Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-28
ENGLAND HOLDS THE NILE
GEN. KITCHENER AT FAsHoDA.
The Egyptians Capture Gedarif and
Defeat the Last Army of the
Khalifa-NO Conflict with French
at FashOda.

Cairo, Sept. 26.-General Kitchener,
commanding the Anglo Egyptian expe-
dition, has returned to Omdurman, hav-
ing established posts at Fashoda and on
the Sobat river. The troops had no fight
ing except with dervish steamer on the
way south, which was captured.
Found the French at FashOda.
London, Sept. 26.-The Daily Tele-
graphs Cairo correspondent, telegraph
ing today Monday says:
General Kitchener found the French at
Fashoda. He notified Marchand that he
had express injunctions that the terri
tory was British, and that the French
must retire, and offered them passage to
Cairo. Major Marchand absolutely de-
clined to retire unless ordered to do so
by his government. No fighting occurred.
Major Marchand was given clearly to
understand that the British insisted upon
their claims and the rest would be set
tied by diplomacy between their respect
i've governments.
General Kitchener sent long official
dispatch to London, hoisted the union
jack and the Egyptian ensign, and left as
garrison the Eleventh and Thirteenth
Soudanese battalions and the Cameron
highlanders to protect the British flag.
Colonel jackson commands the garrison.
KhaIifa's Men Again Routed.
Suakim, Sept. 25.-The only organized
remnant of the khalifa's army was de-
feated and its last stronghold, Gedarif,
captured on September % after three
hours hard fight, when an Egyptian force
numbering 1900, under command Of
Colonel Parsons, routed 5000 dervishes,
of whom 500 were killed. Three Egyp-
tan officers were wounded and 81 Egyp-
tan soldiers killed and SO wounded.
This final victory of Kitcheners leaves
him the controlling power of the region
that comprises the basin of the Niger,
Lake Tchad and the branch of the Nile
that is called Bahr-el- Ghazal. 1t is a
hard matter to draw border line in this
rough country to show just where the
sphere of influence will begin and end,
but it covers an area of $4,000 square
miles, with a population Of over 10000
600. Egypt controlled it once, but the
Mahdi's revolt took it from them. Since
then the region has been constant
source of anxiety to Egypt and England.
The khalifa took possession of the ter
ritory that the British abandoned after
the humiliation of Hicks Pashas forces
and the killing of General Gorden, and it
looked as though the khalifa would be
able to keep it.
General Kitchener undertook at the be-
ginning of 1896 to suppress the trouble
some dervish leader. With $4,000 men
and four gun boats Kitchener took pos
session of the finest part of the Soudan,
and in 1897 pushed further forward.
Since then he has gone forward continu-
ally, with Omdurman as the objective
point. The force he had with him, and with
which he captured Omdurman, consisted
of one British and one Egyptian infantry
division, one regiment of British and III
squadrons of Egyptian cavalry, one field
and one howitzer battery, an Egyptian
horse battery and four field batteries,
camel corps and half dozen gun boats.
There were $4,000 Egyptians and 1900
British.