Show NUBIA NE NEWS WS weighted ia with another Bi disaster the death of general Genera earie lEarle by etem atod press to the herald 11 LONDON feb 11 general earle was killed on tuesday during tho the storming of the position at tit birti another account of the death of general earlo earle dated corti bays says 1 general earie earle was killed in the action of tuesday the fight occurred noar near the nile a few miles above dulka island the araba arabs had fort fortified a pass and had built a small fort on the left bank of the river when general earies earles forces reached the the the vav pass they were subjected to a heavy firo from field guns which the arabs had placed in commanding positions sit ions general earie earle had bad no artillery and commanded his bis troops to cli charge arge it was more of a scramble than a charge but tho the arabs were driven from the heights at tho point of the bay bayonet onet and fell back slowly toward tho thep river i ivr all that then lien remained tobe to be captured wasu was a little fort on the river bank astep As tho british column advanced it was met by a ready and well directed fire from behind the sand and wats clings which composed tho the arab fort and many men of the attacking party were killed general earle again ordered his men to charge and put himself at the head of the column he lie waa was killed during this charge the ille fort was ultimately captured but at a terrible cost in addition bogen to gen earie earle three officers and eight men were killed and thirty five men wounded feb II 11 the populace is exultant t over tho fair of K h ar boum on thu other hand the government express great anxiety over the disasters in the soudan fearing the ithe dis success will lead to a serious movement in el cejas arabia where lie lias has many followers IT lr general gordan gordon before his departure on his mission lo 10 the told a personal friend who now makes the story public that ho entertained fainie a presentiment that he would alever return from khartoum gordon said the presentiment was distinct and intense and ho he could not push it off throughout hiff en tire tir elife life bensaid he said strongly and correctly affected by presentiments pre sentiments during his military career ln china he be was gulden egide by them but never even in in the most critical moments of that eventful period had bad ho he even expected death the friend also asserts that in ance of his belief in the presentiment which covered him with its shadow lefore he be started for khartoum beneral actually bestowed on his chosen friends all bis his trinkets and ud mementoes it is announced that a narrow gauge railway will be constructed between shakim and berber english firms oberto undertake alie construction st of the road within a fortnight by bythe the use of manufactured sec see lions cf rail lengths the government haa has decided to accept iho the temporary services vices of a limited number of officers of the militia and reserve forces feb less lesseps in n an n interview considered the english tops gwili expedition tion doomed to failure it may reach khartoum buethe but the Sou danese will not submit the english ingoing or returning return ins will fall a prey to hundreds of thousands of fanatics ho lie are ready to die LONDON feb I 1 11 I 1 the cabinet today approved general plan for an early advance from sua kim to berber |