New-York tribune., 1899-11-26
KHALIFA SLAIN IN BATTLE
DERvIsH POWER IN THE sOUDAN
BROKEN.

A GREAT VICTORY WON BY GENERAL WIN
GATES ANGLo-EGYPTIAN FoRcE-osMAN
pIGNA ALONE OF ALL THE PRIN-
c1pAL EMIRs ESCAPES.
Cairo, Nov 25-Lord Cromer the British MIL
lister here. has received the following dispa'cn
from General Kitchener:
WIngates force came up with the khaiiia
force seven miles southeast OF 1eun 1 hia d,u nost
tackled IT, After q sharp fight he TOOK ms po',
ton The Khalifa, who was SURROUNDED oy u
body guard of Emirs was killed, ana al Vi.
principal Emrs were killed or captureu' eN0eP'
Osman Dgna, who escaped
The Dervishes were utterly defeated their
whole camp was taken and thousands sur
rendered. A large number Of women, children
and cattle also fell into the hands of the Anglo
Egyptian force General Kitchener also teie-
graphs:
wineate's Arab scouts located the Khalifa's
nositjon at Omdebrikas our force marched
from GedIl in the moonlight. and frequently nau
TO cut its way through the BUSH IL ,, aiIIre ~
fore dawn on the rising ground overio0Kl"s ON oaS
camp which was hidden In the trees w No.
their drums and horns before dawn, ana III JIG
o'clock the Dervishes attacked. our guns OpII
fire. and soon the action became genera, ia. iia.
an hour later the whole line advanced ana swept
through the Dervish position for over TWO Hliles
till the camp was reached. The mouh'eu , Coop9
PURSUED and captured most or tne Iusi,i 80
The Khalifa with most of his men, anu lie
Emirs' body guard. made gallant stanu,
Among the Emirs killed were the hhaiha wv
brothers and the Mahdis son. 49,,
Osman Digna left Immediately aIter .aro .nS IN
began and is probably concealed somewhere IN
the Vicinity I hope eventually to get him. we
took the entire Dervish camp. All the IerVlsnes
not killed surrendered. l cannot SPEAK eoo ms "a
lv Of the excellent behavior OF the troops anu
their endurance during the long, tedlous nlarches
preceding the final action. From o cloch III
the morning Of November Il till oclpck ~. ,t srv
morning of November "a they marcheu siN''
miles and fought two decisive actions
The Soudan may now be declared open.
Since the battle OF Omdurman on September T.
1895. when the Khalfa Abdullah and his army OF
Dervishes were defeated by Lord Kitchener the
Khalifa his harem and his Emirs. chlet among
whom is Osman Digna. have been lodging the hgyp-
tan and British army. II he Is really deao II may
be expected that opposition from the Der''snes
will practically cease. otherwise they may be aoie
TO make another stand.
Abdullah succeeded the great Mahdi who success
fully resisted the British for many years and VINO
died on June o. 1885. Before his death the Mhhul
had nominated Abduah his successor ana ne
thus inherited a dominion stretching from the bahr
el-Ghazal to Egypt and from Darbur 10 the REQ
Sea The new tyrant began by proclaiming that
no would conouer all Egypt as we'll as Abyssinia-
Putting aside all law he made himself absolute
master OF life and death in the soudan. lie mar
assed King John and the Abyssinians; ne came
down the Nile far as Korosko and sent insulting
letters to Queen Victoria, TO the Sultan or turkey
and to the Khedive Of Egypt General GrenIeh
stopped the further invasion Of Egypt and IN the
battle OF Toski. on August g. 1889 avenged the fate
OF Hicks Pacha But the British failed to follow
up that advantage and for seven years Osinan
Digna harassed nd besieged Suakim and the fertile
region south OF Berber abandoned to the Der
wishes and the Khafa built for his predecessor
magnificent tomb FL Obeid. Under him this
region given TO slave traders and the land
transformed to a wilderness.
The Khalifa was about fifty years old. He was
a crafty, vain and savage man. His talents were
indisputable He had studied the character OF his
people and knew how 10 turn their fanatcism TO
his advantage. He fostered their religious prejudice
and used II TO attain his ends. When he became
the head of the Dervish empire he met revolt OF
all sorts-mllitary. political and religious. Besides
internal dissensions, he beset the east by the
Abyssnians on the north by the Egyptians and Eng
lish. the west by the Italians and TO the south
by Emin Pacha. Yet the Khallfa triumphed over
nearly all his enemies. and from 1855 TO 1898 the
Soudan had a strong. capable ruler bearing up
against all reverses meeting each danger and Offer
ing Arm front 10 each foe.