The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09
THE DERV|SH DEFEAT IN NUB|A
ANOTHER FEATHER IN THE CAP
OF AULD SCOTIA.
Victory Won By the Cameron High
landers-Dead Dervishes Number
2,ooo-Mahmoud Captured, osman
Digna Fled.

Cairo, April S.-The Anglo-Egyptiar
forces, under the Sirdar, General Sill
Herbert Kitchener, attacked the
DerVish position at T:45 this mornine
and rushed Mahmoud's Zariba, the
centre of his Notifications, without
check. The attack was entirely sue
cessful and the Dervishes lost very
| heavily.
The Anglo-Egyptian force, after a
| night march, arrived at dawn before
| the enemy's camp. When the trenches
of the Dervishes had been bombarded,
! the whole Anglo-Egyptian force made
brilliant rush for the Zarabi and
the trenches. The Dervishes stood
| their ground bravely and reserved
| fire until the attacking force was Quite
close to them. Mahoud, the Dervish
general, was among the prisoners cap
| ture6.
As the dispatch was sent the Anglo
Egyptian cavalry with Maxim guns
and batteries We're pursuing the fugi-
tives The loss of the Anglo Egyptian
force includes Captain Urquhart, of
the Cameron Highlanders, and Lieu
tenant Gore, of the Seaforth Highland
ers, killed, and ten officers of the Brit
ish brigade and four British officers in
the Egyptian service wounded.
Atbara Camp. Nubia, April S.-The
Sirdar's force numbered 1900 men,
with "a guns. under Colonel Long. and
u MaXims. The enemy left Shandy
with $4,000 men, but they have suf-
fered bit from assertions since The
enemy was at first practically con-
cealed under ground. in strong
zariba, running around the whole
position. We reached Mahmoud's po-
sition at a. m. today. The enemy
was evidently aware of our approach
After an hour of heavy bonn oardment.
the brigades were formed up and
carried the position at the point OF
the bayonet. under a tremendous fire
from the enemy. The Zariba was torn
away, but the enemy obStinately chung
to the trenches and were bayoneted
in them.
During the whole admirable bonn
hardment by Colonel Long, not a
single Dervish was visible.
Mahmoud was captured by the
Tenth Soudanese battalion. He was
were fighting. Osman Digna fled as
usual. The prisoners say that Nah
moud's forces were deserving in large
numbers before the battle The
enemy's guns, baggage. animals and
standards were captured.
Our loss would have been much |
heavier if the enemy had not fired |
high
The dervish fire was very heavy. and |
the British loss was mostly before !
reaching the Zariba. Colonel Murray I
had his horse shot under him and he /
was wounded in the arm. The enemy
certainly behaved with great bravery. |
The prisoners say they lost heavily by I
the bOmbardment before the advance.
Some of the enemy tried TO break /
across the river at an early stage, but
wore bpatpl1 hocLx ~ the 1arN-icb bprsa-
men.
he rockets. under Captain Beatty,
set the enemy's camp afire in many
places. Bashardi Redi fell at the head
Of his men.
The authorities call today's battle the
most brilliant ever fought in the Sou
ian, everything having been carried
straight through without a hitch or a
check. Inside the Zariba there was an
astonishing labyrinth of earthworks. 1
nave been all over the dervish position,
and estimate their dead at more than
900. The night march was as weird
Is that of Tel-El-K eoir. Egyptians,
soudanese and British strove to be first
n the race and to be first in the at
ack. AS usual. several brigades claim
he honor.
The enemy opened with such a ter
life fire that our men were dropping
N all sides. 1t was as venomous a
usilade as troops were ever called
lpon to face.
Mahmoud's army is practically wiped
tut. Four thousand of his followers
AVE been taken prisoners and he him
elf has been caught hiding in q hole
nden a bed. He is a tall, dignified,
looking black baggara, about 8
When taken he was dressed in a richly !
m broidered robe !