THE BATTLE AT OMDURMAN.
BRILLIANT HEROISM. ... ..(Per San Francisco Mail.) ■ ; ' SAN FHAJN CISCO, Sept." 7. England hasa new and interesting- crop of heroes as a result of the, Nile campaign. • The capture of Omduimah: waV>y\r&£h- J plow to. : Mahdism. . . The Anglo-Egyptian army camped over night atAgaiza, : eight "miles from 'Omdurman . At dawn ' the dervishes advanced in battle array, chanting and waving countless banners. Their ranks streti^cu over the plains for several miles. The bravery of the Dervishes. was astounding. They withdrew beiund a. ridge in front of tne camp, and then hurled themselves, fifteen thousand strong, against the Soudanese. General Kitchener seized a rocky eminence, ; swune in his reserves, and in ten minutes had the flower of the Khalifa's army caught in a depression under, a cross fire. The Dervishes planted their standards, and died beside them. The dense mass melted away till the last remnant broke and fled. They were driven" across the desert to Omdurman.' Being cut off, the zist Lancers /were caught in an ambush. T'-ey faced two thousand swords. Though outnumbered by four to one, they returned to the charge, and recovered their wounded, who were being savagely slaughtered. • •
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6305, 27 September 1898, Page 3
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