ALEXANDRIA.
NoA'ember 22.
The force under Hicks Pasha, when the campaign against the Soudan rebels Avas opened some 0 timo back, consisted of SGOO infantry, 1100 cavalry, and four_ batterries of artillery. It is not definitely known lioav many men were directly operating against the enemy prior to the recent defeat, but it is supposed that fully five thousand Avere actually engaged in tbe battle Avhich resulted in the total annihilation of General Hicks' force.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3854, 23 November 1883, Page 3
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75ALEXANDRIA. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3854, 23 November 1883, Page 3
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