ATTACK ON SUAKIM.
SEVERE FIGHTING AND LOSS OF LlFifi. REPULSE OF THE ENEMY. [Per Pbess Association.] Cairo March 3. A large body of Dervishes attacked the troops at Suakim to-day. The fighting, which occupied four hours, was very severe, but eventually the Dervishes retired, leaving hundreds of their number dead on the field. Colonel Tapp and "five men were killed m the engagement, and fourteen others wounded. The gunboats Dolphin and Albicore, which are attached to the Mediterranean Fleet, are shelling the enemy.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1782, 6 March 1888, Page 2
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83ATTACK ON SUAKIM. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1782, 6 March 1888, Page 2
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