The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-09-05
GENERAL KIrCuENER's REPORT
Cavalry and Gunboats Are StllI Pur-
suing the khnlifn.

SUING tne hhulllu'
London, Sept. 5.-The war office has
received the following dispatch from
General Kitchener, dated Saturday
evening: THE remnant of the
khalfa's force has surrendered, and 1
have now a very large number Of pris-
oners on my hands. our cavalry and
gunboats are still pursuing the khalifa
and his chiefs. who, with only about
l4O fighting men, are apparently max
ing for KOrdOfan.
Il visited Khartoum today. The
town is a complete ruin but the lower
portions show some of the principal
houses still standing. The people are
naturally delighted to see us. So far
as l can see at present Khartoum is
the best position. Omdurman is very
extensive, and the stencil there is un-
bearable."
The war correspondent of The Daily
Telegraph with the Anglo Egyptian
forces says:
Khalifa Abdullah, with his hArSm
and Osman Digna, his principal gen
eral, managed to escape, but Abdullah's
banner and thousands Of prisoners are
in our hands. 1t is estimated that 15,-
900 of the enemy were slain. our total
casualties We're about 500.
Besides Colonel Rhodes, another cor
respondent was slightly wounded. Mr..
Howard, the New York Herald CORE
spondent, was slain by shell in ON
durham
The war correspondent of The Daily
News says:
Our victory was not easily or cheaply
won. The dervish loss was enormous.
a..
enemy We're no fewer than 5000. Our
whole force was engaged in the fighting
from a. m. until sundown. The der
wishes displayed marvellous bravery to
the last. Instead Of waiting for US in
Omdurman, where they could have
made a resistance that would have cost
us thousands of lives, they advanced
to meet us. The sight was eXtraordin-
ary Some 1000 men, in four brigades,
attempted to rush our zereba. With
desperate gallantry they We're repulsed,
suffering huge loss. Our Maxim guns
especially made terrible lanes in their
ranks, and our artillery dealt havoc
in the town, which was full Of women.
The dervish army of $4,000 is utterly
broken, but we are fully prepared to
fight tomorrow If they wish it.
The Standards war correspondent
also pays tribute to the magnificent
courage Of the dervishes but says:
Fortunately for US, their leaders
showed little or no wisdom in choosing
a battlefield. BY not occupying the hill
on our left front the enemy missed his
opportunity. That would have left the
Sirdar two alternatives. He might
have either accepted the challenge or
..l.4 L.. 4 fSN l. gnVF
to reach Omdurman,
Describing the attempt of the Bag
CARA horsemen to retrieve the day 8
fortunes by a final charge, the corre-
spondent says: "Dashing across the
level stretch of pebbly soil, the khalifa
cavalry rode madly at the steady line
of infantry Our troops awaited the
charge without ninching. On came the
derVishes, but again the deadly fire
poured into them did its work. Men
and horses fell thick, and hardly rider
in that desperate charge escaped. a
large body of the enemy's infantry, un-
dismayed by the slaughter, could be
seen preparing to follow the cavalry,
but our field artillery and Maxlms,
responding from the hill on which they
We're posted, came again into action,
and the conflict entered a new phase.
THE attack on our camp had been
repulsed, and the only question was
whether the defeat of the enemy was
| complete. 1t was not long before tht
dervishes were seen in full flight to-
ward the right, leaving their dead OF
the field as they fled. Practically th'
whole army of the khallfa was de
stroyed. our casualties number ovel
2OO"