Show I = DIGNAS DISASTER i The British Defeat the Arab Rebels FIGHTING NEAR SUAKIM HAKD > t r 1 In Which the English Kecover Some or the Honors They have Lost I i Egypt i SUM March 2OT forces set oat again this morning at daylight I j in the direction taken yesterday They i carrv two days rations and 2300 gallons If water and have six Gardner guns A battle is believed to be imminent en the lulls beyond Hasheen I LK March 20Korti dispatches tate that the Mndir of Dongola is twelve miles above Ierawl with 800 Egyptian I troops and three guns including one Oatllne lie is also supported by the ffiSMi and Shayikeh tribes The I Uudir is about to attack the rebels at His amyet and if he overpowers them I he will move against Berber It is reported re-ported that the Mahdis followers are rieertiflS him in large numbers LONDON March 20The Telegraphs SDskun special A five hours battle ws fought this morning between the 1 British troops and the forces of Osman Di na Osmans position was finally captured by the British The Arab losses are said to be very great Fitzmaunce denies that Lord W olse ley has been appointed Governor of the Soudan LOSDOS March 20General Graham telegraphs as follows HASHEEN March 20 230 pm We moved out from camp at 015 this morning leaving the Shropshire regiment i regi-ment to cuard it On reaching the first hill at 830 am we found the enemy had retired and occupied another hill a mile and a quarter distant After a short halt Berkshire regiment and marines were ordered to the rear of the hill the Indian contingent and Guards supporting This was done very effectually ef-fectually the enemy being driven off the ridge and streaming south towards famai were charged by squadrons of ed Indian Lancers the bush The cavalry then retired towards the Guards Many 01 the enemy passed the Guards at the foot of the hill and made for the hill west of Hasheen These were shelled by the Royal horse artillery while other piitiea moving round our right were engaged I en-gaged in the bush by fifty lancers Meanwhile a zareba with four entrenched en-trenched posts on the hill commanding I it is being formed The advanced troups have all returned to this position and will return to our camp leaving I the Ejit tarry regiment with two Krupp guns and four Gardners and I water tanks and signal appliances at the entrenched position Our killed are I two officers and two men of the British and five epoys Wounded arc 1 two officers and twentysix men of i the British and one officer and ten men of the Indian contingent The infantry behaved with great steadiness The number the rebels is estimated at I lOCi The rebel loss is not known but heavy The engagement lasted five hour The Arabs carried off all their dead and wounded The natives report list numbers of Osman Dignas men are deserting having become dishear I tened Todays fighting was noticeably I I II f a different character from that of any weeding engagement The Arabs aaintained a steady rifle fire retiring tony from each position held by them sni avoiding close quarters J LOSDOV March 20 Another account todays battle Snakim March 20 The battle between the Brstish troops f and ° 3man Dlna lasted five hours The I nurine were first sent to the troops to drive h the Arabs from thehills west of heta As soon as possible they Tere reiorced by batteries of Gardner e WasKrupp guns and by cavalry There J watahot engagement for a few hours during C which the British cavalry rtn chsrged repeatellY upon the Arabs d mik j the machine guns were worked wtthdeadly effect whenever their fire brave could be made available Great IP ades 7 was di played on both in the < engagement The Arabs f lengagement retrea W Slowly Tb owly toward Tamai It is esArab toss in killed and wounded Britisb estimated at GOO The loss of the IS SS 40 The Arabs displayed des Jlerate bravery The marines drove the r d rttire r Js from < the hills and forced them to st trso5 to the Plain then the Indian g Charged the Arab position but vert 1 ero fl flanked 1 of f A by an unsuspected body J Abs behind oi that succeeded in getting lheIllSeI thej lines The Indians found Durinv es between two fires and fled press is retreat they were closel he hocses by the Arabs who hamstrung The e3 and speared the riders won nga ese fell T ack in con f > on the English infantry ii toU ar 13 who had been formed in a leisurel square and the square d telling Yt that retired they while had the regained Arabs their were 0 lIlIeJ < > MI tion iAt this Juncture the dr u fire ot SVohthe rescue and a brisk n nus small hot from the machine i Es r lUor and drove Shelh from the Krupp field 1 Oiitions roe < n the Arabs from their rd steady fi The marines maintained It 1I1 d5t but firing the throughout honors the engage of the iObably day are D thonlots I ed th due to the Irbh Lancers who rge mi e tide of battle by a desp rata ral G etnevcd the fortunes of set lDed aham h command when the Ill almo t roo most hopeless The British hate G nd Caap near SUaurued to their former I rk 11tlo 1iarch 2o 7 jf troop ret p mThe Brit him retarej to tEns point Osman oe hOnIt retaforcemen thousand numbering sg t tl ffi nHasheen on Ue aSsist iO Thursday f thOEn Marc OPPosing the British re Natjv cc l 3 returlled state that i rn and ae to Berti and Shukuk b 113enger from fortiIyth those places A ie thesiOmouratan says the Jc 1I1ge thtr accuseRr f thiS eI El of Santaosi d oca disobey nd mM 11 41114 disrnis ed his a dtluarrel d with eo hI and instaliePn11Ptl chIef Ab ie tlncel The late his Ofwn uncle in 4CClted the chief of the tribe has ilabdi The rebels g t are reduced eating the pith of palm trees The British will evacuate Korti at theend of thepresent month The British advanced in a hollow square the guards on the right the infantry in front thelndian contingent on the left and the cavalry scouting in front and on the flanks After seiging i eont f Colonel Bakers old Zareba on the first hills the troops advanced through a pass debouching upon a wide plain encircled by craggy hills of volcanic II formation and found the enemy on a hill to the left Thunders of musketry hen began The enemy soon retired re-tired some to the right but the main body to the left with the intention of cutting off the British rear The Bengal cavalry started to checkmate this move and a desperate fight ensued The cavalry retired in order to allow the infantry to send a volley among the scattered enemy The Arabs again closed up and pursued the cavalry around the hill where they were met by the Guards drawn up in a square The Arabs charged the squae with a yell but in the face of the withering fire which was keptup they were unable to advance nearer than within twenty yards of the line of bayonets The Guards were perfectly cool joking among themselves until the moment of the charge The cavaltry reformed charged and scattered scat-tered the rebels who had been reinforced rein-forced by those from the riht The rebels reb-els still showed admiraole courage but appeared bewildered The British followed the fleeing Arabs pouring hot fire at every point and never allowing them time to concentrate By noon all the hills had been cleared of the enemy and occupied by the British The rebels still contested the ground inch by inch Our attack was scattered and irregular with a brisk fnsilade in all directions and the artillery shelling the enemy from various positions Atone At-one oclock the country appeared clear of rebels and the British were about to withdraw tothe heights when number of the enemy apreared and firing was renewed It is estimated the enemy lost COO CAIKO March 20British troops will make their summer camp further down the river from Korti Reports from Khartoum are that the people of that city are famishing and on the verge of I starvation Sheikh Salabat has collected col-lected a force of 6000 men mostly Abyssinians at Gedaril to oppose the Mahdi i General Graham telefcraphs General Wolseley that the resurt of the operations opera-tions has been to establish a strong position posi-tion commanding Hasheen Valley and protecting the right flank of the line of communication in ensuing operations against Tamai All portions of the force he says worked admirably and gallantly on very difficult ground covered with high thorn bushes and occupied by the agile and determined enemy thus showing the troops are able to master the Arabs in any position posi-tion The total loss of the British is eleven killed and fortynine wounded I |