Death of Osman Digna
— > •> — : — : — EFUTKB'S TELEGBAMB Caibo, July 28. Humour is current here that news has come to hand from Soudan that Osman Digna has been killed, but under what circumstances is not stated. , London, July 29. The Dai'y Telegraph publishes a telegram trom Suakim. stating that the garrison of friendly Arabs at Azig. a town on the coast to the south of Suakim, hare been massacred by the rebels. The telegram further states that fully 17,000 rebels now surround Suakim, and an attack on that town is believed to be imminent. Beceired July 31, 1.50 a.m. Caibo, July 29. The rumor regarding the death of the rebel chief Osman Digna, which was circulated here yesterday, has been officially danied.
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 22, 31 July 1884, Page 3
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