Show BRITISH AT DONGOLA 0 0 N 6 OLA I 1 river forces reach and occupy that place TRE THE dervishes THERE dervishes now ranging the country botica el and dongola do ngola ousted from loth both tho enemy enem y fought pluckily Pluck lly but without ut avail against modern modem arms and military dertil dead dervishes thrown in the vile with rocks kocks tied to their necks j kanna on tho the ille sept 0 o copy righted by tile elie associated press dongola dincola lias has fallen and the rhomin a I 1 objective point of the L an expedition has been ren readied clieL the river forces of the deyp alan expedition pl up tile hie nile kilo front r el 1 afir landed a forro force at ton don gola and occupied that place before the dervish forces retie gUng front il 11 lia iia fir reached that point 11 catir and ana donnoli don soli ola therefore are both in the tha lianda hands ot of the expedition while all ito the hie dervish force a are arc some here between seeking becking a refuse refuge yesterday afternoon to LO resume the ilia connected narrative of the elpe expedition didon ilia long range firing continued between the dervishes on oil the west bar bark k of the vile nile and ancl the expeditionary force of oil shii side the maxim guns with their sweeping hall ball of df lire darl great in the dervish ranks while the it held old and horse bat ter ce never allowed the enemy to do anything N v lilt 1111 their batteries darkness put an ond end to lo till 3 ARTILLERY DUIL TUI L across the nile water and stillness silliness fell upon both camps tho the night flight wa was one of walling alting Iv though the silence of thal th a was once broken by a discharge harge from ilia maxim guns on this side aide or of the liver jn in the morning c nery cry one was up tit fit daybreak anxious to know who what I 1 chango change in n tile the had developed during the night kind what ahat be the next neat move find and eagerly scanning the onemia camp camil across the river there an no lie alga of life in the der visit works but soon boon a commotion was vaa perceived among the boats along alone the bank and a native lit in one of them was discerned in tho oct act of it waving some filing as though tor for IL u tignal signal to this a side 0 of r the river the steamer dal dail of the expeditionary force thereupon proceeded to tile bank fit the be river where when it vui alan found that irl FI blahr had bad bren evacuated by ali enemy under co boier er of the flight ind that not a dervish lighting fighting ruen man was IV lit left in sight the detachment on oil the dal sent hack back to the camp on in this side ot of the river twenty seven boats which milich had been manned by tilt the native residents 0 of kl 13 hafar and loaded with a great quantity quan lily of 0 grain the natives announced that tile the nemy enemy hart had dp departed parted and that wad blahata Bl ahara shora the young youn 9 emir r mir ot of donghia Don goia goda nho commanded tile the dervishes was wag wounded in yesterdays yc light fight A shelf fro I 1 n an lan battery burst bural in ills hia tent inflicting wounds in its his breast tanil in head the former belne being a severe hult huit atter after the gunboats cun gun boata boats of tile the expedition had forced their way A ay through rant past the forts borts at ni lt yesterday and had proceeded southward toward dongola Don pola the dervishes apparently that kl et was vas no longer the place for far them and they prepared to depart they hey burled buried as ag many of 0 their dead as they thay liall time for or tho the rest freie oft pre pored with a tone around their necks flecks and INTO jiin NILS ILE this af lei noon the news arrived here that tile stefn rs and gunboats eun gun boata boats of 0 the ilia expedition had reached dongola and had landed it a force itrich immediately I 1 occupied the treasury the news nias mag received here lelh delight as it Is supposed that the inerny la Is now marching marchine hetteen here and dongola in hi a much hampered condition condl llon by reason ot of tho the number of ft their wounded an aal 1 their retreat along tho the river bank threatened thre by the steamers which can destroy at any moment the food supplies stored at dongola neola it they cannot hold the place against the petrit retreating abing forces of tier bishes baes until the he lend land forces 0 of the expedition tion hale late advanced to operate cooperate co v ith them yesterdays at il seema to have altogether disma dismayed yei the 1 dervishes who wan placed great reliance upon ilia foit felt at that ahat place they le 10 lieven that the fort would mould lie bo oble able to prevent the passade ot or any ally i t tile the steamers ot of tho the expedition up the nile the artillery fire riom aiom this side of if tile he river seems to have entirely disconcerted them their batteries being belaf do strayed ns ag roe roon ll 11 as tile the erno smoke k e fro from m them indicated a target for or the urillis and r egyptian gunners Kunn cra As oon in the news of the evacuation 0 of EI 11 llada was ivas ilia correspondent ot of the associated ill ess proceeded to croaa tile ilia river and mako make a survey of if the late it was mas found that their mud defenses de hail had been built with great care but bul thu the ril rille c trenches only permitted the he mon men rl a very short and straight front tor for protection mita M ita were pill strahn n along aloner and it alth fill in the tren clice and in the straw shel hellers etere the remains of ilia carcasses of chich alch had been killed to out aup ply kiy food to the defenders the dead had been burled buried or thrown into the ilia river further bouth on oil the river bank wai was found THEIR lilG BATTERY this work contained lire hie hi e embra embrasures lor for guns three in fit fiant und arid two at the sides thin lattery battery had been terri knocked about by ills th fir lire e from tho the cast bank and from tile the steamers mets still further south was waa it a big in arc facing toward the north and on to tile the nile there was waa noticed the same of piercing the wall in such a way as to allow filing only lit in one direct lun in tills entrenchment it was waa apparent that the ill lemen had made a plucky resistance staying in ili the th trenches all lay day and eating where they lay as aa wn was evidenced by the quantity of dates and water geurds gourds lying about left in the clr lid native residents ot of el BI have welcomed tho the appearance ot of tho the billish expedition and seem to regain their advance as as is burance urance ot of FL deliverance from tho the rule or of the khalifa anti anil the ilia Dagga rass tile the Khall tan native tribe who have ex a cruel oter the nile tribes vorn ivorn I rom the of yesterdays fight figh I 1 furnished by tile the natives it appears that tit tin dervish cavalry kept out in the desert watching the tight light and waiting for the landing of the opposing forces to take tain ence wad Bl Di ahara shara this the dervish commander e r was wounded at shout about ric noon oll and wag immediately carried out ot of range of the hit fire repeatedly exclaiming to those who surrounded him allah isi is against tile wad BlAh decided to in evacuate te its position during file night ho was ans to in remove ilia hla guns but ij WA f forced 0 rood to glenve bolwind A a meat quantity ot or ammunition for both the elie artely artily lery cry and the miles the dervish stearn in vz it which was hai munk flunk by tile the expedition horse boriso battry batt ry was ivas mild mid to have also been loaded with ammunition arid and guna WELCOME TO THE TROOPS tills coining lit at tile the troops troop of 0 the he e expedition altion began crossing tho ilia river McDona J ao lilB brigade was tho the first over anti and tile the soldiers were met with the I 1 M widest plena ot of delight delli lit by tile the natives they shunted shouted in lt frenzied Ini manner anner anil and danced about the troops and shouting like lun lunatics ettes th the flint iia made of the captured D boats was to transport the second brigade to ili el which la Is a very fertile spot plenty ot of green creen herbage for the animals a pleasing contrast to the rough rocks anil and clebert sands sanda of much ot of the march it is 11 hoped that today tho the whole of 0 the expeditionary force will effect a crossing of the nile so as to camp at el 11 tonight and continue the march to dongola tomorrow owing to the lack jalk ot of supply of 0 tole ele graph cable to lay in the nile tho terminus of ali halil telegraph still remains at herma on the cast bank of the N allu le TRIPLING TRIFLING LOSS the loes of the expedition up to last Pl elling wore were only live wounded despite tho the en ernys lot hot fire the held field horpe battery giai cry unit and the men who handled bandied tile the maxim guns had an especially PL ally warm corner during the th en cn nent the men lunched behind tiny any r holier that could be devised the maxim puns guns were manned by the con rangers and the tenth battalion was wag ranged along the bank of tho the river facing the dervish position they pred llred three rounda at the hie enemy one of the mont moat striking things ito if coil during the fight was the I 1 ions 09 range of tit enc mya ri alm at a distance of 0 I 1 1200 yards yard they were able to do a deal of 0 damage and name of the their I 1 built bullets is struck lit ILL least SOW 1000 yards giom riom tile the point of fir ir in ienir g tho weather we atler for tile the last few days has been rather hot the wind from the north has br brought 0 light nearly all the boats up the riv river er bearing sufficient lelent I tor for the ants ot of the expedition it Is 15 the general cn eral impression here that the will irl I 1 not make any further stand it li iq evident that wad lind ind brought tit up all his effective force orce from Drin cola Intend lurf to 0 make rl a stand at IM I 1 riven it if he Js Is able to recover dongola from I 1 the lie river force of 0 the expedition which I 1 lias las occupied coupled it it la Is not considered possible that he be should make a stand the advance of the elie combined land and river forces MOT HOT FIGHT LOOKED FOR london sept 21 the adent of 0 the he dally daily news from the nile expedition tion in it a dispatch from ra III says bays it li possible that being desperate the dervishes ervI shea will make a hot 1 light ight for dongola Don Donl KOla though I 1 learn there 1 la 4 great creat dissension among their leaders and the disabling ot of wad shara may materially affect the dervish plans A hernia dispatch in the standard praises the clever tactics of f wad and adds the deral dervishes s hes are arc certainly well led and they retain much of 0 their old spirit WHY WAD HURRIED OFF the times correspondent at kerma berm telegraphs to that paper wad Ill was ditled into supposing it was our intention to match march on donola gola by this bunk bank tit of the th N nile ile lle he therefore there fori evacuated el hafar and h hurried ur in the direction of 0 dongola Do neola to oppose our crois t here |