THE SOUDAN.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1142, 21 March 1884, Page 3

THE SOUDAN.

| > ■ s , ts i ’ ’ WkrchTl; - Teleprams are to hand frrt»i4 Soualiiii rif- i that tiring has been heard intlld 1 - ir ction of Z.niba, a small town eight miles from Souakin,' where the second | ' cif the Royal Highlanders (42nd j ] fogt) and 10th i Husß.i’-» are encamped' and 1 . that the wnole British'force at Souakin' has; 1 , suddenly despatched to the scene of , ■the supposed battw: e \ Lj ' "Purtjier ifitellt.ency «t»t“4 .. that lha . I firing was only due to a skirmish whim had taken place with a body of Arab rebels who had attempted to intercept thb convoys despatched to the British damp at' Zariba- The rebels wore despatched with- < yut much difficulty. I M ! VO", r' • March 12. . > ( 'The latest .telegrams' to band from Sona- ■ kin a nuiuiee t.hatjt he whole’of the Bridih force under General Graham reached .Zaribil last evening, and : that, the tropps Miyog-,, « acted, there for she night.. Orders have been given, for’ an advance to .be made to-. . day at noon against Osman Ihgrna’aposition. Thctronpa will be formed into, squares, and * in this order 'they will iajfackl the rebels, t who are encamped-in strong, force at Tama- j neh, a short march fro m Ziriba. /i i' ' . ■! LpNDON.vMarch l,T(Mprning). 1 A telegrajn is Jo band from Cairo an- f bouncing that, intelligence hast reached I tnere that'a battle between the British troops and‘the rebels undei Osman Digma commenced at daybreak to day. / A dispatch to hand from General Graham ( states that Osman’s-camp has been taken, 1 after- heavy fighting on both sides. The t engagem nt was very brief. The loss on c the British side is given as 70 killed and 100 wounded.- The enemy's loss is not I known. £ March 14. J ; Full particulars to hand from Souakin j regarding the d. feat of the rebels near Tamaneh. The Biitish troops advanced " from Zariba in two squares, and shortly 1 came up with the enemy, who at once opened fire. They attacked the British j. columns most fiercely, and repeatedly broke the leading square, and, after desperate 8 fighting, captured some of our guns and F drove back the Ist hat alion of the Vork 1 and Lancaster Regiment (65th Font). The y marines and troops, however, spee dly rallied, and further, heavy fighting took s place. The. rebels were finally driven back - completely defeated, and the guns lost in « the early part of the battle were recaptured, g Tlie fighting la»ted fully two hours and ahalf during whieh time the whole of both a forces were actively en-.-aged. The rebels c are said to have lost 3006 killed and;4ooo s •a oanded. The previous telegrams setting j the British loss down at 70 killed and 10' l wounded are confirmed. 'The Ist Battalion Royal Highlanders (42nd Foot) were the I heaviest sufferers. , a Cairo, March 14tb. j The latest telegrams from Souakin repoit that Hainan Digma, with the lemnant of hi i followers, has retreated to the.hills n near Tnmaneh. t Major general Graham teletraphs from - Souakin that Sheik tlahomei, a prominent Arab chief of the Eastern Soudan, has expressed his belief that, the recent victory of t the British will have the effect of pacifying t the natives of that district, and that the road to Berber wi l now be opened I Further details of the la>e en_a ement state that, the Aial'S .by an impetuous t charge broke the square commanded by n Colonel Davi s, and. creating a pmic, sue- ~ corded in making a temporary c pturo of r th ■ guns The cavalry, however, cone to the rescue, and, attacking the eh“niy, t afforded time for the brigade to l-e re f ormed hj ai.d recaptmeii the gun". Colonel Bailor's square prnceede I without check, and captured ami burnt thn enemy’s camp. The ' Arabs have nmy lied to the mountains. 0 Their loss in killed is estimated at 300-1. I March Id, p Major-general Graham's force has returned j to Son'kin, after bur dng four villages and , exnlodi g vast stores of.captured ammnni- *- tion The bodies of 1500 Aiabs were found t at thn spit where the square under Colonel g ■davi-s was'broken The total Bri-ish loss in killed proves to be 120. of wbioh number r the 65th Regim nt lost 30, and the Black ' Watch 65, including 10 sergeants. •' ondjN, dare'i 15. t In the House of Commons to day Lord H Arlington, Secretary or State for War, in reply to a qnes ion, announced that inudli- 1 gence had ben reoei e I that the telegraph si wire beiwren Sliemly and K aitouin hid a been cut, and that a steamer from Knar j, toum had been tired u- on. It is assn nod, . his LonUbip added, from these facts that r the tribes Inhabiting the country h-tween tl Sbendy and Khartoum are now in lehellion. i Cairo, March 15. v Telegrams from Souakin ann-nmee the return of General Graham to lhat, ulace c His forces are also now arriving there. Be- t,- i fore leaving the scene of the recent battle t all the villages in the neighbourhood of j Tammi-h, occupied by Osman’s followers, ; were burnt to the ground. ’ * March 16. s Telegrams from Snuakim state ihat I Admiral Hewitt and Genm-al Gnham hive conferred with the leafing sheiks of the loyal tribes, and that a reward of 1 1001) C has Bren offered for the rel el leader, Osman d Digma, alive or ea-l. t London. Maroh 16. | Anxiety is h-ing feft in Cairo regarding the safety of General Gordon : I ■ March 17. t It is announced that the Bi itish Gove n- I mont have expressed their disapproval of Y the action of General Graham in placing a price on the head of Osman Oigma. ■ "*■ '• \ Cairo, March IT. ' hj A detachment of British troops number C ing 1000 is about to s-art for Handak, a town on the Nile, midway between Assouan, . on the Nubian frontier, a d Khartoum. The troops will fortify the position- there, with r a view to cheek any advance-of the rebels "a in that direction. t Telegraphic comrannin tioh has "been re tt stored iietweeu Shendy and Khartoum. ? Telegrams from Souakin state that it has bee ahscurtained that OsmanDigma con ll tinnes in active hostility to-the British, and 1 is endeavourin' to reassemble if' Toted' ot Arabs with the view <)f '.’euewihg- the Contest. • ' ' i • • . - - ' '■ n