ADVANCE OF BRITISH AGAINST OSMAN DIGNEH.
FOURHUNDRED BRITISH SOLDIERS PROSTRATE BY INTENSE HEAT.
(Received March 28, 0.50 a.m.)
CAIRO
March 26
Latest telegrams from Suakim state that the British troops haA'e commenced the march toAvards Osman Dignch's camp in the hill country near Tamanob. At noon the column had arrived midway between the latter place and Suakim, Avhen a. halt was called, four hundred men being prostrated by the intense heat and the difficult nature of the road. Tlie advance A\dll not be resumed until daybreak. The cavalry had several skirmishes Avith the enemy, Avho are closely Avatching the movements of the British troops, and a number of Arabs have been killed.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3959, 28 March 1884, Page 3
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