Show DOW IX 11 ecter I 1 1 the not ilot on a the trail of the fighting terTia bes egypt feb 21 A severe 0 en engagement ga gement was fought at fo february breary between the Egypt ain troops and ojman osman dagnas forces forces I 1 nearly a thousand lives were lost the maje made an advance from Afa fity daring during the early dawn on thursday Thu relay the enemy was sighted near toka r and after an exchange of shota allots between the skirmishers the bains pushed forward through the brushwood to seize the old govern g er n merit ment building a ruin rain which f forms oam a a strategic point where infantry could hold out against heavy odds tha the dervishes dervie hes seeing the object of the egy Egypt tain ain advance made a rush for the g building and surrounded it by a compact mass of arab riflemen who poured a hot fire into the ranks of the Egypt ains atus tho the latter returning tho th fire as they advanced the Egypt egy plains ains fixed their bayonets when w hen within easy distance of the enemy and charged for over an hour the desperate hand to band bayonet to spear and sword fight followed finally the Egypt ain cavalry made a brilliant charge upon the dervishes who retreat retreated edin in disorder and sull buffering bring a crashing crushing defeat the dervishes numbered at least 2000 fight fighting ing men there was about an aque equal I 1 force of EPt lins after the retreat of the dervishes er the troops found over seven hundred dead around the position mentioned while large numbers of dead were lying in the bushes around the buildings nearly every emir of I 1 importance mp ortance besent present fell upon the field osman digna I 1 gria did not take part in the fight b but u t w watched a t c h e d ita its progress bogre from a point 0 of f vantage ra n t a g e near n ear Ata f fite 7 after seeing that his followers had suffered a disastrous defeat osman digna accompanied by about thirty horsemen fled toward tebrin the Egypt ains aine will advance on tebrin tomorrow to morrow |