The War in Soudan

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 27, 6 March 1884, Page 3

The War in Soudan

(EEUTEE'S TEtEGRAMs)! London, March 4 The Marquis of Hartington, in answer to a question, admitted that authority had been granted for the despatch of n British contingent to Assouan, on the Nubian frontier, if necessary. Latest reports say that fifteen hundred rebels were killed in the late engagement. A force of two thousand irregulars from Khartoum has marched to meet the advancing rebels. The troops under Major-General Graham, comprising three thousand infantry, one thousand cavalry, and two hundred artillery, aud the Naval Brigade, with twenty light guns, advanced in the form of an oblong upon the enemy's forts, containing two Krupp guns, and began the battle. The number of Arabs was estimated at ten thousand. They made repeated charges in detached bodies, and the marvellous bravery of TJlundi was repeated. The forts were defended with great tenactity, but were finally stormed. The Krupp and Gatling guns created fearful havoc. The Arab loss is estimated at 1000, whilst the British lost 24 men killed, including fire officers, and 140 wounded including 13 officers, amongst whom Colonel Burnaby and Baker Pasha are reported as severely hurt.