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fnKTTTKH’R TELEGRAMS —COPYRIGHT. 1 Tie Khartoum Expedition. London, May 21. The Pall Mall Gazette to-day states that the Government have virtually decided to despatch an expedition to Khartoum unless General Gordon succeeds in escaping. The same journal adds that the force will consist of ten thousand men, under the command of Lord Wolseley, and that the expedition will proceed to Khartoum‘via Souakim and Berber.
Preparations for Belief. Cairo, May 22
The rumors that the British Government are making preparations for the despatch of an expedition into the Soudan has gained credence here, and it is believed that a strong military force will be conveyed by steamers as far as Assouan, where the first interruption to the free navigation of the river Nile occurs. Officers attached to the British war vessels now stationed in Egyptian waters are already engaged in equipping the steamers suitable for river navigation, and several vessels are being fitted in a manner suitable for the conveyance of troops to Assouan.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1261, 23 May 1884, Page 3
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166LATEST FROM EUROPE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1261, 23 May 1884, Page 3
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