Show 1 1 I STEWART STANCH and valiantly holding his llis oryll an n III an I 1 position after inflicting serious defeat on the dusky Il rebels ebels on the cornius of january tho the nineteenth by western asad press to the I herald ferald I LONDON L jan 28 A dispatch from ca cairo 1 ro declares that lord charles beresford Be reeford with a small contingent is pushing on from to khartoum m the excitement occasioned by the explosions and the tile igei great A anxiety concerning the fato of ben gen stewart which has existed for the past few days is completely obliterated today by the news that stewart liaa has captured and Bucce succeeded oded in communicating with gen gordon great enthusiasm prevails and many congratulations over the success of stewarts expedition have been received at the war office 11 a in intelligence Intelli genco lias just been received at the tile war office that general stewarts Slew arta force ia Is in trenched south of A dispatch also 9 gives ives the tile gratifying information that stewart is in communication with general Genera gordon lGordon stewarts force had several behta with the tile arab rebels be before fore it reached stewart himself was badly wounded five of el murdis emirs demirs have been killed in the fights general wolseley Wol wolseley selly in in a dispatch reports the capture oame le by the british ho also says gir sir charles wilson has gone to khartoum on board a steamer to confer with gordon it is expected he be will return as eoon soon as possible and report personally to wolseley I 1 p in m an ari official dispatch was ivas received this afternoon from gordon wal which ich shows that liis ills pori position tion at khartoum is by no io meana meant as desperate as supposed lie ile says he could hold bold out there for years pm p m official dispatches indicate cats that the march of stewart and his little army from abu klea wells to their preheat pree ent position has been no easy task almost every foot of the way I 1 appears appa rl s to bave been sharply contes contested d by the resolute arab foe fue there was a constant succession of encounters from the action of lelh till the nile was reached the british troops aro are steadily 1 aaning gaining fresh victories over the impetuous but easily demoralized rebels on the morning of jan two lays days after the fight at abu klea the elein enemy ved appeared in force in front of the a advancing british B army and a short but fierce battle was fought this occurred at a point about three miles from the nile the british were compelled to sustain a heavy fire early in the engagement stewart received I 1 hia As woun gouni J and sir charles wilson thereupon assumed corn coma roand mand works were hastily lias tily constructed strutted truc ted under the new leader the rile rain continued to pour upon them from the enemies rifles the wounded men and baggage train left under guard behind quickly built PA in front here a largo force of rebels established a strong position as soon as the british ariti 8 h linn line came near A fierce fierre charge b by y bev e eral 1 emira was made against t it by the rebel foeman the lie british troops were arranged a as 8 usual in the form of a square are and steadily advanced they were met with a wild onset of the loudly cheering enemy who were rushing down upon them at the same timo time the rifles of the british were doing a bloody execution the charge waa as and not an arab came within thirty yards of tho the british square tho the rebels did not long stand before the murderous english E fire but were repulsed with heavy loss five emirs demirs and men inen were left dead upon the field and large numbers of wounded about the english losses few details t ai Hs have yet been received it is known n however that cameron Camcro a special correspondent of the london daily standard dard and herbert special correspondent of tho the morning fost past we were re killed the place where the battle took t place lace is A a slight distance beyond she bacas acas wells stewarts wound whilo he not fatal is so serious that he lie will bo be disabled for tho the remainder of tho the campaign gen wolseley considers the deprivation of his ills services a national loss he ile characterizes stewart as the ablest soldier and most dashing das liing commander he be ever knew 11 and recommends him to the queens beena favorable consideration lord st vincent of the artillery was among the british slain stalwart now holds a strongly fortified post at bubat not ot far from p lace on the nile half way between berber and khartoum opposite bubat is a largo island oti 04 which plenty of forage for horses and camels can easily be obtained so strong is the position at bubat that it is confidently asserted that it can bo be held by a small garrison against any force the rebels may r end to attack it tho the route across the desert from securely held by the english elish col sir redver buller will bo be in command of thia this route he ile left koru KOM aday to assume the position news of movements since the battle of abu klea wells wella has beep been brought to kort by capt pigott left loft with witt dispatches saturday last and reached bortl this morn lue having encountered no 0 serious by the way ADEN jan jad 28 advices advises from PC rim state the italian ironclad iron clad cadel fidaldo arrived at beila r on the west coast of the red sea not far floca Mas Ijas and successfully dis embarked a detachment of troops broo asin intended for operation cooperation co with w ith the tile english in the soudan the italian flag was hoisted d in beiler LONDON LON DONJan jan 28 A corti dispatch to routers agency says general thwart gained a brilliant victory on the mill oyer over the rebels the enemy numb irp IJ even thousand A large number were viere cay cavalry men armed with ribes the british osa was W 0 killed and 60 wounded 4 the TI to majl ul q loaa loss oatlie of the enemy was 1300 IV the firing began in the tile nao morning and lasted all day da col Burle igli special correspondent of the london telegraph and lorda lords airlie and somerset were among the tile wounded th tho e royal irish regiment commenced a across llie ilie desert from corti today to day the west kent will follow immediately |