EL MAHDI'S SUCCESS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 65, 15 February 1884, Page 2

EL MAHDI'S SUCCESS.

Tjbe following- diary of events m the Soudan for the last eighteen months h taken from the Argus of the 12th inst. It snows the' gr'eatsiiccess of the Mahdi, and the the terrible losses he has inflicted upon the Egyptian ainiies, as well as the wide-spread character of the rjsing:--- , Juue,lßß2.--Six thousand Egyptian soldiers under Yu.ssuf Pa«ha, without pro visions, were surrounded by the Mahdi's followers arid massacred. • •; July — Schatz (aboul; 100' milW from Khartoum) is destroyed, and the people massacred. , August— A dvance of the Malidi npon El Qbeid, which .is garrisoned by 6000 men.' . Sept. — The Mahdi attacks Don, and is defeated. The Malidi was then within 2 hours' march from Obeid. <; Sept. B—He8 — He attacks the town- -of Obeid, and is repulsed. ; Sept. B— Renews the attack with the same result. Sept. 14 — For the third time the garrison is attacked, but the Malidi is again repulsed with heavy losses. ' Oct. 24 — Two battalions of regular troops and 850 Bashi-Bagouks, reinforcement sent to to Kordofan, were entirely destroyed. > ' i \ : V Nov. 4 — Reinforcements numbering 2500: men, sent front > Khartoum to, attack the enemy, are defeated. One thousand men killed, iholudiug the commander and many officers. Jan., 1883—4000 Egyptian troops at Darfur, and 5000 at Obeid, 6at off from communication. The relieving force at M Khartouin is unable to attempt a relief. ..-.:: Jan. 15 — Obeid capitulates without conditions, and the False Prophet takes' up bis residence there^ Tho , black regiments enter into \m service. Feb. 1 1 — The neighborhood of Souakim reported to bo swarming with the followers of the MahtU, Feb. 33— Abel Kader,. the new Egyptian commander, repulsed the False Prophet, who has been beseiging Senaar.' Feb. 26— Abdel Kader entered Senaar, where the inhabitant surrendered to him. March J—Qcneral Hicks arrives at Berber. . , • , April 29T^Hick? Pasha gave ,b,attle to a body, of §000 insurgents. The 1 ea-« gageinent lasted half an horn*, a^d resulted m the defeat <rf the Utter with : heavy loss; SQQ m.en. being killed, including the False Prophet's Lieutenant-; General, a,nd many wounded. The loss ' on the Egyptian side was only plight. The result of this engagement was to clear th.c rebels out of the province of Senaar. Sept. 10 — Hicks Pasha, after preparing for the expedition, started with an army of 10,000 men to crush the False Prophet at El Obeid, He has been appointed* Commander in-Chief m j place of Abdel Kader. Sept. 30 — Mr O' Donovan, writing to; the Daily News, and dating frqm. the entrenched camp 130 miles south- west of Khartoum, i^ecqrds that the enemy is advancing as rapidly as possible to Obeid, m order to press on a decided action. The message describes the precautions taken on tlje line of march to prevent surprise, and proceeds } — "There will be no communication with the external world for the next few weeks, aa for the moment we practically burn our ships:" His las>. mes suge is dated from Sange Hamferid Camp, 145 miles souih west of Khartoum, October 10th, and. ia as follows :,. -— " We have halted for the past three days, owing to the uncertainty of the water supply m. front. Here we are. entirely dependent on sui fnce pools. A reconuaisuance of thirty miles forward yesterday b^ Col. 3^arquhar ascertained that the pools were barely sufficient for a rapid march to the villagaof Sarakna, now deserted, where there are a few , wells. The enemy is still retiring, and sweeping the 'country bare of oittla'V 'Nov.' 19 —500 Egyptian solcjiers, accompanied, by Co^ninanddr jV^onc\eis^

British Consul at Souakitn, attacked on the march to Khartoum, and massacred, only fifteen escaping. Nov. 23 —News received of the total destruction of the expedition of Hicks Pasha. The officer' heads displayed at ElObeid. Nov. 28— Rising m Darfur. The Egyptian Governor wounded ami driven out. The Soudan declared to be m a blaze. Nov. 30— -News jecei^ed^ that half the reinforcements sent to Souakim had deserted. : „ ' ; Dec-2— rAn Jfgyptian fqree attacked outside of Souakim and massacred.