THE SOUDAN.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2663, 6 August 1889, Page 2

THE SOUDAN.

D KFEAT OF l> K 1.1 V ISIIEK, (IJY EI.KOTHIO TKI.K'SUAI'II. — (.!.■>!■ VH HI 11 I'.) C.MH'i, August 3. Colonel Gkksfell, wil.li -ODD infantry and 500 cavalry, has iiu , !* I lie l)i!!-v'i.-,!i.-s mv.r Toiki, :iii:.l al'icr a dtwpc.i-.iti! b.itili; wiiii i. ducif.ivo victory. Among tin , . Kliin was thu chie!: of the' "Dervishes and the pi-!!u-i|.al emirs, b-si'l-s I HOO men. The loss on the n.iiish side was fifty.

PAimUJIAItS OF TJIE FIGHT. Cαino, August 4. Particulars of the action with the Arabs show that General Gronfell left Toski at f> o'clo.-k in the. morning and found the enemy preparing "to advanee. The English commander feigned to withdraw, but when four miles from Toski stopped and charged ;the calvary to the right and infantry to the left. The Dervishes were driven from hill to hill, fighting desperately as they were forced back ; they were charged repeatedly by the cavalry. While vainly attacking the right of the Egyptian troops, Wad el Jiani, their chief, was killed, After seven hours' lighting the Anibs broke and finally fled, ''leaving their leader with twelve emirs and fifteen hundred men dead on the iield. The cavalry and gun-boats on the river followed the fugitives for miles. The Dervishes' baggage and lighting standards were captured.