FIGHT AT SUAKIM.
GREAT SLAUGHTER. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Brussels, March 13. A startling report has been received here to the effect that the Arabs overwhelmingly stor/ned and burned Suakirn, and the Egyptian garrison lost heavily m the fearful slaughter which ensued, many of the inhabitants took refuge on board the English warship m the Bay, but the Governor of the town and Colonel Shakespeare were killed before escaping. News has also been received from Cairo of a partly confirmatory but less sensational character, Owin to the interruption of telegraph line no details are to hand.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1790, 15 March 1888, Page 3
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95FIGHT AT SUAKIM. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1790, 15 March 1888, Page 3
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