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rbeutur’s telegrams.! LONDON, July 9. H.M. Troopship Malabar has left Portsmouth for Gibraltar, with two regiments of [infantry, to reinforce the garrison there. The first battalion of the Berkshire regiment (formerly 49th Foot), has embarked at Gibraltar, and is now on its way to Egypt. ALEXANDRIA, July 8. Telegrams are to hand reporting that the Soudan rebels, under the leadership of the false prophet, have fought a severe engagement with the Egyptian troops. The latter were defeated and completely crushed, and the rebels are now marching upon Sonaar, a town on the Blue Nile, 160 miles south of Khartoum. PARIS, July 8. In the Chamber of Deputies to-day, M. Preycinet, Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs, proposed a vote of credit of eight million francs to cover expenses connected with the despatch of the French fleet to Egypt. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 8. The Snltan has now finally declined the request of the European Ambassadors that a Turkish delegate should bo appointed to join in the Conference on the Egyptian question.
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2576, 10 July 1882, Page 3
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