Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-09-08

nanuS,
"our cavalry and gunboats are still
pursuing the khalifa and his chiefs,
who, with only lao lighting men, are
apparently making for Kordofan."
London, Sept. 4.--The Daily Tele-
graph issues u special edition, with
the following details of the move
ments on Wednesday and Thursday,
telegraphed from Nasrl:
"This "wednesday morning the
Anglo-Egyptan troops began the adj
vance in three brigades, side by side,
with front a mile wide, the army
giving the impression Of n vast square
with faces each a mile long. Our cav
airy occupied Jebel Sheikh Pail, three
miles ahead, at o'clock, and an hour
later our infantry had arrived at the
banks of the river, which was flooded
at that point fully mile inland.
Here the force halted, while tho
gunboats proceeded. The cavalry and
camel corps trotted forward, but only
a few scouts were seen, under the
command of AbdeI Bali, a dervish
emir, who fell back rapidly without
n contest,
"In village we passed number
OF charred and mutilated bodies were
found-'bodies of natives suspected Of
spying and killed by the dervishes.
At 7 o'clock the MaXims fred few
rounds, scattering a body Of dervlshes
in the bush. Then there was a luli
until noon, though the cavalry and
camel corps were several miles in adj
vance and in the rear Of the low
hills around Kerreri. The gunboats
signaled that 500 dervish horsemen
were moving west upon the Egyptian
right and the lancers on the left trot-
ted to intercept the enemy, the camel
corps supporting, But the dervishes
slipped back to their camp in the
bush, mile inland, a camp consist
ing of an old redoubt at Kerreri.
"The lancers advanced through the
hill passes and got within a mile OF
Kerreri. Then two officers went
ahead and discovered that there were
many flags in the dervish camp. They
were fred upon and eventually the
entire mounted force returned TO Sur
Urab, inside the zereba.
During the afternoon the gunboat
shelled the dervlsh camp for severaI
hours, apparently doing much dam.
age. A number of dervlshes who hal
fed to the bush to escape the shells
surrendered during the evening
Among the refugees were the sheikr
Of Kerreri and grandson Of Kurshid
Pasha.
"This (Thursday) morning, in spit.
of fierce rainstorm, which continu-
ed all last night and until 8 o'clock TO-
day, the army advanced at 5 o'clock
and found Kerrer deserted. The lane
ers on the left of the Egyptian caval.
ry and camel corps on the right ad.
vanced six miles ahead of the infan-
try, which marched in square, Brig
adler General Lyttleton's battaIlons
leading. The lancers got, within a
mile OF 0mdurman and saw the dome
of the mahdi's tomb on Tut island
and the palm trees of Khartoum.
Drawn up in five divisions, with a
wing thrown back, was the khalfa'f
army, its spears and swords glisten
ing in the sunshine, arrayed north
west of the town In the desert. The
tents Of the camps were on the north
side OF the town. In the central d.
vision was an enormous number Of
banners, including one of blue and
one OF black.
"A number Of mounted dervisheI
hEalloped forward; and our dismount
ed troops fred upon them, hitting sew
eral and driving off the remainder
Two squadrons of our cavalry pushed
to within 800 yards Of the enemy, who
then advanced, our lancers and thu
Egyptians retiring. The gunboats are
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