DEFEAT OF THE ARABS.
[BEUTEHS TELEGRAMS. I Cairo, January 2. General Stephenson telegraphs that he is advancing along the Nile as far as circumstances will permit. The British 1 cavalry has now reached Said, while the j infantry hayo proceeded as far as Koyeb ; ; about 1.50 miles south of Wady Haifa. ' The rebels forces are estimated at fully ' 36,000. i Received January 5, 1.30 a.m. i Cairo, January 4. j General Stephenson reports the rebe' i Arabs are in full flight southward tc Dongola. They lost over six hundred men in the recent engagement with the British troops at t^emis. Constantinople, Jnnuary 4. The Porte has complained to the British Government of the increase ol the British force in Egypt declaring thai I the despatch of additional troops to thai I country is contrary to the terms of th< ' contention recently concluded between i England and Turkey. Sir William ! White the British Ambassador hert i explainr-d that the situation in the Sottdar was such as to necessitate the despatch of reinforcements. It is* reported here that Monkhta 1 Pasha, joint Commissioner to Egypt considers it imperative to employ Turk ish troops in the pacification of th* Soudan,
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 88, 5 January 1886, Page 2
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197DEFEAT OF THE ARABS. Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 88, 5 January 1886, Page 2
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