Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-09-06
THERE WAS NO QUARTER.
When Briton or Dervish Fell ut Om-
durman He Was as Good
nS Dend

LONDON. Sept. 6.-The latest accounts of
the capture of Omdurman add but little to
those received yesterday. All agree as to
the brilliancy of the cavalry charge of the
Twenty-first Lancers. This was the great
feature of the battle. Every man who fell
in the charge was Immediately hacked to
pieces by the fanaticai dervIshes, yet the
Lancers reformed as cooily as if on parade.
One corporal, covered with blood and reel
ing in his saddle, was ordered to fall out.
He waved his bent lance and shouted
Never"
Lieutenant Montmorency, with a few COM
rades, made a most gallant attempt to re-
cover the body and held the enemy at bay
with revolvers. They secured the body and
then lost it again, as the horse on which 1t
WAS placed SHE'D.
There was another memorable incident
while McDonalds Black brigade was eau
tiously crossing the field after the dervlsnes
had broken, to dispatch the wounded bag
garas-an imperative duty owing TO the
custom of the baggaras to feign death and
| then deal fatal blow to the unwary
enemy. The dervishes reformed and made
| a desperate rush upon an isolated camel
corps, believing they had it at their mercy.
The corps retired steadily without confu-
sion.
McDonaId's brigade assisted by the gum
| boats, came to the rescue and covered
| the retirement of the camel corps by pour
| ing volley after volley into the advancing
| dervishes who, although their ranks were
| terribly thinned, continued their desper-
ate advance.
More dervishes swept down, the engage
| ment became swift and general but the
| enemy was soon completely routed.
Dispatches from Omdurman relate that
| the newspaper correspondent. Howard.
| who was afterwards killed, rode in the
| gallant charge of the Twenty-first lancers.
| These troops We're scouting, when they
saw in the bush between 800 and 100 derv-
ishes The lancers charged the enemy, and
| suddenly found themselves face to face
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| bered at least four to one. The dervishes
| were hidden from view in hollow. The
| lancers charged through them, reformed
| and charged back to recover their wound
| ed. who were being savagely slaughtered.
| The official list gives the number of Brit
ish officers killed in the capture of Om-
| the men. % were killed and 90 were wound
| ed The loss sustained by the Egyptians
| was: Officers. killed, wounded; men, 20
| Colonel Rhodes, a brother of Cecil
| Rhodes. and correspondent of the London
| Times. was severely wounded, bullet hay
| The war office received this evening the
| following dispatch, dated at Omdurman
yesterday, from General Sir Herbert Kitch-
ener:
This morning the British and Egyptian
| flags were hoisted, with due ceremony,
| upon the walls of the palace in khartoum.
"All the British wounded have left for
| Abadia in barges towed by steamers.
| saw them before leaving. They were all
doing well and were comfortable.
"The cavalry sent in pursuit of the
khalifa We're compelled to abandon the at
| tempt owing to the exhaustion of the
| horses. but 1 have ordered camel squads to
| continue the pursuit
CAIRO, Sept. 5.-Advces from Omdurman
| says that the Anglo-Egyptian cavalry
| Which went in pursuit of KhaIifa Abdul
| lah after the fall of Omdurman, abandoned
| the pursuit about thirty miles beyond the
| city. The horses We're completely exhaust
-. fr..~s .yIt hon
during fifteen of which they had been en-
| gagged in fighting.
| The khalifa has gone to Kordofan, to the
| southwest of Omdurman. General Kitch-
ener has organized Arab camel squads to
| follow him.
| Yesterday the British and Egyptian
forces with the sirdar. participated in an
imposing service in memory of General
Gordon.