THE SOUDAN REBELLION.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1257, 19 May 1884, Page 3

THE SOUDAN REBELLION.

, [ksutxkV teumb^mb —oopv,rioht. - LONDON; May 16 - In the House <?f Lards to-day Bad r Granville n Announced - that the Govern-. . received a: telegram from Cairo t 1 tefdgeea from Berber 'Borualio, who arrived at Assouan, on , tbo bordor.teport th\t. Gordon ~ 1 W& wen wtylsu last advices were despatched T.V'' 'jxi% statement to! the House of Lords to-day regarding. General Gordon, Earl . Granville lutthe* Announced tbatrefngees from Basher and Korosko, who reacbed Gordon bad. madfli . some sbnies ' from Khartoum with, the Egyptian garrisen, sod had on each ooca-. sion successfully attacked the rebels who were surrounding that city. London, May 17. - : It is reported that the Government has - now decided to make preparations for the ■'' despatch of an expedition to the Soudan tp relieve General Gordon. It s fither ; *tate4 that the trorpa will start as soon aa tbe has risen sufficiently to per- ’ n|i| ,g)f )4e, passage of a small steamer. announcement has yefc been V ipadft-- : Oaieo, May 17. ; /i The Governor of Dougola has declined to accept the permission grafted to him. to withdraw the garrison and abandon the town* ■ < In' consequence of further repipiantatiohs by ths Egyptian Government, Eng- ; ■' turf has now consented to the despatch of Egyptian troppe to the Wady Haifa and >' on the Nubian frontier.