The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-04
SOUDAN Battle PICTURES.
Vivid Desevsptisn sg the Charge Of
the BsitssA Ar.y - l2,0sO Mes IN
0o.000 DesvssAes stv Herbert

Wall iof TIC SeSeiopms1t OF the SFsafl3Ah-
American war. The story OF che greatest
engagement Of reeen; years r. tuxt coming
in and ii IL o. story Of greater carnage,
more desperate. fercer fighting than, per-
haps. the whole Cuban struggle may wit
hess The battle at Ati1ara, between t5s
Ertlsh army Of Il 80 men ard the Der-fsn
fogcss OF about 50 90 not ore Of those
African skirrnsahes whsefs are usually re-
fsrrsd 20 rather cont@rnptaoasty during ne
occasional little wars In which Great Brit
ain IL engaged. II a combat which
brought out splendid gaiantry and file
KenerAlsh.p. and which tested the latest
resources Of warfare in a manner that es-
prcia!ly concerns nation with var OF
its own on hand. The death roll q Atbara
has not been maize snEp-pro5ably IL never
will be accurately r~coreca-but the cas-
uaieies number vel up IN the thousands
and the sicadiinezs Of u.odern weapons Is
sufflc!srsly demonstrates
II Is a thrilling story, even the BRIEF Ia
comic tei-gravhic account Of bow the Naits
and black British tToos@ overthrow the
hosts Of Mahmoud But Il ls told Ia more
impressive detail by %. W. Stevens OF
the Daily Mail. Mr. Sesvens writes:
mo. the sun rose behind US, and the
mon rose too and ~e had arrived Gen@r-
al Hunter had led the four brtsades In the
half light 20 within 30 yards Of the exsc.
positions they we're TO take In the action
Nov, too. Jaw the whole army-rignt
OF ua MeDonald's: right OF him. again.
Max wells: to our left rear, Lewiss in
support far away Ieftward Of them. the
gray squadrons OF the cavalry. The word
came and the men sprAnK up. al ins-
yulse. in one superb sweep. the f2,0U9 men
moved forward toward the enemy. All
England and all Egypt and the flower of
he black lands beyond. Birmingham and
the West Highlands. the half regensrated
children Of the earth's earliest civilization
ard gnnning avages from the uttermost
swanaps II EQuadoria. muscle and machif,-
cry lord and larrikin. Basiiol ana the board
school, the Sdrdar's brain and the eamsrs
baek-ali welded into one, the awful war
machine went forward into action.
We could sse their position quite well by
now-the Usual river fringe OF gray green
palms meeting the usual desert fringe Of
yellow. gray mimoaa And the smoke gray
fine I'm front OF u ali must be their famous
xaryba Before ~ right center fluttered
half a dozen flags. white and pale blue
yedlow and pale chocolate. The line went
on till II was not half a mile from the
Tags Then II halted. Thudl went the first
gun and phust, came family back. as the
shell burst the xariha into a wreathed
round cloud OF Jus; the zar.ta's smoky
gray ! looked at my watch and 1t marx
al 500 The battle that had now menaced,
ROW evaded US for a month--the battle had
begun.
Now. from the horse battery and one
fixed battery on tHt ItSHt iASlh wv
batteries OF MISUNDERSTANDING on the
lef, Just to the right 'front.' Of the British
belehcd a rapid but unhurr!ed regular re
Ientless shower of destruction. The round
gray clouds from shell. the round white
pufs from shrapnel, Gighted down metho-
dirally, and al.ghted on every part o' me
sarsha and of the bush behind. hre
spraag and swarmsd rediy up the dried
jsayes OF a palm tree: before II sank all
ether dung up beside II. and then another
When the Smelling began few sparse
shots came back one gunner was wouni-
81 And all over the zaribs We saw The
dust covered figures stroiiins unconcern-
edly In and out. checking when shell
dropped near. and then passing contempt
uously or again. The enemys cavalry APP
peareo gall0psng and FORMING up OF o"'
lief, OF the zariha, threatening charge.
H,i, ,ut-trst -tut-tut when the Maxms. ana
through glass we could see our cavalry
trembling to be at them Ana the
Raggara horsemen. remembering the
guns that had rtaaissa them anu
the squadrons tina. had shorn through
them three days before. fell hack 10 cover
s..in BY now. when It had lasted an hour
or more no, a man showed along The
whole line nor yet spot of rtHe srnok"'
All seemed empty silent. ifeless. but for
ore hobbied camel. waving his NECK ana
stupbf head in helpless. aim oswhnetH'ehe
Presently the edge OF the storm or dexaS-
fAftffsR Caught hA'Ht 49,
no more. -
An hour and twenty minutes the guns
smoke and then ~erc silent Anu nov 'o'
the advance along the whole hne MAY
wells brigade on the right wei'h iH'
,eenfh and Fourteenth SoudaneSe ana
eighth Fevptlan~used the Egyptian at
,ark sormation-four companies OF bat
faitcn in line and the other two in support.
Mcdonald Ninth. Tenth and Eleventh
Souaanese and Second Egyptian~his space
~ fx< 4.
line and tire. I'M support. The British had
the Camerons In tine along their whole
front. then m columns Of their eight COM
nanseN the i.inColns on the right the sea-
forths IN the center and the NafwiekS.
,wn companies short. on the left. their or
ders wers nor 10 advance until II was GER
tain that the dervish cavalry would not
charge In flank lewis three battalion
brigade Third, Fourth and seventh Egyp"
tisn-~a a, this time In square behind
the british. All the artillery accompanied
the advance
The Camerons formed fours and moved
away 10 the laft then turned into 1ne
They hated and waited for the advance
They we're shifted back little 20 the
riaht tHen halted again, Then a tan Of
nceT gAlloucd furiausly behind her line ana
shouted something IN the direction OF the
Maxim battery. Advance" yelled ihe ma
toF ana before the answer could come the
mites werc up To The Sollay ana the Max
rms were w "a and past the iett fam ~
the Camerous These stood s;Ill waiting
~ he tugle~a line a. khaki and dark tar
lan blending 10 purple. Of aash!ug hay
onets a; tho SLOPE. and set, two-nonih-
e~erie1 faces strained towards the garihs.
IN The middle 81 ne line shone the Union
Iack
The hueia arg hut the advance The
p'Pes screamed war and ne line started
forward Ike ruler drawn over she tlss-
ok broken sand ttp "a low yAIgr ;hsy
BeVest forward. when would tne derStStes
fire. Thr Camerons were 10 e-sn from
ihe se9 ~ the ridge. nnlv ~, yards short
~ fAe Ear'ha ~ ard ue forward and fey
ward WHEN would shes nrsF Now the
ane crested thr ridge re men kneli Aicsn
No,is} rrlak ~ settloes and crash IL