Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-05
TAKING Of KHARTUM.
London Hears That Dervish Strong.
hold Is In Kitchener's Hands,
KHALIFA FLEES PELL NELL.
He offered Battle to tho ~Sirtlar. but
Met With an InglOrious Defeat.
OmdurmRn Seized and Many
Prisoners Released. ~a

London, Sept. 5.-A dispatch to The
says:
"Omdurman has been occupied after
battle in which only slight resistance
was offered by the dervishes. This
khalifa, who had re-entered the town.
fled as we entered. One hundred and
hfty prisoners were released. Our en-.
tire force is now encamped in the desert
west of the town. The dervish loss wa,
heavy"
The following dispatch has just been
received from Nasri via Cairo. The
dispatch Is dated Saturday:
EARLY this morning the dervishes
made most determined attack upon
the Anglo-Egyptian forces, but after an
hours hard fighting we drove them oif.
At $3.50 a. M general advance was
ordered upon Omdurman, and again we
were received with a determined attack
on our right, but the dervishes wer.
once more repulsed with heavy loss.
1.-THE army under the personal COM
mand of the khalifa was totally dis
persed by noon. At o'clock this fore
noon our forces advanced again and oc.
cupied Omdurman. The khalifa fled
during the afternoon, and is now being
closely pursued by our cavalry. 1t is i'm
possible now to give complete list OF
the casualties. The British loss Is esti-
mated at about 100; the Egyptian loss IL
probably 200. Karl Neufeld was rescued
unframed"
A report which lacks confirmation is
current here that the Anglo Egyptian
forces have captured Khartum. 1t Is
said that the loss of the Anglo Egyptian
army is 1000 men.
Who Neufeid Is.
Herr Karl Neufeld, who is referred to
in the foregoing dispatch from Cairo al
rescued unframed from the deryishes,
fell into the hands of the mahdrs fol-
lowers in the neighborhood of Dongola
in the late spring or early summer OF
1887. He was the last European male
captive Of Importance remaining in tho
power of the dervishes. Various ac-
counts are given Of his early career. Ac-
cording to The Neues Wiener Tagblatt
Neufeld, shortly after the conclusion OF
his college course at Leipsc, where he
studied medicine. severely wounded an
opponent in a duel and was obliged togo
abroad. He settled as a physician at
Assouan, Upper Egypt, where he prac-
ticed his profession from 1879 to 1881.
When the rising of Mohammed Achmed
took place in the latter year, Her.
Neufeld was obliged to give up his resi-
dence at Assouan.
He now j ined the English tro ps, cur.
ing the operations of the Sudan. as an
irt Of ha A ro hfo a in
which position his knowledge of thu
people and their political relat ons, o.
gether with his shrewdness and cour-
age, caused him to be highly appreci-
ated. In 1883 he saved a whole detach.
ment Of English soldiers by putt ng the
enemy on wrong scent. For this se"v-
ice he was appointed purveyor to the
British troops. in which CAPACITY he set
up business at Assouan and established
branches in other parts OF the country.
In April. 1887, he set out on journey.
ostensibly for purposes of trade. with a
caravan of over 40 retainers. Variou'
accounts were given of the object of his
expedition. one be ing that it was und r
taken with a view OF rescuing Slatim
Pasha, then a prisoner of the mahdi.
while other accounts represented that
he was merely trying to ascertain the
position of the enemy. Evidently rect E.
nizing the danger he was about to run,
Neufeld. before leaving Assouan. de-
posted his money in an English bank
and sent his wife and only child to his
relatives at I.eipsic. His apprehension
proved to be but too we'll founded.
Through the treachery Of an Arab he
and his whole caravan were taken by
the dcrvishes. The first report received
after his capture was that the whole
party was beheaded This turned out
to be untrue.