Show FOREIGN LONDON 22 hicks pasha supposed to be ba massacred in soudan was waa accompanied by edward P donovan the london daily news correspondent reported murdered his last letter was from daem 30 miles southwest from announced that the army had abandoned their base of operations and practically burned their ships ismall ismail pasha ex khedive of egypt said bald the disturbance in soudan was due to the weakness of the central government at cairo throughout soudan he be sald the tho power exercised by religious chiefs and dervishes who could be readily controlled by contrary measures and the allowance of a small stipend a practice which has been unwisely dle die continued the sufferers buner erb ers by the discontinuance threw throw in their lot with the dealers hence the A present misfortune which might have been avoided if the railway from kushim to berbon had been completed he attributed the defeat of hicks pasha to the disorganization of his forces the egyptian soldiers needed more than other soldiers a flag military music musio and all the of war without these they would not and could not fight the army included arabi rasha pasha who had been sent up like a malefactor how could hicks pasha rasha fight with such material the ex khedive was not surprised at the calamity ho he would not advise sending englich troops to boudan soudan as such a course might produce more evils temes times khartoum dispatch dated the says bays the moat most trustworthy sheiks in the service of the government who arrived at yesterday report that 1100 men including hicks hicka rasha pasha the gover nor general and the entire staff were annihilated in the defile of rosh nosh gate whither they were led by a treacherous guide on the morning ot of november lat hicks pasha and the entire army marched from midhat the guide led them to rocky wooded defiles which were without water and where ambuscades ambus cades had been prepared by the rebels who were armed with rifles and artillery hicks pasha was unable to uge uee his guns for three days the army was worn by thirst but defended itself and on the fourth day it was annihilated to a man artere and 50 soldiers who were outside came in and were taken prisoners they were then carried to el obied cairo 23 captain huelton Hue eton who was with hicks pashas pasha a forces and escaped in the disguise of a dervish says that on the way from the battle field he be counted wounded survivors of the engagement among them a european artist named powers hicks Hicke rasha pasha had bad a divided army sending half to el obied to demand the surrender of that place he awaited was advancing from the southeast mahdi however met the half of hicks Pas pashas halb haps army advancing to el obied und and attacked it hearing the fir firing ing hicks pasha came up with his whole forchand force and aud formed a hollow homow square maedl brought up tresh treah regulars who it is supposed were soldiers captured when el bi obi ed fell and who agreed to take service under mahdi these numbered the square of hicks pa shad ahas men was broken and his army annihilated the english officers with the tho egyptian army fought gallantly the el european uro uno W who h 0 e escaped aca pe d I 1 is 8 thought to be odonovan ODon ovon von or frank lfrank of th the london eLondon graphic Grav hio hicks pasha had 10 soldiers and camp followers f ol lowers the arabs numbered another report of the fight says mahdi maedl sent ier dervishes to treat with hicks pashas native officers saying to egyptians we like you are fight burr surrender ended the dervishes were received with a volley it la Is believed that the correspond ent antof of the graphic accompanying hychs hicks pasha is killed hilled the marquis of salisbury speaking at a banquet of the carlton clubs said tho the defeat of hicks pasha must mast end all thoughts of tho the withdrawal oi of british troops from egypt french papers express the opinion that the disaster will lead to the permanent english occupation of egypt LONDON 23 the times bays saya gladstone and his colleagues must understand that england will hold them answerable if by further errors of judgment egypt Is allowed to relapse into a state of anarchy aggravated by the passions of religious fanaticism and the maddening influences of invasion by barbarian a from the interior of africa cork corb 23 after a warm discussion last evening the trustees refused to grant exhibition hall to parnell to address his constituents in liverpool 23 corrie corrle duckworth co cotton bro brokers kerbs keras have failed the nirm firm are creditors of morris ranger banger london 23 the police at midnight arrested a man named wolff member of the advanced social socialists lats club of london and found in his house two infernal machines of sufficient power to demolish any build ing one of them was a large zinc pall nearly filled with coarse coaree blasting powder 0 ader and gun cotton covered with scrap iron with a fuse at the bottom the second machine waa was a large tin cooking utensil similarly prepared machines it Is reported dj were intended to blow up the german embassy la london |