Soudan Affairs
[Reuters telegrams.] Received January 3, 1.15 a.m. Cairo, January 1. , Lord Wolseley has received at the hands of an Arab messenger a piece of paper signed " Gordon," and with the words " All right, December 14th " written upon it. Mudir Dongola has telegraphed stating that Mahdi has been repeatedly repulsed witb heavy loss by General Gordon's troops at Onderman, a village a short distance to' the south-west of Khartoum, and withdrawn to Jabtira, j two days' journey to the southward. He j also refused to lead the army against Dongola. London, January 2. ! Rumors, which have gained credence here, are current to the effect that a conference of the Powers on the Egyptian question is about to take place at Paris.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FS18850103.2.23
Bibliographic details
Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 86, 3 January 1885, Page 3
Word Count
122Soudan Affairs Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 86, 3 January 1885, Page 3
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in