The Soudan War
[Bevtsb's Temobam*.] ■ Scakik. April If. A messenger has arrived with a letter to General Graham from the chief s of the Amara tribe, offering a force of five thousand men to join the British against Osman Digna. LevMir. April 16. The new Mahdi has captured the' town of El Obeid from the followers of the Mahdi. ■ Keeeired April 21, 190 a.m Lokdok. April 20. , A telegraphic despatch, has. been received at the War Office from Sir Gerald Graham, in which he states the Colonial troops marched, on Saturday! last, a distance of fourteen miles, through a pass consisting of most difficult country, in nine hours. Colonel Richardson, the commandant of the Australian contingent, conducting the retirement of the force in excellent style. , ■ ■:.- ..■' v 1.--:.. .• :
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 131, 21 April 1885, Page 2
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127The Soudan War Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 131, 21 April 1885, Page 2
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