The age-herald., 1898-09-04
 ARE VICTORIOUS
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 ii Reported That They Have Cap tured khartoum. AFTER A LOSS OF 1000 MEN All the Forts at omdurman Destroyed Without Casualties = Howitzer Practice of Forces Report
 ed as Excellent
AFTER A LOSS OF 1000 MEN

London, September 3.-A report which lacks confirmation is current here this evening that the Anglo-Egyptian forces have captured Khartoum. It is stated that
 the loss of the Anglo-Egyptian army is 2,OO0 men, while that of the Dervishes is placed at 5000.
 Up to a late hour this evening no con-
 frmation of the report of the capture of Khartoum had been received at the foreign
 office the war office.
 The Evening Telegraph, in it's o'clock edition this afternoon, publishes a brief dis
 patch saying:
 "All the forts at Omdurman have been de- stroyed. Great success. No casualties" The British war office at noon today re-
 ceived a dispatch from Nasri, on the Nile, saying that a gunboat had returned there and had reported that there were no casu-
 alties among the Anglo-Egyptian forces;
 that the right bank of the river had been completely cleared of all forts; that the forts on Tuti island, opposite omdurman, had been demolished and that the guns had been captured.
 The dispatch also said that the Howitzer practice of the Sieradars force was excel lent.
 Communication Cut Off The war office later in the day recelVed
 another dispatch from Gen. Sir Herbert Kitchener, by way of Nasrl. It was not dated, and read as follows: lowing to the wet weather the lines have
 been broken and telegraphic communiea- ton has been interrupted. Am sending
 this to Nasri to be forwarded ..
 .'The march has been very favorable. Practically none have fallen out ol ehe ranks or been invalided. During the two weeks we have drlVen in the Deryish cavalry and small parties after slight resistance. From Jobel Royan we marched to Wad el Obeid, thence 10
 Sayal and thence to Surrat. This morn-
 ing we reached Egia, a mile and halt
 south of Kerreri, six miles from Omdur-
 man. The mounted camel corps, with
 horse battery, pushed forward to khor-
 shamba whereupon the entire DerXlsn force issued from Omdurman and were
 clearly visible. I estimated his force at S5, 900 men.
 Taking Up Positions .aThey advanced at Il a. m. as if to att tack us, to meet which I disposed of our force in a good, open position, with clear field of fire. The Khalifa force
 halted three miles southwest of our posi-
 ton, and is now there at 5 p. m. Early yesterday morning, according to orders, the gunboats advanced, towing Howitzer bat tery and barges, in support of the Arabs on the banks, the Howitzers taking up a position opposite Omdurman and the gun boats bombarded the forts. They have not
 returned, but their fire has partially de-
 molshed the dome over the Mahdis tomb.
 All we'll"
 After the Outposts Cairo, September 3.-On Thursday after
 noon the Sddar, General Sir Herbert Kitchener, advanced to within a mile and half of Kerreri driving in the enemys outposts, without even any casualties on the side of Anglo-Egyptian army. The forces of the Sirdar were then halted to await the result of the gunboat reconnaissance. The Khalifa's forces, es- timated to number 900 men, were drawn up outside Omdurman. Keppels gunboat partially destroyed the dome of the Mahdis' tomb in the Mosque of Omdurman. l