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If" 1 SQUDAN BATTLE PICTURE fl 3) THE PIERCE FIGHTI'ING AT THE BOUT OF THE mmvxsuns. I'EJOO [flush Fought Against 80.000 Mah- hange- dlsto-J'lfld erpflon 0f the C of the British Amy- Courage shown on lath Mdes-J‘M Carnage. Those who are impatient to read the. great battle on land need rment of the. The story of recent news of a. mi wait for the develox Spanish-American war. the greatest engagement of . ' told in recent London newspap- ’ rAâ€"‘A‘ 1‘0"â€" JVwâ€"â€" _- ors. and it is a story of greater car- ntge. more desperate, fiercer fighting than. x'erhaps the whole Cuban strut,» gle may witness. The battle at: Athara, between the British army of 12.000 men and the dervish forces of about 60,000 was not one of those African skirmishes which are usually referred to rather uring the occasional it Britain is contemptuousiy (1 little wars in which Grea and the dervish forces of a. was not one of those African which are usually referred contemptuuuexly during the little wars in whicn {tn-we mu“... -.. engaged. It was a. com-hat which brought out splendid gailuntry and fine generalship, and which tested the latest resources of warfare in a man- ner that. especially concerns a nation with a war on its own hand. The death roll of Atbara has been made upâ€"pro-t bcbly it never will be accurately re- cordedâ€"hut the casualties number well up in the thousands. and the deadli-‘ nose of modern weapons is sufficiently demonstrated. A THRILLING NARRATIVE. It is a thrilling story, even the brief. laconic telegraphic account of how the; white and black British troops over-l threw the hosts of Mahmoud. To-day it is told in more impressive detail by two of the abiest of English war cor- who were with the Sir- the report of G. \V. Steevcns, of the London Daily Mail:â€" “Now the sun rose behind us, and the n .LLlluuv vv .- the report of G. \V. Steevons, of the a London Daily Mail :-- 1 “Now the sun rose behind us, and the l men rose, too. and we had arrived. Gen.l . Hunter had led the four brigades in the half light to within 1200 yards of the ex- act position they were to take in action. Now, too, we saw the whole army -- right of us McDonald’s, right of him. again. Maxwell's; to our left rear, Lew- is’; in support. far away leftward of them, the grey squadrons of cavalry. The word came, the men sprang up; at one impulse. in one superb sweep, the 12.000 men moved forward toward the enemv. All England and all Egypt, yond, Birmingham and the \V'est High? lands. the half-regenerated children of the earth’s earliest civilization, and grinning savages from the ultermost swamps of Equatoria, muscle and ma- chinery. lord and larrikin, Balliol and the board school. the Sirdar’s brain, and the camel’s backâ€"all welded into ,,, _ L ‘ A u qu yum-r. .- w.--â€" oue. the 21wa war machine went for- ward into action. ”We could see their position quite; well by nowâ€"the usual river fringe of greyâ€"green palms meeting the usual desert fringe of yellow, grey mimosa.” And the smoke-grey line in front ofi it all must he their famous zareha. Be- fore its right centre fluttered half a dozen flags, white and pale blue, yel- low and pale chocolate. The line went, on until it was not half a mile from n 1161 flags. Then it halted. 'l'huzl! went. fuel first gun. and phutt! came fainLly back -_-L_ 'n llADb sun, “Au; "|Iutv . Lu...- ..---__7 v _ _ $5 its shell burst on! t.h-~ zzu‘eha into 'a.‘ wreathed cloud of just the zareba’s‘ smokeâ€"grey. I looked at. my watch} and it marked 6.20. The battler that; bad now menuced. now evaded us for a! monthâ€"the battle. had begun. SHOWER ()ls' DES'I‘RI'CTION. ‘ “Nowxrom the horse-battery and one' fixed battery on the right, and from two batteries of Maxim-Nordenfeldts on the left. just. to 1119 right front. of on the left. just. to lhu right front. of the British. belcbed a rapid, but up- hufl'fid. regular. relentless Shower of fiction. The ruuml. grey clouds. ' ' shell, th9 round white puffs from; shragnel. {lighted down methodically,i uni alighted on every part of the. zare- ba. an! of the bush beyond. A fire sprang uni {manned redly up the dried beau-es of a palm tree; before it. sank another flung up beside it, and then pxuuther. “'th rho. shelling began a few spare shots came back, one gunner was “'(mnded. And all over the zareba we saw (lust-clothed figures strollingll untidnvernvdly. in and out, checking i when a shell dropped near, and then ssing contemptuously on again. 'l'he :‘my’s cavalry appeared galloping and forming upon our left of the zare- ha. threatening a charge. But tut-tut- tut went the. Maxims, and through a glass we could see our cavalry tremb- ling to be at them. And the Baggara horsemen. remembering the guns that. had riddled them. and the squadrons that had show through them three days before, fell back to cover again. By now, when it had lasted an hour or more. not a man showed along the whole line nor yet a spot, of rifle Imoke. All seemed empty, silent, life- less. but for one hobbled calmel, wavâ€" ing his neck and stupid head in help-1 loss dim bewilderment. Presently the edge of the storm of devastation caught him too. and we saw him no more. T HE , ADVANCE. “An hour and twenty minutes the guns woke. 3nd then were silent. And now for the advance along the whole line. Men’s brigade on the right Skaâ€"nix, Thirteenth. and Fourteehth Sundanese and Eighth Egyptian-used the Egypt in} Mpg: {ormgtiqp- four '“V â€"UJ at companies of a battalion in line. and up other :10 in support. McDonaJdâ€" Ninth. Tenth and Eleventh Sundanese ”i 8.003% Egyptianâ€"his me being shért, on the left, co till it Was certain that the dervxsh cavalry would not charge ' ' ’ three-battalion bri- “The Camerons I mm'ed away to the into line. They ha! the advance. They a. little to the right Then a. staff office-1 . s screamed war, and the line: b started forward, like a ruler drawn ov-E b er the tussock-broken sand. Up a low; t' ridge they moved forward; when would a" the dervishes fire? The Cameronss. were to open from the t0p of the ridge, E s only three hundred yards shortt of the‘; a zareha, and um and up. forward and‘c forward; when would they fire? Now i! the line crested the ridge; the men’; knelt down. “Volley firing in sections’l 0 --and crash it came. It. came fromi 1 both sides, too, almost the same in-El stant. \Vht-t, wht-t, wht-t piped hei, bullets overhead; the line knelt. veryfz firm, and aimed very steady. and crash,‘ . ( crash, crash, they answered it. l] 1 BULLETS LIKE RAIN. “Oh! A cry more of dismayed as-I' tonishment than of pain. and a man“ was; mum his feet and over on his back and the bearers were dashing:I in from the rear. He was dead before they, touched him, but, already they found another for the stretcher. "l‘he bugle, again. and up and on; the bullets were swishin: and lashing now like rain on' lthe river. But the line of khaki and 'yiurple tartan never bent nor swayed; it just went slowly forward like a ruler. The officer at its head strode self-containedly; they might have been on the hill after grouse; only from their locked faces turned unswerving- . ly towards the bullets could you see â€" that they knew and had despised the f' danger. And the unkempt. unshaven Tammies, who in camp seeme ' ° enough like Covenanters or Ironsides, b were now. quite transformed. it was 3 not so difficult to go onâ€" the pipes picked you up and carried you onâ€"hut _ it was difficult not to hurry ; yet, whe- " ther they aimed or advanced they did 3- it orderly, gravely and without speak- 1- mg. The bullets had whispered to raw ,f. youngsters in one breath the secret of ,Iall the glories of the British army. ‘ ‘ ' -_- -...:nl‘ - v :-.â€"_ 7 "Forward and forward, more swish-g ins about them and more crashing from them. Now they were moving”. always without hurry, down a gravelly incline. Three men went down with- out. a. cry at the very foot of the I'n- :ion Jark, and only one got to his feet. taguin: the flag shook itself and hluz-1 ed splendidly. Next, a supremely furi-E 'ous gust of bullets, and suddenly the line stood fast. Before it was a loose low hedge of camel thornâ€"the zareba. gthe redoubtable zareha. That it? N second they stood in wonder, and then. ‘Pull it away.’ suggested somebody. Just half a dozen tugs, and the impos‘ sible zareba was a gap and a scat- tered heap of brushwood. Beyond is a. low stookade and trenches, but what of that? Over and in! Hurrah! hur~ i rah! hurrah! 6V "For now began the killing. Bullet and bayonet and butt, the whirlwind of Highlanders swept over. And by this time the Lincolns were in on the right. and the Maxims, galloping right up to the stockade, had withered the left and the \Varwicks, the enemy's cavalry de- finitely gone. were volleying off the blacks as your board comes off under a keen razor. Further and further they cleared the groundâ€"cleared it of everything like a. living man. innit was left carpeted thick enough with the deed. Here was a trench; bayonet THE KILLING. sw'ish- warily round to the volley. [.1inwa in column. t 0130111113 in the bushes. stiff fired. though every 86 . a fired less and to more. And on. on the British stumbled and slew, till sud- denly there Was unbroken blue over- head, and a clear drop underfoot. The .r‘iver! And across the trickle of water v sandbed was the quarter mile of dry a fly paper, with scrambling spots of black. The '(ui‘suers thronged {he bank .in double line, and in two mm- utes the paper was still black-spotted only the spots scrambled no more. “ ‘Now I call that,’ panted the most ‘ ’ ' the bri- A‘I.‘ ‘n “Cease fire! Word an voice took a, little time hot brains; then sudden s hurrah! hurrah! hurrah! It had wet- ed forty minutes; and nobody was quite certain whether it he like two minutes or tw ;once there came a me the left; the half-sate 3them as if there were as wounds or death; now .. éSWOIJt down leftward of the zareba. shovelled the enemy into the river bed. gand shot them down. Bloodthirsty? Count up the Egyptians murdered by gMahdiSmo and then say so if you will. “Meanwhile all the right-hand part “Meanwhile all the right-Dana pan. of the zareba was alive with our blackS. They had been seen from the British line as it advancedfimmin; and scram- bling over rise and dip, firing heavily ' --J *n on." then mmg over {use uuu my. ”new a»; they were ordered to, " Charging with the cold bayonet as they “Mt/3d t0.. They were in first, there cannot be a doubt. Thuil’ line formation turned out. a. far better one for charg- :.... Hm Anfanz'pfi than the. British col- ing the defenses than the Britisn COI- umns. which were founded on an ex- aggerated expectation of the (liffivulty of the zareha, and turned: out a trifle unhandy. And it the zarelm had been a4 high and thick as the Bank of. Eng- land, the blacks and their brigaded Egyptians would have slicked throughl it and picked out the thorns after the cease fire. As against that, they lost more men than the British, for their advance was speedier, and their volleys less deadly than the Camerons’ pelting destruction that drove through every skull raised an inch to aim. One hat- tation. the Eleventh Sundanese. lost 108 men killed and wounded out of less than 700. “But never think the blacks were out 1 of hand. They attacked fast, but. theyl attacked steadily, and kept their formâ€"‘ ation to the last moment there was anything to form against. The battle of the Atharzi has definitely placed the blacksâ€"yes. and the once contemned Egyptiansâ€"in the ranks of the very best troops in the world. When it was over their officers were ready to cry with joy and pride. And the blacks, every one of whom would heamingly charge the bottomless pit after his Bey, were just as joyous and proud of ,_-.l -|.A..r unannm 'V L'Av JwVV' w'w “7", _, 1J0]. - their officers. They stood about among the dead. their faces cleft with smiles.l shaking and shaking each other’si hands. A short shake. then a sainted another shake and another salute.I again and again and again, with the} headâ€"curving smile never narrowed an? instant. Then an to the Bey and the Bimbashisâ€"mounted now, but they had charged afoot and clear ahead. as is the recognized wont of all chiefs of the fighting Soudan when they in- . tend to conquer or die with their men E«and more handshakes and more sa- lutes. ‘Dushman quaiss kiter.’ ran round from grin to grin; “very good | fight, very good fight} - L AI_‘ j____‘_ bed arms and legs, and black skins grilled to crackling on smouldering paim' leafâ€"don’t look at it. Here is the Sirdar’s white star and crescent on red; here is the Sirdar who created this battle, this clean~jointed. well-oiled, smooth running, clock work perfect masterpiece of a. battle. Not a flaw, not at check. not a jolt; and not a fleck on its shining success. Once more, hurrah, hurrah, hurrah l” The city of Grenoble. France. has been running a restaurant and kitchen for fifty years. Meals are supplied at. . cost in the restaurant. or delivered at. residences, as may be desired. The food is of the best quality, the cooks are as * skilful as any in Paris, and the service excellent. The dining-rooms are of several grades, according to the at- tendance. so that all classes and tastes ‘ may be suited. One may dine there for three cents on bread and soup. and have his hunger thoroughly appeased; or one can pay twelve cents and enjoy a full-course dinner. The best rooms are marble-floored and prettily deco- rated. There is no financial profit whatever to the city of Grenoble in operating this huge restaurant. which serves from 15.000 to 20.000 meals a day. The charges are based on the cost of the materials used. help. and keeping utensils and buildings in repair. Billingsâ€"" Knowledge is power.” you know. Hendersonâ€"I’m not so sure at that. My knowledge of the fact that you. owe me '10 is thoroughly gmunded. but; I gon’t seem to ham tho power to get FOUGH'I.‘ WELL. REASON FOR DOUBT. Scene: A drawingâ€"room Present Mrs. Van '. IJadV Betty. Miss ] 1y to Mrs. Van Tassyl ugar with your sec- 1 d the hostess sweet- hover- “ Will you take a 0nd, cup, dear ?” sai 1y to Mrs. Van Tassyl Hussey. ing with the sugar tongs over the basin. “ Thank you, Ialways take sugar. My late husband used to say that aswwt tooth was an excellent thing in the mid- dle-aged ’; it denoted simplicity of ideas.” “ Fie! my dear Mrs. Van Tassyl Bus- ‘3 A-A Law. “ Fie! my dear Mrs. Van Tassyl Hus- l ., g sey. surely you don’t lay claim toâ€"â€"' “ Middle age or simplicity 7" “Either,” returned Lady Betty. “ They usually go together now:- days.’ observed the hostess; “ it‘s thel young people I don’t understand. They 1 seem to be developing into a strange. I order of being. Have you read Lady. ‘Women‘s Educa- tion ’ i" “ You mean.” interposed Miss Peek in her precise manner. “ Lady War- wick's collection of papers read at our recent education congress? They are very valuable. and we are greatly oblig- ed to Lady Warwick for her admirable preface; but of course her ladyship has not taken any great part in our work.” ‘ “ I never could understand," said Mrs. Van Tassyl Hussey. “how ladies of position could interest themselves l . I In slumming matters." “Excuse me.” returned tartly ; “ women’s education tish empire is certainly not of slumming." V‘ '0‘ “â€"câ€"v “ But these things often fall into the 3 same category. do they not “.7 I heard‘ only the other day,” pursued Mrs. Van Taasyl Hussey. blandly, “ that agreat friend of yours had been appointed an inspector-«or. is it inspectressâ€"of . dear me--of nuisances, was it not i" “ No," corrected Miss Peck, “ of fac- tories. She read an admirable paper on women as factory inspectors at our recent congress. It is included in Lady \Varwick’s book. \Ve hope. by means of this volume. to open up a great many new careers to women.“ hostess. “ I suppose, though. they can- not all be quite womanly professions?” “ Oh! we are abolishing these distinc- tiom.’ explained Miss Peck; “ we find that they rather trammel us in our work; besides. the great principle that we advocateâ€"the equality of the sexes â€"does not permit of any conoess our part toâ€"--" Womanlineas Z” questioned Betty. " If you like to put it so." “How stupid l" coniznued Lady Bet- ty. “For my part I wouldn’t change places with the most learned man in the world. As the merely frivolous lit- tle butterfly that I am. 1 can get all the admiration I want " " From men. I suppose ?" sniffed Miss Peck. " The homage some women pay to men is perfectly disgusLing; they pander to their vanity in the most. con- temptible manner." _. ]___“. VVJ-r-u â€"v â€"v-'â€" “ Asvthe supeâ€"Hér sex. my dear. don't forget that."_saAid Lady Betty. _AA _A_L Superior in brute strength. but not in inwllect. " ” “ell let us say in discernment? ” \Vell, let us say in discernment." insinuated Lady Betty. “ However con- temptible the mere man may he, [find him at least appreciative. George told me yesterday my new but was a perâ€" [act stunner! How's that for an opin- ion? And you women have never even noticed it!" “George! your husband!" queried Mrs. Van Tassyl Hussey. “ My husband 5‘" laughed Lady Bet- ty. “why he never sees what. l've got on. One never expects a. compliment from une's husband. I mean George Gillow; he was skating with me at Prince's yesterday." “ it, was always my practice to con- sult my husband on all matters." said Mrs. Van 'l‘assyl Hussey. “ but then I suppose you young people would call me”,, “Not middle-aged." smiled the hos- less. “No. rather old-fashioned. Marrluge itgglf. the y Betty.” “ (Snly a very small percentage of our women marry.” observed Miss Peck; “ 1 mean the Girlon and Newnham wo- men.’ “ Does their education make them too fastidious?” inquired the hostess}. “ Perhaps it makes the men fastid- ious.’ said Lady Betty. " 1 never knuW a man yet who would make love to a woman because she had a diploma. They like a nice little ignoramus who does- n’t know enough to see through them." “One can see why you are so pop- ular with the men." snapped Miss Peck. “ For my part. I should like to see the male population of this and every other country swept off the face of the globeâ€"but come to the meeting of our Hygienic Clothing Association at St. George’s Ball next Thursday. and then you will understand better then you do now whyâ€"7” “ Why so many learned women pre- fer epinsterhood "’ interposed Lady Betty. “ Let us my rather independence." add the hasten. genially. “Pass me your cup. Mine Peckâ€"one lump 1" " I never take anger. the glucose eleâ€" ment is not wholesome." .“ But talkim of indomdenoe." con- tmuod tho Ina-bean. " is indepomlonce cut the price of Ipinaterhood. the but auto it would . it is going out.” said Lady . is getting old-fashion- ’9 remarked the concessions on for a woman? Isn't it at» ‘11 H a pity to be edmzated so in “on head of the .average, 111.2 For “I.“ erage man 13 uni best We (A. m. a. rule, isn’t he? “ Quite an exploded ' - ped_Miss Peck. ”mm“ “ Now a female factory observed the hostess, "1 (1‘ think I could 513111.939. m the creeps I’m sure." Observed the hostess, “1 a “"8.“ think I could sum}. She Wm M the creeps I’m sure." KW“ “It is to camera like m” t look for relief in the team“ ! ket." remarked Miss Peck. 8° . is this way that the hrillian the emancipated woman he“ “ml our foot on the. ladder, ‘* 1112-” ‘7 Yes. but when you h“, “Mal to the top. where. do you “link lb ladder will land you ?“ queried they; bass. " It. will land us,” “New“. Peck. with a gleam like cold me her eyes, “at. the glorious mm”. the present rlvgradation of Wm“ not exist, wherg they will Wild proper position in tin: world. and“, man will he shovxn himself “hem: “ Dear me." ejaculated Mum}. gyl Huseey. “Well." said the hostess. "W pation, and the moratizing inflm of Girton and Newnham my my very well. but for my part I thinktkm; not promote the welfare ant happin. of its devotees. And to metalemnwm to an eternal spinsterhood issue; not promoting their chances of haw; ness in the general scheme of thing“ “ For my part," interposed Lady‘h. ty. with an irresponsible shrugom shouiders. “(all it degnding My: like. but I woul'l rather purrom hearthrug' of 11:» metast of month I would go prowl us about {Mariam sniffing down people’s sinksinw glories of eman‘ipation."‘ “1 will wish you good menu said Miss Peck. snap-ping the ch. her serviceable golf cape sevenly. am due tn speak on the ‘mer '9' 0t Man.’ at 5.10; â€" “ Isfi't she funny?" laughed Betty as the door closed behildh “men Hamlet said: But I have! within which [.assetb shownit'u l'io‘ved that hr had 111 his pocketu plimentary ticket to the circus. Ink-I bear {but she swat” oohldn’t. Do you fin! my son pr tul. 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