The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-05

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$50 SS2-Sss NIL 1eeceEa Ire river wsia
iris sAxssstcss. T.ess are 10 cases tsas
<&~se grave zax8ssy.
khaftfa aaA os1sn Dsgaa Escaped.
TIE war osrrsxDoneers q. t5e Daily TsAs-
grark with the ArgIs-EgypEaaa forces
sayx:
xss2lssa Aodgl&h. wfsa ais hase-a ssd
oz<nza D4gnsr his yr.aespzl general, raaa-
aged &c ssc&se, tgs Ats2xiiaas hammer AID
II @ estimated fnas 1880 CO ire ereny
were s4z4a- Our total c&s4aAssss were about
So
B<saeez Cod. Rhodes. sscsker ccrresD,o-s9-
sas Was *lightiy ws8n6sS
Mr. Howard. he View York Herald cor
us-.
D<rvtsh Loss EasRnSss.
TIE war correspondent. Ct the Daily
News says:
Or victory was Tot ezxiy Or eae@psy
WOO. Tee derv1sn Ics1 was enormous. II
Is estimated thai ire Killed O. tsas eEeray
was 10. fewer tran 500.
Oar sno.e force vas engaged 70 fighting
frorn $50 a. u. until sEz1oxn- INSTEAD %
waiting for ls ia CE23arglz2. where they
could have made q resistance TIA. would
have Cost las thousands q lives, they ad
yaneed 10 meet 10. TIE sIgaf sas extra
ordinary. some $50 rnen 10 tsG- br1gazeg
attempted 10 rush cur zersaa- Vita dss-
pes2te saiaaniry shsy were repuisea. saf-
feTiag huge iox. Our Maxim guns es2s-
ea2lly made terrible Lanes 10 their ranks.
and or artillery dealt havoc Ia the town,
which was faa If women Tns derv4sn
army d S3.1o la ssstsr.y bToksa. Ia, Nc
ATE fully prepared to asa, tomorrow /.
tLey wish il.
lie Standards war correspondent a.so
;ae aeTsIates. but ADDS:
Fort ARA iely ior as, their leaders showed
NsiIe 81 70 ws6cm In Choosing q battle
6es4- BY no; Occupying the a!u CD Cur left
frost tbs enemy missed his opportunity.
That would have left tie siraAr two al
tefnaEiyss. re might have either accept
ed TIE challenge or e.ected 20 make wide
a.2esr into the desert 20 reach Crn1aFnsa,3.
In TIE former case We should have been
compelled 10 meet the dervisnes la the
open. In the latter case the eserny's
chances Of offering d prolonged resistance
would have been materially incr ease9, bu,
the Bzggara have loss noae Of their for
mcr courage AMI were resolved 10 attack
t4s shese Ne stood, trusting 20 SHEER
weight II numbers and hoping 70 hArI
tbea seivez against us wlth an srres!st-
ib-e rush.
The Final Charge.
Describing the attempt Of the Baggara
horseuen TO retrieve the days fortunes by
a fnaI charge. the correspondent gays:
Dazzling across the level stretch Of
pebbiy s0il, the khalfa's cavalry -oae
nlaGiy al tins stationary lie OK infantry.
Our troops awaited the charge wiihou,
dinchlng. Ga came the 4etyishas, bu,
sgaln the deadly FIRE poured Into them,
ola is deadly work. Mer. ard horses fell
ta!ck. ard hardly a rider Ia that desges ate
charge escaped.
large body % the eneEny's infantry.
uEldls'nayed By the slaughter. could be
sees preparing To follow the cavalry. bu:
Cur field artillery and Maxia's descending
fFoga TIE hills on which they were posted.
came again into acllos aad the conalcs
entered . Few phase.
Iie atiack on our camp hal heen re-
pulsed. ard the oa3y question VAS = heth her
tie defeat 0f this enemy was complete.
II was not long b4fore the deryi sizes
were seen "A Ia. fight toward the right,
leaVHs their dead on The field a. shy fad.
Practically the whole army - the ksal.fa
was destroyed. Gar casualties number
over ~.
Oar losses il the xereba. when the ere
my tszt attacked VA, we're small. cous,.-
ersng the number Of the enemy. Our ar
tiI!ery aad rifle IRE was terribly effective.
tbs aervssaes fou&h; well, Displaying g.
courage tia; ~oald nave seemed marvel
osss bad No nos known their spirit.
The march TO onstar-naa after .hs great
flght was ecmpara lively without incident.
The sig3aF. With asS chief II staT. Gen
Rga4'a. Coz Hlnsase aai slstta Pasha
rode bsAlad two companies OF Esyut.na~
ana so'.aan>ss. who proudly CARED VIA
'hen' tie kAAhfAs ass. the black aauaez
wa.eh VAS 80 lead MS tToaps 30 ;lciary.
As ae a2ared the plaee. TIE people living
IN hoeses oaisds The ~aN poured .at IN
regiments to welcome the ytetors. PAS
sHE through q hsv- 4*yaa- - am. 80