The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-05

MOSt bitterly S""1S''SN
,,n Time.
o,,nr-R,rAN Opposite Khartoum, on
-, VII ~.yo YubIa, September 2, by camel
. 'no ',,'> w. H,,s,r-The sldar, General Her
~, ~, vrcbener, with the Khalifa's
W.. S,,.r s,andard. captured during the
,',,,o U,., yesterday, entered omdurman,
- %.o,,,,al OF Mahdlam, at 4 o'clock this
", ,,.r,o,n At the head OF the Anglo
t..nn,,,r column, nfter completely rout-
'H. Hs', ,he Deryishes and dealing a death
s,or, ,%o N NahdIam.
porr,Iv our losses were 200. while
.,,,,s.nds OF the Dervlshes were killed
=. sounded.
u w., ,Irb, the AnElo-Egyptlan army
.arred, at Aeaiza, eight miles from
.o"dmrmon. The Dervlshes were three
.D,Is, distant A. dawn to-day our cav
"Ir,. . na,rollIpC toward omdurman. dis
l.r.-s5 w. the enemy advancing to the at
49, IN hattie array, chanting war songs.
49,. 49, rron, consisted of infantry and
..v,,rv % stretched out for three or four
miles Countless banners fluttered over
choir masses and the copper and brass
drums resounded through the serried
r,nx, Of the savage warriors. who ad-
,,,csa upwayerlngly with ali their old
,Ime ardor. Our Infantry formed up
outside the camp. ON the left were the
S-,t b,t.alIon Northumberland fusIlIers
"a ,.oond battalion Lancashire fusil-
,sr, and the first battalion grenadIer
rror8s, with the Maxim battery, man
o.d nv the Royal Irish fusllIers. In our
center m were the flrst battalion warwick
sslre regiment, the first battalion Cam
.rnn uIrhlanders and the first battal-
I'm Lincolnshire regiment with Maxims
vorked by a detachment of the Royal
orlIl.rv under Major williams. on
onr rirb, were the soudanese brIgades
commanded by General Maxwell and
General Macdonald. The Egyptian bril-
r,des held the reserves and both tanks
were supported by the Maxim-Norden-
..t ba,terles
AF,.rss Contest.
u79ou m the enemy crowded the
ridge, above the camp and advanced
s,.sdnv in enyeloping formation. At
-Io opr artillery opened fire. which was
answered by the DesVlsh rlaemen.
Their attack developed on our left;
and N accordance with their traditional
tactics thew swept DOWN the hillside
with N. ds,Ipn ot -ushing our flank.
Ri, the whitening dre maintained for
nns.n nIrpt.s NV all our line frustra-
,e5 tbs ottsmpt. and the Deryishes,
o,,k.a sven. toward our center, upon
which ,bsv concentrated a fierce attack.
A large force of borsemep. trying to face
a continuous hall Of bullets from the
Cameron HIrblanders. the Lincolnshire
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General Kitchener swung round the
center and len Of the soudanese and
rslzed Nh. rockv s,nInance and the
EgyptIan. hitherto in reserve ioIned
the srI,r Irro IN ,on ,,,,r,,,.s ava before
the Deryysbo. could drIyo ,bo,r ott.ck
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