Show THAT DERVISH DEFEAT V Later Accounts Picture I As a Most Sanguinary Encounter Cairo April iTho AngloEgyptian force returned to Atbara last evening and tho wounded were all placed in hospitals hos-pitals under tents All the troops will return to their quarters on tho Nile The forces of Mahmoud Pasha are completely broken up part of them are fleeing toward to-ward Atbara and others in the direction of the Nile The thickness of tho brush rendered pursuit of them by the Egyptian cavalry difficult The bodies of 2000 Dervishes Deluding those of 1 important Im-portant emir have been counted Notable among the number of emirs who were claln is Wed Bislara formerly emir of Dongflla I is believed that 1000 other members of Mahmouds army were killed Ten suns and a quantity of rifles were captured cap-tured Mahnioud says his army consisted of 12000 infantry and 1000 cavalry Atbara Camp April 3 Jlahmoud s zariba rifle pits and entrenchments are literally full of dead while the ground outside of the zariba on the south side Is covered with hundreds of bodies The most striking feature of the engagement was the storming of the zariba General Hunt himself cheering with hat in hand led the troops They lost heavily na oIF a ll in the rush In recognition of their sal lantr General Sir Herbert Kltchenor provisionally promoted on the field at the close of the battle the sergeant major of each native battalion which crossed the zariba to a subaltern rank CTSe There was an impressive scene this afternoon when three brother officers and 18 men were brrled In front of the zariba where they fell |