LONDON.
September 29. Obituary —Frederick Morlcy, tho wellknown professional cricketer. The Times, in its issue this morning, publishes letters from Khartoum recounting the events which occurred there from the time communication was interrupted until recent dates. The letters state that from April until tho end of -Tuly General Gordon's troops had almost daily engagements with the Arab rebels and repeatedly repulsed them with fearful losses. The conflicts with the followers of the Mahdi culminated iv a brilliant victory which General Gordon secured on July 2S, completely clearing the rebels away from the neighborhood of Khartoum. During the battle Colonel Stewart was wounded, but has since recovered. Tho Arab loss was very heavy, and seven hundred of the Khartoum garrison were killed.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4116, 30 September 1884, Page 3
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121LONDON. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4116, 30 September 1884, Page 3
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