| Show CHARGE CHARCE OF THE BRITISH LANCERS cut through a body of 2000 dervishes outnumbered three to one they force the ranks of the enemy and then charge back to the support of their r wounded who were being slaughtered list of killed and wounded london sept 6 Me patches from Om durman relate that the ne newspaper correspondent that was afterwards killed participated in the gallant charge of the twenty first lancers these troops were scouting when they baw in the basin between and dervishes the lancers charged the enemy and end suddenly found themselves theme elves face to face with 2000 9 swordsman swordsmen swords men being thus outnumbered at least four to one the dervishes were bidden hidden from rom view in a hollow the lancers charged through them reformed and charged back to recover their wounded who were being Bara saTS eely gelY slaughtered the official list gives the number of british officers killed in the capture of Om durman as twenty five while fifteen were wounded of the iiren men 23 killed and 99 wounded the loss sustained by the egyptians was officers 1 killed and 8 wounded men 20 killed and wounded |
