The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-04

came. II came from both sldes. too. al
most The same instant Whit. whit
whit rfpe1 The bullets overhead; the Mre
kreit very srm. and aimed very steady.
Ard crash. crash. crash they answered IL
oh. A cry more Of dtMnayed aetonisa-
nsent thar OF pain. and man was upon
his feet and over on hss hack ard The
bearers were dasngng in from the rear He
was dead before they touched him. hss, al
ready they found another for tire s,retcher.
The b4Sie again. and Up and On: the but
lets were swishing and izshinx now IKE
Tatn OF the river. But the Isue Of khaki
and purple tartan never bent nor swayesx
IL just went slowly forward like a ruse.
The officers al it's head ssro1e seis-cos-
tainessly: they might have been on the h.n
efser grouse: only from their locked faces
turned un.wsrvtngiy toward the builsss
ceuid you see that they knew and had
Sespised the danger. And the unke,xs,,t
unshaven Tammies, who In camp seemed
little enough ike covenanters or Ironsifes.
were row quite transformed. II was rot
80 diffaeglt 20 go on-the pipes picked you
up and carried you on--but IL was asfAct.it
not TO hurry. yet whether they aimed or
advanced they lid Il orderly gravity
without speaking. The bullets had wais-
pered 10 raw youngsters IN one breath the
secret ~ all the glories Of the British
army
about them ard more crashing from them
Now they were moving. always swiihoa,
hurry. down a graysliy incline. Three men
Went down without cry Al the very foot
or fhs Union Jack and only one got 10 ne
feet again; the flag shook Itself and sti.l
hlazed spiendsdly. Next. supremacy fu-
rious gust Of bullets, and suddenly the line
stood fast Before II was a loose low hedge
OF dry camel thorn-ihe zarihs. the re-
"A 8 rat A he
stood in wonder. Pun II away suggest
Ell somebody just half dozen tugs, and
The Impossible zariha vas gap and
scattered heap OF hFush~ood Beyond Is
low stockade and trenches. hu; what OF
that? Over and in. Hurrah. hurrah.
hurrah.
Now the insid. suddenly sprang to life
Out OF the earth came dusty black half
naked shapes. running. running and turn
ing 10 shoot, bu: running away And in a
second the inside WAS a wild confusion OF
H!ghianders. purple tartan and black
green. too. for the Seaforths had brought
their perfect columns through the teeth OF
the IRE. and were charging in at the gap.
Inside that zariha was the most as;ound
ing labyrinth ever seen cut OF nightmare.
II began with a stockade and a triple
trench. Beyond that the bush was naiur-
ally thick with palm stem and mimosa
thorn and haifa grass. But. besides 1,
was as full of holes as any honeycomb,
only far less regular. There was a shelter
pit for every antmal-here a donkey teth-
cred down in a hole just big enough for
Itself and It's master, beside il a straw hut
with tangle of thorn: yawnlng a yard
beyond. larger trench. choke fall of teth-
cred csmels and dead or dying men. There
was zio plan or system In Il. only mere
confusion Of stumbling block and pitfall.
From holes below and hillocks above, from
In ~ ~ 4afsF ..ra strrE
tukis to left the bewiidered bullets curved
and twisted. and lodged. 1t took some
company leading for the precise forina-
tons that the bullets only stifrened were
loosening now But the officers we're
equal 10 IL, each picked his line and ran
II, and II few Of his company were lost
-kneeling by sreenfaosd comrades or
vaguely bayoneting along with a couple
OF chance companions-they kept the mass
conferred on the work in hand.
For now began the killing Bullet and
oayonet and butt. the whirlwlnd OF High
lsnders swept over. BY this time the
L!ncolns were put in on tho right and the
MaxiEns, gailoping right up 10 the stock
ade, had withered the left and the War
wicks. the enemys cavalry definitely gone
were voileytny Off the taacis as your
beafed eosnes of under keen razor. Fur
Their and further they cleared the ground
cleared IL OF everything Ike a living man.
for IL Was left carpetei thick enough with
dead. Here was trench. bayonet that
man. Here a straw tukl; warily round
to the door, and then a volley. Now In
column. through this opening in the BUSH
e. then into line. and drop those desp~r-
atey firing shadows among the dry stems
beyond For tha running blacks~poor
heroes-still fired. though every SECOND
they fired ieas and ran more. And on
on the British stumhej and slew. tn
suddenly there was All unbroken blue
overhead ana clear drop underfoos The
river' And across the trickle OF water
the quarter mile Of dry sandbed was a
ny paper. with scratnbllng spots Of black,
The purstIers throngei the hank IN double
line. and in two minutes the paper was
stil black spotted only the spots scrans-
bed no more
From the London Telegraph.
There was many a thrilling incident
many a dramatic tragedy during those
savage forty minutes. Only once was
something Ike a temporary check expert
onced. That was when our troops had all
but gained the high ground In the middle
OF the Eariba> From an inner zlriba
tukala. bush ana fort a rife fir. OF great
intensity Was sprung upon us The
Eleventh Soudanes.e the Lincolns and the
CamerJns were the tits', upon whom burst
tho fury OF the blast II was the inner
den or Keep OF Aahmoud- the general OF
the dervishes. a fine-looklng young man.
e years old, thar we had ran FUN against
and the place was held by a thousand
more OF his specially chosen followers
company Of the Eleventh Soudanese. with
on: che least hesitation. tried 20 rush the
northwest corner. Before a storm Of bull
tet- the company was All bat anrihiiated
ioSing ita men ia killed and wounded
Other Gonna niss Of the Eleventh Black
Sprsng forward and charged home Piper
Stewart cf + company. Camerons leapei
upou a knoll playing loudly the March
Of the Cameron Mem Bullets ratned
around him hut he only blew The harder
until 4 moment later he fell before a der
wish voEey. pierced through ana through
by se.sn wounds.
In every tukal aud trench dervlshes
were hidden firing AT ia openly or covert
iy or rtAshing out from among groups q
she'r wounded 20 shoot or cut down =.
soldier II was furious aud tic<llsh work
a. of clearing o0t by hand hive Of hor-
nets Serg;. MAJ Mackay. Of the SEA-
fortas had a marvellous ESCAPE in Jump
irg the paltsade. \ sg,egrrnau made =
furious drive At him while ne was in mid
air and rent his XII, IN twain Mscksy