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. Pwwuvuvecve. eee * ? a a v rvish Attack on 4 ~ Macdonald's Brigade. 4 sat Tv TVrV"VVY YT YY vy Graphic Description of the Second Half of the Battle of Omdurman. ryerrerirery ecco rc esr eee? G. W. Steevens thus describes the at- tack on the Macdonald brigade in the second half of the battle of Omdur- man: . All this from hearsay; now to go back to what we saw. When the Sir- dar moved his brigades southward he knew what he was doing. He was giv- ing his. right to an unbeaten enemy , with his usual daring he made it so. His game now was to get between the -- Dervishes and Omdurman. Perhaps lie | did not guess what a bellyful of beat- ing the unbeatert enemy would take. | But he trusted to his generals and his | Star, and, as alwuys, they bore him tto victory. : 'The blacks of the 13th Battalion were storming Gebel Surgham. Lewis and Macdonald, facing west and south, had formed a right angle. They were receiving the fire of the Khaiifa's divi- sion, and the charge of the Khalifa's horsemen; behind these the Khalifa's black standard was flapping raven-like. The Baggara horsemen were few and _ ill-mounted--perhaps 200 altogether--but they rode to get home or die. They died. There was a time when one galloping Baggara would have chased a thousand pP- tians ; but that time is very long past. The fellaheen stood like a wall, and aimed steadily, at the word the chargers swerved towards Macdonald. The blacks, as cool as any Scotch- ~ men, stood and aimed likewise; the last Baggara fell at the muzzles of the rifles. Our fire went on, steady, morseless. The Remington bullets piped more and more rarely overhead, and the black heads thinned out in front. A second time the attack guttered and flickered out. It was just' past ten; once more, to Omdurman! Two minutes' silence. Then once more the howling storm rushed down upon us. Once more crashed forth the answering tempest. This time it burst upon Macdonald alone, from the north- westward upon his right flank, spread- ing and gathering to his right rear. For all their sudden swiftness of move- ment the Dervishes throughout this day never lost their formation ; their lines drove on as rigidly as ours, regi- ment alorigside regiment in lines of six and eight and a dozen ranks till you might have fancied the Macedonian phalanx was alive again. Left and front and right and rear the masses t unbroken leaping re- are up the 2 fast and fearless "warriors around 3,000. FIERCEST FIGHT OF ALL. Now began the fiercest fight of that fierce day. The Khalifa brought up his own black nn ain;* his staunchest die-hards drove it into the earth and locked their ranks about it. |. The green flag danced encouragement to the Allah-intoxicated battalions of Wad Helu and the Sheikh-ed-Din. It was victory or Paradise now. For it was victory or shredded flesh and bones, unburied, crackling under the red slippers of Baggara vic- tors. It was the very crux and crisis of the fight. If Macdonald went, Lewis on his left, and Collinson andthe sup- porting camel corps, and the newly- returned cavalry, all on his right or rear must all go too. The Second Brit- ish and Second Egyptian Brigades were far off by new, advancing by the left be re- his stronghold and then all our fighting was to begin anew: But Hunter Pasha was there, and ionald Bey was there, born fighting men both, whom no dan ean flurry, and no sudden shift in the kaleidoscope of battle dis- concert. Hunter sent for Wauchope's First British Brigade to fill the gap between Macdonald and Lewis. The order went to General Gatacre first, Instead of to the Sirdar; with thesol- dier's instinct he set the brigade mov- ing on the instant. The khaki columns faced round and rightward, _ rightward till the fighting line was backed with 38,000 | Lee-Metfords, which no man on earth, could face and live. i right. They dispute with the War- wicks the title of the best shooting regiment in the British army; the men they shot at will dispute noclaim of the Lincolns forever. COCKPIT OF THE FIGHT. But the cockpit of the fight was Macdonald's. The British might avenge his brigade; it was his to keep it amd to kill off the attack. To meet it he turned his oe a coniplete half-circle, **Cool as on pa ig an old phrase ; Id Bey was very much coo Beneath the strong. at -- brain was working as if packed -- " stinging pow: der smoke wisped away, and the bat- threadin of de was together again in a new place. The field in front .was- hastening to- SCRENCE AGAINST FANATICISM. SOOESPLE LEFFEPLEPEESEL ISLES IPI I III OF ILO FH OH THOU OF HOO FES EO OSU OU COI. v & >= wards us in a whitey-brown cloud { Dervishes. An order. Macdonald's ipped and hardened lame spurted out again, and the whitey-brown quivered and still. He saw everything; what to do; knew how to did it. At the fire he was ever brood ing watchfully behind his firing line; at the cease fire he was instantly in front of it; all saw him, and | knew that they were being nursed to triumph. WORTHY OF THEIR CHIEF. | The blacks of the 9th, 10th and 11th, the historic fighting regiments were worthy 2nd Egyptian, brigaded with them and fighting in the line, 'were worthy of their com- rades, and of their own reputation as the best disciplined battalion in the world. A few feared that the blacks would be too forward, the yellows too backward; except that the blacks, as always, looked hap- pier, there was no difference at all between them. The Egyptians sprang to the advance at the bugle; the Soudanese ceased fire in an in- stant silence at the bugle. They were losing men, too, for though eyes were clamped on the Dervish charges, the Dervish fire was brisk. Man after man dropped out behind the firing line. Here was a white officer with a red-lathered charger; there a black stretched -- straight, bare-headed, in the sun, dry-lipped, uncomplaining, a bullet through -- his liver; two yards away 2 dead LORD CHARLES BERESFORD, Rear Admiral in the British navy and Conservative member of Parlia+ ment for York. Lord. Charles Beres- ford has undertaken a mission to China in the interests of British com- merece, and reports credit him with being clothed with power to nego- tiate an offensive and defensive alli- ance between Great Britain and Japan and to compass the downfall of Li Hung Chang ,if -possible. driver by a dead battery mule, 'his whip still glued in hand. The table of loss had topped 100--150--neared 200. Still they stood, fired-- ad- vanced, fired, changed front, fired-- firing, fixing always, deaf in the din, blind in the smarting smoke, hot, dry, bleeding, bloodthirsty, enduring the Dervish fight, to the end. TRIBUTE TO THE DERVISHES. And the Dervishes? The honor of the fight must still go with the men who died. Our men were perfect, but the Dervishes were superb--be- yond perfection. It was their larg- est, best, and bravest army that ever fought against us for Mahdism, and it died worthily of the huge empire that Mahdism won and kept Their riflemen, mangled by and torment cling round the th green, emptying their poor, rotten. home- made cartridges dauntiessiy. Their spearmen charged death at every min- ute hopelessly. Their horsemen led each attack, ridmg into the bullets till nothing was. left but three horses trot to our line, heads down, saying, goodness' sake, let us In out of this," Not one rush, or two, or ten--but rush on rush, company 1 pany, never stopping, whough all their view that was not unshaken enemy was the bodies of the men who had rushed before them. A dusky line got up stormed forwurd; it bent, broke up, fell apart and disappea Before the smoke had cleared another line was bending and storming for- " in the same track. t was over. The avenging squad- of the E tian cavalry swept over the fiel he Khalifa and the d. Sheikh-ed-Din had galloped back to reggae ge Ali bc aes ame on an angpreb th a bullet through his thigh-bone. Yakub. lay een under his brother's banner. From t nm army there now came on death-ot d 4 , strolling one one 'towards the rifles, paus- i i i i Bn Li i i Oe i Bd i R LOZ x ' Use Pn ry ~ LOUIS From the photograph taken by The New York World has received the first pe sent to America of Louis Lucheni, who assassinated the f It is also the r as is known, Austria, derer. The man's name has appeared variously as. Lucchesi, Lucchini, Lue- cesi, and in other ways, but the Swiss authorities evidently have concluded that his proper name is Lucheni, for it is -so written on the official. pho- tograph. It was taken by the police authorities immediately after the as- sassination. The assassin's face, will be noted, is essentially brutal, the Geneva, Switzerland, Police. Lucheni's career bears out the story of his face. He was born of Italian parentage in the gutters, and pever From the /new father or mother in which he was a charity institution as best he could, always hating work, until he. was old enough to join th i find a life | army, he ing in arms to of A ia captured and imprisoned. Whe ally dishonorably released from ser- vice, he was for a time valet to the | Prince of Aragon, and then studied law. Failing to find life easy enough, | he became a discontented wanderer. Attracted by the opportunity to live as he wished by anarchistic shecg™ he joined the red brotherhood, but he is believed to have betrayed for gain one of the great plots of associ- er mpress he was un rchistic colleagues. Two fell. The last Dervish stood up and filled his chest; he shouted tlw name of his god and buried his spear. Then #e stood quite still, waiting. It the knees, and topped with his head on his arms and his face towards the legions of his conquerors, LIKE WOLVES ON THE SCENT. The Daily News vorrespondent suys of the same attack: here was no battie in the course of the day's bloody work--a ht in which the barbarian host did serious tbe i dof the Khalifa's army suddenly flung themselves upoz Mac- donald's brigade of Egyptian troops, which had somehow become Isolated irom the rest of the Siduar's forces. The Daily Telegraph correspondent gives an excelient account of the sav- age struggle: "Macdonald had made a wideswing to the west. Dervishes, like wolves upon the scent for prey, sud- lenly sprang from unexpected lairs. With swilter feet and fiercer courage, sae dashed for the isolated brigade of Col. Macdonald. Although we were wt far away the moment with the First or Lyttelton"s Brigade, the shouts, the noise of the descending yet, intact column of m heir banners and mgunted Emirs aga in the forefrodt. A broad stream running from the south and the east, of Dervishes who had :ain hidden, sprang up and ran to strike in upon the southeast corner of Mac- 'donald's brigade. Worse stil, Sheikhs- ed-Din and-Yunis, returned from chas- ing the Egyptian cavalry, were hast- ening with their division at full speed to attack them in the rear. Scarcely a. Soul in the Sirdar's army, from the leader down, but saw the unexpected singular peril of the situation. I turn- ed to a friend and said, 'Macdonald is in for a terrible time. Will he get out of it?' Then I rode at a gallop, dis- regarding the venomous Dervishes hanging about, up the slopes of Surg- ham, where, spread like a picture, the scene lay beforr me. Prompt in exe- cution, the Sirdar had already issued orders for the artillery and Maxims to open fire upon the Khalifa's big col- umn. At the samé moment the re- maining brigades were wheeled to face est, and Major-General Wauchope's was sent at the double to help the staunch battalions of Col. Macdonald, now beset on all sides. Fortunately he knew his men, and his men* knew him, for he had had the training of all of theni, the 9th, 10th, 11th Soudan- ese and the 2nd Egyptians, under Ma}. Pink. No force could have been in time to save them had they not fought amd saved themselves. Lewis' brigade was nearest, but it was almost a mile d the Dervishes are wont to move 80 ag ordinary troops seem to or furry would have ision idently -their brigadier k nis evidently air r knew bus : ges which could not . Messages w reach him were being sent to took him full; he quivered, gave at | the staff and gazed stendily forward. to try and hold on, that help was coming. Yes; but thesurging Dervish columis were converging upon the brigade upon three sides. Surely it 'would ba engulfed and swept away was the fear in many minds. And what , other wreck would follow? Ah, that could wait for answer. It was a cru- celal moment, when, a single Khedivial brigade was going to be tested in a way from which only British squares lave emerged victorious. Most for- tunately, Col, to accompany. Col. Macdonald's brigade, namely, Peake's, awrie's, and De Rougemont's. The guns were the handy but im-Nordenfeldt 12 1-2 pounders. Mac- donald had marched out with the 11th Soudanese on his left, the Second Egyptian in the.centre, an the 10th Soudanese on the right, all being in line. Behind the 10th, also in line, were the 9th Soudanese. Major Walter commanded the 9th, Ma- jor Mason the 10th, and Major Jack- ah, he 11th Soudanese battalions. stening forward to meet the Khali- 'fa's attack, Col. Macdonald threw his whole brigade into line, disregard- ng for the moment the assaulting columns of Sheikh-ed-Din, who provi- dentially were a little behind in the attack. The batteries went to the front in openings between the bri- gades and smote the faces of the Der- Pies columns, Steadily the infantry fired, the blacks '« tleir own pet fash- ion independentis, the Second Egyp- tlans in carefui, well-aimed volleys. RIPPED INTO sHREDS. "Afar we could see and rejoice that the brigade was giving a magnificent account of jtself. The-Khalifa's" Der Vishés were being hurled broadcast to the ground. Major Williams at last and our other batteries, as well as Maxims, were finding the range, and ripping into shreds the solid lines of Dervishes, Still the enemy pressed in, their leading footmen. reaching to within 200 yards of Macdonald's line. Scores of the Emirs and lesser leaders, a8 well as footmen, only fell a few feet from the guns and unshaken Khedival infantry. It is said one or two threw spears across the indomitable soldiery, and a few turned theflanks, but were instantly despatched. A few salvos and volleys shook the looser attacking columns of Dervishes. The Khalifa's division had at } h received such a surfeit of withering fire that the rear Des began hold back, and the des- perate rushes of the chiefs and their personal retainers grew fewer and feebler. But Sheikh-ed-Din was with- in 1,000 yards, running with his confi- dent legions to encom and destroy the First Khedival Brigade. donald, when he saw that he could hold his own inst the whole array of the Khalifa's personally comman divisions, threw back his right, the Ninth, and one and then another bat- tery. He was now fairly beset on all sides, but fighting splendidly, dogged- ly. The taking fresh cour- eo made redoubled efforts heroic toddestroy It was by far the finest, the most the day. A secon battalion, the famous fighting Eleventh Soudanese, who lost so heavily at At- deadly Max- Seagver Qa "Without hesitation the fellaiieen, let it be , Stood their ground, and, full of confidence, called to each ather, and v and bayonet point to the few more truculent Der- vishes, who, bravi shot and shell, dashed against their line. was ao tough, protracted struggle. but 'ol. was slowly freeing himself, and winning all along the 'line. The Camel Corps came his assistance, and formed on right of . the Shells and showers of bullets boats drove Sheik h-ed- Din's men.j Three battalions of Wau- chope's got up to assist in complet- ing the rout of the Khalifa. The Lincolns, sent to the right. got in line with the Camel Corps and sisted in finishing off the retreating bands of the Khallifa's son. I saw the. Dervishes for the first time in all these years, turn tall, stoop, and fairly run for their lives to the shel- ter of the hills. It was a devil-take- the-hindmost race, and the only one I have ever seen them engaged through half a score of battles. Be- yond all else, the double honors of the day had been. won by Col. Mac- donald and his Khedival Brigade, and that without any help that need be welghed In the story of his sin- gle-handed trinmph." A THRILLING PICTURE. The Daily News' correspondent gives a thrilling picture of the scene as the Dervishes dashed forward in their first great ira', This is it: at dogged, fierce, unreasonin fan a massed" tr' um modern science, the ultimate prote © Of rute-brave norance ap Bai discipline. The Dervish cohorts advanced, rolling forward over the desert as a tidal wave might rollora . huge prairie fire sweep over the plain. heir countless banners swayed as they moved, their great' broad-biad- ed spears gleamed innumerable--a, sheet of silver in the sun. Their lead- ers, on smull, swift horses, flashed to and fro across the front of their line; here and there, dotted conspicuous be- fore the face of the host, wild figures leaped high in the air, in a most frenzied war dance: the moan- Ing of their war-horng, the thunderous throbbing of their drums, the hoarse nt roar of their battle shout, blended with the hursh relterant craal: of their rifles, rent the air like a storm, and the towering wall of dust above them, with the filmy sheet of grey-brown smoke that thinly veiled their front, making a fitting frame for the most wonderful picture that European eyes have ever looked on. " Gorge however, as was the spectacle, and much as one admired and longed to continue gazing at the barbaric onslaught, the fact that were in deadly earriest be--not ignored, for none ignored it--let us say, dallied with. Soon the Camerous and the Lincolns op2ned at 1,200 yards' range, and ah! what a marvel is cordite. It makes hardly any noise and no smoke, and the only sign an observer had of the rapidity and continuous duration of the fire of our Lee-Metfords was when he saw the men in the firing line zasiog back to the reserve, dragging their hot rifles by the slings--they could no longer hold them--and ex- ebanging them for coo! weapons," could not lor "POSED AS A WOMAN, A New York Man's Ruse to Obtain Emypdoyment. New York report : Arrested in skirts for masquerading in a woman's gurb, 50-year-old "Christini' Breckles,;-a man, almost dereived the elect at Jefferson Market Police Court to-day. He has the exact voice, figure and carriage of a woman, and, now that he is de ,» he admits that for years he has posed as one, dressed as one, but never before been "spotted" as a man, Breckles explained his disguise by rpat feed that, as a married and as a woman nh as a man. While he was still insisting ana' e that eck] as a man. en arraigned before Magistrate Deuel, with the veil still over his face, Breck- les said: 'I do not see wh may not dress as a woman so long as I behave in a ladylike manner." Breckles was fined $10, not for mas- querading as a woman, but for i toxication and disorderly conduct. RIOTS IN PARIS. The Strikes Resuit in Serious Dis turbances, n- o tricts, and for the present quiet has. been restored, E It takes a wise man to pick a fool. ey he can spend whose money