Show BRITON BRAVERY erects another monument or on the field of on the sun scorched sands of the savage soudan and amid the up corpses of rebel arabs by western asad press to tho the horald norai 1 I LoIN DOX jan M tho point where the battle of tho the occurred is in the desert about five miles south of when general stewart reached that point he found ilia enemy hovering about his little arm army on all sides and skirting it often within an uncomfortably short range the rebels had evidently stationed themselves in the ilia vicinity to await his arrival and give jilin battle when the they y began to surround him and press in upon him ho be determined to abide the event ho ile ordered his men to dismount and form a aza za reeba this was made ade mainly with saddles and bag baz gage and during the construction the rebel riflemen drew nearer and maintained a hot fire from behind ambushes and such hiding place sas they could find among the bushes and high grassy grassi this fire was very well directed and was most disastrous in its efi ef feet upon the british troops twelve men were soon shot dead and forty others were wounded among the ilia first killed were mr Cat cameron neron special correspondent of tho london standard and sir herbert special correspondent of the london post general stewart was one odthe of the very first to be wounded he was shot in the thigh when he was shot the work of making the ilia zareefa was about completed and the a army i my had been put in motion to form its battle array As soon as it completed the square it advanced under a steady ambush fire a dis tance of two miles at this point tho enemy began to move up in a square intro in two largo echelons these were directed against the british right front which stood unmoved during the rebel charge the english troops all formed assailed the front delivered a ter terr itic rifle fire aimed right right at the middle moning mowing down men in such heaps that they formed actual obstacles and interfered so seriously with the evenness necessary to the of the onslaught that its center line was brought to a standstill about sixty yards from tho the british front line the force of the general movement threw the unimpeded parts of the line like the ends of broken timber around the corners of the square and the rebels so displaced were simply cut to 10 pieces from this oil buthe the warfare was disastrous to the rebels as irregular on their side when the line was broken the arabs becmer to break up into bands each of which waged war on its own account A large detachment mostly on oil horseback went back baek to attack the zareefa Za reeba this was garrisoned by a body of english soldiers made up of little ittle detachments left behind by each corps which had gone forward in the square lord charles beresford was in command ho ile sustained the attack for two hours when the enemy was compelled to retreat during ilia general attack upon the square only six men were killed and twenty three wounded on the english side captain norton worked tho ilia glins guns daring during this fiedt and his firing did awful execution stew stewarts arts force sorce on leaving gandul wells consisted of 2000 picked fighting men the latest dispatches received at the war office show lord st vincent was wits not as is first reported killed in the battle fought in the ilia desert on the dinst he ile died from wounds re ived antho on alie at abu klea only two bri Britis fish li officers were killed kille ain in the zareefa fight the other dead were commissioned noncommissioned non cornei cloned officers and anil privates I 1 during the ilia advance of the main body of 0 tho the english from the za reeba the ilia garrison left behind at that point kept up a heavy fire from their guns and rifles an effort was made to erect a small re fifty yards to the right of ilia za reeba under protection of a steady fire from the za reeba during the erection of the redoubt one man was killed and three were wounded lord cochrane avith forty men from he the life guards and scots greys held the redoubt and maintained a heavy vy fire throughout the battle they did mud much to repel the constant rush of the enemy the losses to the rebels during the whole day is estimated killed and wounded among iho enemy were many slaves several of whom have sub bitted to tile british they say the mahdi A sent them from khartoum the equale reached the ilia kilo nile at sunset on I 1 monday evening evening and encamped artho for alio night early tres duy morning acoutin ec outing parties made male a and destroyed destroy edmonie conle empty villages the inhabitants had watched the ilia military operations froli a distance and afterwards retreated to on the the british encamped at abu km kru twe miles south of bf mo tem amneh neli the enemy were in most 08 espar sparing in their uso use of ammunition while defending met amneh and only kepi kept op p j n 1 d desultory e s u i 1 0 r fire gro the rebel forces uh t throughout r 0 u g 1 io t i t a aal 1 the engage engagements monts have been well handled it is stated thai thit two europeans are among them which may ex explain plain the fact A female eiarl prisoner states that the ilia british fire clr decimated the enemy who determined to stay in five of general gener al gordons st came rj ln beoo soldiers sold lere and five convy guns carrh arrived at bubat on the ilia all the troops and auns were a landed the guns w era Q turned upon mederd aeh without however io I 1 effect u upon tho rebels apparent any hl rii it t la is reported the mahdi ie ii 1 0 iv 31 more troops an and guns to on oil th the G geu uns wilson vils ton with four of gen gordons steamers a number of black troops two companies ol 01 mounted in infantry and six guns bombarded chendy for two hours and land almost completely destroyed the town but the occupants of whom there were but few appeared t to bo be unwilling to surrender the steamers steamers afterward returned to bubat where a number efforts of forts are being erected it is stated that the mahdi has a force of men around kh khartoum the population of khartoum is is now eat estimated I 1 mated at A convoy has gone to bakul to fetch stores and ammunition the inhabitants of me are apparently in hiding as a scouts are able to see only a few fey per sons in town the total brit british ish loss including the loss at abu klea was killed and wounded the loss is killed and wounded in ilia fight of the tile dinst which occurred within three miles of the nile many of the ilia british troops were in an almost fainting condition from lack of water col sir charlea charles wilson ordered a small detachment of cavalrymen to obtain a supply of water from tho the river river by cutting their way through the force this dangerous movement was accompanied with less loss of life than might have been expected and enough water was obtained to revive tho the troops and enable them to contin attacks gen Sto warts wound dela delayed the counterattack counter attack of the square square until 2 in the afternoon the rebel riflemen possessed the hights while their horsemen closed the roa roads ds in our rear As the square moved slowly from the zareefa za reeba all felt that their fate depended upon its io steadiness the rebel spearman sp earmen advanced to hurl themselves against the little square the british never wavered a moment when they saw the foe coming the cheated lustily and delivered a fire so deadly that the arabs dropped in their lines recoiled and retired in broken array meanwhile another dense mass of rebels from tile south was stopped by shells from nortons Nor tons guna guns at this juncture the redoubtable reserve of horsemen standard bearers bearer sand and fanatical followers rushed against the square but was again Te repulsed pulsed by withering a fire their retreat this time was final for they renewed the attack no more after reverently burying the d dead lead the whole force mar marched clied to the nile where they were allowed to bivouac in peace and unity the rebels were making no signs beyond the beating during alio whole night it is stated that sent picked troops to annihilate the british either at abu klea or here it is i s said lio lie is sending more men but there is no more fear now the british have the nile on their back another column is ori the march and the gordon steam steamers era arc are securing su p plies and material is still held by a small force of rebel riflemen with one brass gun tho the town is said to bo be in great straits one european was clearly distingue dist distinguished ingui blied in the rebel ranks the 1 he british have captured three unarmed rebel boats which will be very useful to them all the officers and men are in excel lent health and spirits the british square numbered 1200 and the force ot of the enemy is estimated at 12 when the square returned to the za reeba the day after the ilia fight many of the garrison wept for joy herbert special correspondent of tho ilia london post whose death eath is reported today was shot dead during a fierce attack of the rebels while the tile british Br ilis were erecting the za reeba herbert was secretary to lord dufferin wh en antho the latter was governor general of canada he lie witnessed the battles of tel el kabir el teb and Tamai he ile was severely wound ed td in the ilia last named battle the queen has sent a dispatch thanking gen stewart aud the troops for their bravery Coa condoling doling with them for their losses looses and pro moling gen stewart to the rank of bl major 11 or general general earl telegraphs from babak cataract about twenty two miles below boeti as follows the still occupy boeti and it ts Is doubtful whether we will fight them there or retire tu Berber gerber few of the Mu lidis regular soldiers at boeti aine came from berber they say they intend to desert to us two andes of sheikh Stile kulemin Su lemin nian v who ho mur derwered colonel stev stewart art bave auvo sent us word they will acome in and sub mit the natives aro am now nov returning to their villages |