THE SOUDAN.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 85, 13 March 1885, Page 3

THE SOUDAN.

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1 General Stewart and his ? command wejre heard from again after khe 'b'at'tlc of JAbuklea Wells on 28th January. Tlfo force atjUhat time was entrenched*""^!; Mfeteu-inei^"f|io^ hvitfy General^ Gjinflqnjj |Stfc\^arJ's| f|rcje thajil fights with "the A'"rab rebels 'Ticjjfore it reached Mptemneh, Htewart him Mwouniiiecl.; , On. nthos, j ImprniniT ofdVlonfliiy, ■ IJMiyTianua.yy;,* , two,, , after the fight at Abuklea Wells, r;ihe <nie!my*kp^ea^;islsf6*cß inuftoiib -:of ;i the .advancing British army, and a short aiicT'^erfce' 'battle'' was f ft3uglit.-'>ffh?s oci Jcurred at a point three miles l'froiiinthe.. Njle, and the British were compelled to.. sustain a h.c, wy ; , , &T6 - /©jr.] spvpe r/ tiifte r : EJarZy (JLj{ jtha eiiga^e^^n^m^rpl^iQWr " ait received hiSi.jvound, , and Sir ~ Charles ' Wilson thereupon' assumed' J cb{iffiia'n(J. :; W'dr'feS^ere- v kur?iedly: constructed' undferu tie leaden rain, w,hich>co»tir»u^d.,tQ p9i%^ . mon the English from the enemy's ti am were left under guard under the q nckly-built (ear^t^rWOTi^s, wjtiile.the rest o:' the force a^£Qceian'fa'ce ; of ; i;he hos- | tfie fire to a^gi^^'nelgVigcu^.p i in front. fier6->iafge -bodies^ of rebels liKdS^tfa^l&hed;, th^rb.B^lye^;iii| sj istrong'j pjsjjagn^ .AjS.'-jspon^a^ ||ie /Britishj Ijnes cime hear,' the enemy i^a^e ; a -fierce c large, led by several'^eniirs. The -, British troops were arranged as usual m. f&rm'tor^lftu&ej aaitl 'iUkmifi "a&vtihcea i tj> iiifefe'tv'thiß'-iitad'tJWsteugblt of; .the.'loudlyl icpeeiaHgyiqneiny<)! wh,<i>S iw§jJe i oi'^u3b^lg;» ' ¥6 ii%a nf,,tlifl t ßr^s^ we^e^piu^.blpo^., 1 execution. The ; • charge • was caecked, 'ainil' nof'ah^'AiW cM^/Hvith^n'^.tihir^' } 3Jai^ ! 6HHe ! •Brftisli l ßqiiia^. / - ! Thfe4<&efe ; did- W6ib l; 16"iif» ! sfcind beioi'd jthe'aaQUi'ieroutj ; ? ik»e, ibitt ! :.wcre; repulsed-! iwitli ! ho«»yp loss; ••( .'.Five, $n(uvgai:u'b2opMijfteii| wejrfl^,(jft{id;.j|H^i the'; jfi^ld, :anc^ large,'. •lish. losses, lew details have yet been reo«eifeW. i;J The:^i^'¥hel^tne HiattleV^' 1 ' ;; v}.M f a ; distance ;l beyiiiiav: ■ $h^bkcal'' WfeMs I.'!1 .' ! 'T-li (5 -' point iwherd t.tlw 4n^ag4iiidntf6f lOtlrifieoiUTfed is iUi^Hho" about live miles south of< .^t^teu^-/. iieh; f^liep, .Gci^rjal / reacjipd '• ihijijt ) ppi.nt h.e.fpiui^the^encmy Jio'verniK-, abou^'his lititlo 'arir/y'on all 1 sides,' ;md fekirling^'it 'ofter/'Avitliiii 4b&UfdiflKUlfei :> iilio^fcrlitl^ei /The^btfls ! Hatiiteviflelitiy'| st'dfioiSeitfitiiis^lVtiijjiiD'rtihfe viciiiity^.'tor; wait hisriairiiraltandiigiftfrf hilfefb.attlfi/j AVhw^ey^/sgatf^^.^ur^oimd^m^.flii^j pr^s m! ,^,,^4^ol^,^, dismount ana form a zareeliti. Tms'was^ made mainly with saddles and bk^gage^ rifteniftfn d^^w^nearei 1 , tti«l:>-inaiiitainGdift'i hot 1 . r '{vm(b,usiies. J^d B\\p]n.j hiding places as they could snd atnm^j !the,.,bpsiies : M»4,j^h f gi;ass );^^fiw '|re', iwas yery, l weH i directed, ,anawas' nio&b. jdisaeti^'m^tis jmtf. uUM^BM'shJ itrßßp^. v ¥welVe m^ir-W^&fehot-do^n 1 , SAW 40 others wounded. Among the .Jirsti jlaOetlf *vtei4 fMv oaßQferbo,^li^speci9l>el)rIMr Herbert ythjß'/^Qec^. pojjr^sßondent. art was T one of the. very",-' first nvfed^J: M, wl Wtl TOtftfa^K? nV'fteiriie l^^ slißtVthe^oiJk b'f making I th'e : " atidutPicoinpletlßflV' a»di th" c bßenlpnt-in UKitidii to.:fov4l squrer^S in;i:4w.o l i&i^e - Jf^cfc^pn%, , L tThfi[; Wm^* HiPW/r #«fe-j.W> TOW I stood unmoved during the rebel charge; I The English f 'iJr6-6i^, retfariinn^/'asfedfle^ I the enemy's front, and delivered a ter-£c-£re,v&imed.xight.a4 the. enemy's midi *Sl!.e, mowing down the men m such heaps ! Kliat they formed actual obstacles, and interfered so sejrioustyjwith the evenness of the groun^ne^essai'yi to the success of the onslaughir-that its centre line was btxius&t tga ctandstiH ahpup-mxty^yavAa from the Biiushlront. The force 'of The ; general move.ment threyr^hf unimpeded , parts of the^^^jfl^^ tli^ |er|ls of broken ! timber, around the corners of the square I and the rebels so "displaced were simply W v >b l WfeeafT'J WHeh i « ffifir" Oijid >Ms bi'dJieilKfetre J iArab^ i seaiiieii'. » to. ; bi:eak \ijp Safe )m&?>l S^tifif.whifcj^^a^bd.w^.qn its own, m?wi t t i 4 'tem-M^mM, mostly^n liorsel)ack,wenc jback trt aijtj'ack by a Wots?* offf'EngifeH> 'sbl^ierB * ihk&& 'Up fof Jittlflttet'Achmenlsiiftft r %c j eftfch square,- Ijpr,d Charley Beresfora yvas m for two hours, when the enemy was **lnjellea'*dil l^ei»tl'^ Dmtegutise 'gfene.rJiDattwcki ysQQittoto&jpw&>®ifty Mm Msn w^p^cl^n fee.Eiiglish side. Captain/ .Norton .woritea tlae t<ir<ie! ohileitvang jQalraL i Wells,- sonHsted '■ ;j9fj2m. B ipkedi^g^infetti#, J f,ate^<i,de- ! jspatcnes received at the War Office' show that Lord St. Vincent was not, "a* 'ai'm'st Teported, killed m lEe battle fought m TO'^sert WW&"-mk in'tol/.'b'tfif'diedi j ■jp.ulyi:.jfiwQ,j Bju^ishf f foffipers f other dead were jnon-conamisaioned of- «! s ' J( \fa ftiel advance of the • i mam l ' ?f !fo«y'i" l £f •ißu^lisbj&oinntiie-aapeflbiastihd/gaTa-ison lett behind at tliatipoj^i k«|»tHip %^ JieiJ^yr iire from their guns . and lines. An' ef-J fort waa -Biade to erect a f small redoubt' some 50 ' MM t<5 l M r^i^ £( ofthe zaree] ba, undei^ the protection of a steady fire from 4>&e *#areel)U^ll^»iftpthe<^rectiort' &m-tymte& J J IMS CMranVNvitS fitty men from 'tli"e~ Life Guards and! -Jfcaiqed'ja -lwftjfisfii??eihifo«gh.oMiyi« b^ttld nfaiHffiSJSi i&g> sßft? tant i rushes of the enemy. The losses of the: rebels during .the whole day araestiniatet W'WMhiiM'mmmmA'J Amon f the enemy^ere man^ slajves. .several^o;' whomJiave subrnitt'e'd to tTieißritisn. Tne^ igmiaety job 'Mond»yi-oev;<inujg|-,::^ndr,vtni-reconuaisance and destroyed some etfia-'Vv-ftf^e's] tWHahtMt&nijP'tit *%Hfcy 3IM->*/lmlhii& : if rom-.n sUutfiwejJiJvdvAft^rwi^p^jrptr^ftie^ , tije^Brihsh . jencamned t«Po mi Us s motfsih\hnf< ih^h^i^iiJnVtfnitioii '^Killb sd«fdhililug!Metein»eli, inidrotiiy kopt^ub^ [i!<.(le!m^9ry4s*.>T^ftreb^ofbe(9.t^"oi»glf w died. It unstated. that .two, Europeaqs^ wnM^niay 'Ah* UioißritrtHifiri dwiiiuatedOthe^enehv rf temnen. Five of General- :G ( 9]?ftQi 's , steamers, conveying 5000 'soraiQta" and ' "m i &w, x &mm l&hMiWih^ 22 I fd, )! attd' all: the 'trod!pa,arAi' gatj&ila ifel&tyyiipii ;cfbcugii6B wioro jtuvhwii uplniovMetienifjii|b,i r -ritoomrid ( ktf*B ! «df MtitiKfiijh'^^fr^ {he 'j2Qtid-;iiG«Keyai:'-Wila'cHi( i vtWfc rf pnv oi\ ijOeu«rA!:.Gf)raoni9.'Btenmojßv l a hUwher oi' /•b^aglj^roop^iwai^r^panje^it^ iijouiii en* Vinfaritryi, ..and; . six' .guys,",. b'oipbWrr ell !i SHbn J ,lffo f r ; tWa b ! omf L\ 'alnios^o ■**{ pletely destroyed thPtlfivn 1 /' bit/ i t!ti 1 e 1 ] pc- 1 cupants, of -w^oth tlV«>i!e,«Wel few, hpt*.! peared v»MviJlingj(Xo' surrender. Xbo )tp('pn l>at, when] a. r | ' number Qf ; JfprVH iweVe evo(it9^» Iti is stated tlfnt «DOO avound Kharfbum. The populationj of ,1 1 J Khto-CUHM nUwi eati'tn Atfed } /nt) ! *T4,C(OO! ' ! A convoy hap gone. to Gakdul to fejtch-i Btore'g' < a < n(T :i aHinn^nitionV inhabitant of; Meteuineh are apparently m hiding

ns the scouts nre able to see only a fow persons m town. Mr Herbert, the spacial correspondent of tlie London Post, whose death was reported to-day, was shot dead during ■•AlULsiyi c <cil t !i:>£!s c ll!^ l! ' s i. wbiletliu British" were- v 'efecting '-" tfiiu^areelJai-' ""Iflr"' Eri.rljejt w.'is aepiietary to Lord DnflEerin wli'ei'i Ac 15m6i ; Was" Governor-General of Canada. He witnessed the battles of Tel-r U : Ki;bir X El-Teb, aijjd framufj, arfd w:iC.Bev^i^l^w4aftc|e(t it the bls T t-i(ained h:4\i. f ifetf B'ntisl'i frwTfiMtWr the loss JbAbukibu, was 'lOi lulled and 111! wounded. The enemy's loss was ■ ( 30QOJBiflrti' 'iind >Vomided. ' ■ Tlloigheiju : igi'titia-dbspatchtliaHbui^ CJenJeral .-Sfceiw/ art and the troops fortbeir bravery, cou- ■ drfli% vftMlfc^iiii'for A JthdMossiyß.-iai[d> proinotin-g. Gyn^ral Stewart to the rank 'cif lxiajof.tgeiieV-aiV" Colonel : Biffldi«H' thß'i '■spfcufal'ldfa'h-eypoiident of the Daily Telegraph; and Lord Somerset are among the wc-iuidetiJ/: GeneralvStlawhiVt,j4J|)w holds ••.afctrpagly'ftdiftifiofli'; pbtyi MtjEkybifXypot^ ].^r^rQift.^t9M»tip l h f .^ndjajjo^t,halF-waj' 1 between, Berber and Khartoum.' In the \fip*y ; whidudccurr; , '•red'-w'itHin'thi'oitMnilea dfitho Nile, many .pj^tht! J3ritish troops were m an almost ■^aintm^oonSlifioiV' ; f fonJ-taWdftvattfrr. 1 (polonerSir jQharj.es o,rdered a juiall^taiHiit^ieoCfcl^ryiiae^fo^tiain a supply of water from the river oy cutting their walkthrough the. enemy's , iotep.) O'liC^Sf rous f piOvU^Bty&A, . accomplished with leas loss or hie* than 1 night have beeu v expected, and enough vateiWaa^btdiJie^i to teviw uie'trob^s md enable them to -continue the battle. , W hen th>B(l^fttfeß;;^are ji-etun^d, tp,\the fiareeba tli^dfy ' V^.fxei\ v q 'manjrpf the garrißcfn''Vepi^rjoyi^ ! - 1> ')•''*. * til (SPECIAL TO U^Tisi^PpESs'ASSpCMTIpIJ. ] ■ i It is reported jilxa!: {.tie ilahjdl .hks' be•treated.from; lEhartoiun - : Bonth'^i J d<-to jAbdah Iglanidi lit'- '.b6is«(jsfeiJ ( t e ).W < ?§]v tho jscaroity of f god,- Wid. on ? accoou^jof ( the jdiscontbiit ahjohgsl his follbyei'si^ '•<■ It is reporttSd! £h y at'/a risii.igy>ill) jyake place m Khartoum between those who ja're faithful] to(fti<a. uud tl>e m^lcopteutß. •■ / ; '^i(q Majii^i.jiivesin dajjb'.^'ead. pf ( a^ \ PANIC ON THE STOCK EX J - : : ' ; ; CHANGE. j "''X^^UT^'raLKGtt^ki^ '■»>■•■•: L i-oW'V a „' XiONDtflf, March 11. A semi-panic has occurred on the Stock Exchauge, owing to the present political uneasiness. \ I " lW v-;i |W^'^n«^^ ;Murcb^3u^ \.\' ffik? f ol^ow^pg ,f p'pbarsj^ti 4)ie 'j&a.^|^.|i nptjfy.J;ha i t(it, i h l as Ve<?eiy:«3c(. u^meroos^otfe^s fo.i; acj|iye\ liKe.i.!a.b\ili^'n'''atI iKe. i .!a.b\ili^'n'''at gf:atificati v o^,a^^ei^tfi;o^. I '|piri p,layqd. v bysjthose^.y.Qluni^rs „ahaj otheVs )#h o. Ji a.ve ■ so, .ig©^ erqn s^' p'fjE^ rieel -,' '^th^intii^'ilie "'((rOYer^ius.OtJ\aa,t'p v jfl^i^te ( .^^t \Wra'" !^- --sjt'OHS it'iyjghti.bp .t^fq,ru^a t bpdyiux Nlew ipsj.st^^H^r'^Jiijbsty's ! tt \ip,'g^'e.Btion, > . v it "ca!n ; take "no steps towards th.at ( object v yitr^- ! ! out the sanction of_Parlia'menV.-— Robert j