The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-09
DEFEAT FOR DERvlSHES.
Troops Under Gen. Kitchener Take the
City of 0mdurman.
BRILLIANT CHARGE BY THE LANceRs.
British Loss Is One Hundred, Including
Two Onieers-Dervishes Moved Down
by the Terrible Maxims.


by the Terrible Maxims.
London, Sept. 5.-The war Office has
received the following dispatch from
General Kitchener, dated Saturday
evening: "The remnant of the khalifa's
force has surrendered. and have now
a very large number of prisoners on my
hands. Our cavalry and gunboats are
still pursuing the khalifa and his chiefs,
who, with only about 140 fighting men,
are apparently making for Kordofan."
Troops Advanced i'm Three Brigades.
London, Sept. 5.-The Daily Telegraph
issues special edition, with the follow
ing details of the movements on
Wednesday and Thursday. telegraphed
from Nasri: This "wednesday morn
ing the Egyptian troops began
the advance in three brigades, side by
side with front a mile wide, the army
giving the impression of vast square,
with faces each mile long. Our cav
airy occupied Jebel Sheikh Pail, three
miles ahead, at o'clock, and an hour
later our infantry had arrived at the
banks Of the river, which was flooded
at that point fully mile inland. Here
the force halted, while the gunboats
proceeded. The cavalry and camel corps
trotted forward, but only a few scouts
were seen under the command of Abdel
Baki, dervish emir, who fell back
rapidly without contest.
Many Charred and Mutilated Bodies.
I'm village we passed a number of
charred and mutilated bodies were
found-bodies of natives suspected of
spying, and killed by the dervishes. At
o'clock the Maxims fired wounds,
scattering a body of dervishes in the
bush. Then there was a lull until noon,
though the cavalry and camel corps
were several miles in advance and in
the rear of the low hills around Ter
reri. The gunboats shelled the dervishes
horsemen which were pushing for ward
upon the Egyptian right and the
iancers on the left trotted to intercept
the enemy, the camel corps support
ing. But the dervishes slipped back to
their camps in the bush, mile inland,
camp consisting of an old redoubt at
Kerreri.
Shiekh of Kerreri Surrenders.
"The lancers advanced through the
hill passes and got within a mile of
Kerreri. Then two officers went ahead
and discovered that there were many
flags in the dervish camp. They were
fired upon and eventually the entire
mounted force returned to Sur Urab, in
sdie the zereba. During the afternoon
the gunboats shelled the dervish camp
for several hours, apparently doing
much damage. A number of dervishes
who had fled to the bush to escape the
shells surrendered during the evening
h. an.
Of Kerreri and grandson of Kurshid
Pasha.
Enormous Number of Banners Displayed.
This Thursday morning, in spite
Of fierce rain storm, which continued
all last night and until o'clock today,
the army advanced at o'clock and
found Kerreri deserted. The lancers on
the left and the Egyptian cavalry and
camel corps on the right advanced six
miles ahead of the infantry, which
marched in a square, Brigadier General
Littleton's battalions leading. The
lancers got within mile of Omdurman
and saw the dome Of the mahdi's
tomb (Kulbet ell MaladD. Tut island
and the palm trees of Khartoum.
Drawn up in five divisions, with
wing thrown back was the
khalifa's army, it's spears and swords
glistening in the sunshine, arrayed
northwest Of the town in the desert
The tents of the camps were on the
north side of the town. In the central
divisions was an enormous number of
banners, including one of blue and one
of black. A number of mounted der
wishes galloped forward; and our dis
mounted troopers fired upon them, hit
ting several and driving off the re-
mainder. Two squadrons Of our cavalry
pushed to within 800 yards of the enemy,
who then advanced, our lancers and the
Egyptians retiring. The gunboats are
now Thursday afternoon) bombarding
the forts at Omdurman and Khartoum."
Brilliant Charge by the Lancers.
Cairo, Sept. 5.-General Kitchener tel
egraphs saying: only two British off,
GERS were killed in the battle-Lieuten-
ant Grenfell, of the Twenty-first Lam
GERS, and Captain Caldecott, Warwick
shire regiment. Grenfell fell in bril-
liant charge by the Twenty-first Ian
GERS, who lost twenty-one killed and
twenty wounded. Howard, the cor
respondent was killed at the taking of
Omdurman." 1t is believed that the
srdar refers to the Hon. Hubert Georg
Lyulph Howard, second son of the Earl
of Carlisle.
Paris, Sept. 5.-The Temps eulogizing
General Herbert Kitcheners feat says:
"A march so scientifically Planned may