The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-23
IIE BEIIELD
MIN DYING
And Swiftly Worked
His Camera.
Mr.. WEBSTEES THRILLING STORY
OF kitehersr's Attack onnths Der,
wishes and the Resulting.
Slaughter.

PORTLAND. March ar. valen-
tine Webster. managing partner %
the Cooperative Tea Gardens eom-
pany u Colombo. Cryion. has arr
rived Ia this city lie was with
General kitehsner'H recent Lon
don expedition an a spectator AMI
witnessed the terrible battle with
the bervishes Al Athara Speak
ms Of the battle. he said
We left place called Mustras
az 9 =. ~. and sent marching out
into the desert Perfect silence had
to be maintained. and no lights we're
allowed, NOS even a pipe. ~ n. m.
Ne approached the nervlshes gar
cha. and then waited until day be.
gan 90 dawn. At 8 o'ci1ek the glow
Of the RISING sun began 10 appear on
the desert berinon, and We could just
disrsrn a countless number Of tho
enemy running - ard fro on the
top If their stoekadc. evidently IA
great excitement our British brig
AIDE numbered aa~a men. under Gen.
sfsi Gattarrr. and the Egyptian div
iaion. under General Hunter. abaui
sooo We afterwards found that the
enemy numbered n. co. At 8it
Re advanced 10 within 80 yards 81
the xareba. Il was beautifully
clear morning. the blue sky aver.
head being without a cloud. At sii
We approached TO within go yards.
nhcn the order was given for she
Egyptian artillery 70 open Are. ard
then. indeed. wu began 90 FsaiixV
that the long expected hattie vas
imminent The nrEt shell exploded
fui sight At the same instant the
pcrVishes disappeared from view In
g. their du9.aut trenches. For IN
hour and twenty minutes the Egyp-
tiAn artillery kept up tremendous
rnar - cannon. dis harHinR In that
time ttsoo rounds 40 Is the gen
sral advance WAS sounded. the
hugierm began tn call. the haHptpes
~ skresi. and the kettis.druma -
beat. and the enemy Vas approach
"a in a moat imposing order. Wh~a
within 600 yards, cur Infantry open
Ell IRE. tr to this fes shots wee
fred hy the enemy. and none took
eject; but the moment our infantry
Iopenei frc. We were met with & hail
~ bullets. which ~ firnt were dis
charged too hish. bu, in a few min
utss began 10 find their marks. tell
ing heavily IN eur ranks as We al
vanced. The nrst man 10 fail al
ways produces thrilling effect in
an enlargement. and 80 u did here.
II RAISED the heat Of our British
blood. aud the advance was daAhinK-
~ made n the edge Of the xareha
which consisted % n thick. tharny
hedge For a moment we were
checked IN making way through ~,
hut a. soon as this waa effected.
there was a tremendous dash made
FOR the Atoe kade. and a shocking
hand -fa.hand nRht ensued. The
carnage was awful Several officers.
a. well as men. fell. but In fifteen
minutes the enemy was in full flight
across the Athnra river. and at $50
a. m. the cease firinK was sounded.
Three thousand fallen bctyiEhrs
we're counted within the ERrebas an I
100 more were u ounded or taken
prisoners The Anglo Egyptian
forces iost 100 in killed and
wounded"
Mr. Webster carried camera and
took a large Eambcr Of snap shots.
many Of th.m while the engagement
was under way. and others later on,
showing the dead pervtshes lying IN
the trenches by hundreds. lie also
took a snap shot NJ Aahmoud. the
khaiifass general. who was captured
by ssoudanese regiment