The Soudan Campaign.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 11315, 6 September 1898, Page 2

The Soudan Campaign.

, THE BATTLE OF EGEGA.

A "PICTURESQUE" ENGAGEMENT. CRASHING DEFEAT OF THE " DERVISHES. United .Press , Association. —By Electric . telegraph.— Copyright. , ."Received September 6, 2 a.m. . iOairo, f September, s.—The battle of Egega is described' as one of the moat ' picturesque century. Finding that Kerreri had been evacuated, a cavalry reconnaissance was made on Thursday, which re.vealq^ the position of the enemy... . . The Dervishes were encamped in four great divisions in the desert in front of th,e city. „ . made to intercept the cavalry nearly provoked an engagement. The SJtoe day the flotilla bombarded the position with Lyddite shells, doing splendid work. '.:.,' , At daybreak on !t Friday ,th# Dervish !0IE!! 0I E!M ri 2 ll to at from 35,000 Si 5 !, 1 1?°-' - ad T a °« jd Ac attaok, shouting ,« Alfah is great! 1 - and displayed much '^ hU K ia^'. y chant^ war. 8 ? D g 8 , and had- with them countless* banners including,, the Kbalifa'a famous black standard. Fifteen thousand picked troops .made an, oblique descept , on , the British M?.?! 1 !^ 6 exposed to a withering fire '?I>VI ke S^^"^- ax MQM Q from the Rifle Bngade; Lancashire Regiment, Irish. 'NorthumberlaiJds, 'Fusiliers, and Grenadiers. \oiii .*j,-0 ~ • General "Kitcheti^r" promptly swung uouttd the,lef J e'efitr^, converging a deadly •fir,e on^e D g ryißhea,,wh,o.^pJ^yed extra?Wif^te i »^t^T i P^fi¥r attacks *W ptauenfi'tfciddtii inXiiheibattle was ( agreat,dhaige,of» f th&yLancer«awho, after '^/^gl^^efloe^gOTßdshorsemen, rode down upon a force of^M)00 concealed swordsmeop--^™-^, ■ mj^ The. Lancers- eventually hacked their l W™«# thejr Topponentgri ■ i Theieffortsoof the^valryito divert the •tekiti-|reniTijW«r'dfJ'tha D&rvishes in the desert- proved 'sticceWsful"' sd > nSSW l l^i fc S h Sper, l^ej- giving the oS^lr entered J^ i> K n S; tbr^ T ? the a«ernoon. D|gna^effe(s6e\iihis ol&pe simulaHdtner g^tei«'u« took B i%fotlt f% m^f fc^timM at 800 to 'IsQo<"tfob o/I .pjoiv,' oil "I y^#ntfar*Wcaptured. SwA 6 ; o5rS ? b^^ cc oo J onel Frank J^JfW*'^ both the I hotfft' * Oueen -Ld^Wolsae'y^rd Lahsdowne, iSS their con! -'gratulafcWns to^eto Keener. ■)raPAl%Bgp^y The Dervishes . ma (^^P e^to^desper^tmattempts to »J'tfflj*^iiPngA aod.iEgyptiana, bnt iailed, feeing dqb^ to,olpie.otheir ranks. fJjtfijß .iJtovtthflSe^ffo^.tliey fiercely attapke^ thejiceAtrej^jwih^ the Firsfe W^mimmmiHQMmron High> l|ad|r JJ BO|k^t)Seafort|8 O |k^t ) Seafort|i I;flighlanders,and1 ;flighlanders,and i OpqaaoeeeMfiTß tifflqudfiiuC. a iMssSFM ;|p??% oj| fl bqr.sftcpen charged shOM-mlw t^jfligqatoaaAiKmin pene* jtra^ng *ahi ftl( a J : ife:w,£hßadr J Bd yards of t &,mmh uWhener^itjpop^ who were. par%j;*heHeredhbydjiarebaß in an en■tfenched^osi^m.i;,' in ' . , T I^W^simpQisjbleffirithejPervisbes to 'imrtkziQotiytioM&uhriltvi bullets, and lAbeyjßirftftlmoaSianjjihiJuted. llSi^r »^ kS,thejluesk S,thejlues and fled, •leaving^ SaW »s«tedjwi* corpses. yiftSw^jljrpßnd the Khalifa's iblackAfcapvl^^hMh.dfewever, was sub* sequensly, lC aptdjred»j „;,„,. (l ' rr m^ r nmh.^ito^tx^ force ad.nqoed^ dAYiSip^pfoEgyptkn troops on stb^ngliff w^g-.be.eame.jietached from the ?*T ;^^^ h §>Kha!ifa immediately .•JwrJMf^OQfttftlOfWflppßAteni and made£d9i>Tmg6Mgsb Jfe.eufc.th^n off Wflß;i^a.perilous posiiirta ■for i«bmp iimej^nd,- tasAj^aigun, which, li wTih©:Egy^ja.^if G ug^ji stilly and with iOonspjcut>n| : galj[a»try u^ /( i L „„ Eeceifed'Seplemlietf a.m. W%-J^SP ber s— The .Khalifa, SS&an meß ' U apParent^ azcJ?heJWJijand:,ste,^ch at Omdurman aremmtofmisW^ Jhe^laoe is^oulsome. b^-When the 'JW#Trfft(.ftll*l« Monument iW^pfaJ^r ( gjq % re, l -pheerAag. to Bl»W?b fSP^nfeKal^nybe Emperor '■SHJJfSS 14 *'* '^Bußrwae held afe i grl^P|ajce JK^ i . ( Haqfiy l ef % After the mm* AMljule^tftqtbjaOermans and ;Sntish,r;afc f! .W^terloo;, jand announced General Kitcheners victory ; in the Soudan* ..Bflj, theft, called for, cheers for Qoaen .ywtftn^Ti as.-chiefc^f . v the, regiment of «eKoaa dragoons of whiob Her Majesty /WfHoppwry Colonel, .j i. 7 7r7 r "« i " 'Received' SftpfrJ 6; 10.40 a.m. '•^" SSS^^M^* l^ 6 --^ smaU t mairohed ( tptHe^prilpn Stajbue and placed R^SK ?P^ I f*P celebrate the fall of r Omqjiraia'h. fl >v -