the Khalifa is seeking some place "a
refuge far 10 the southwest or MS IO1lLes
capital.