THE WAR IN SOUDAN.
[REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph. —Copyright. - SIR C. WILSON'S EXPEDITION TO KHARTOUM. GORDON PEPORTED TO BE STILL ALIVE. (Received February 9, 1.50 a.m.) London, February 7. Accounts to hand of Sir Charles Wilson's expedition from Metemneh to Khartoum state that to him the Palace at the latter place appeared to be wrecked, and it was the general opinion that Gordon had been killed. But the Mahdi's messenger, who came to Witson with a summons to surrender, asserted that he (Gordon) was alive. Cairo, February 7. Latest telegrams from Korti state that General Earle's progress towards Berber is unopposed, and that steamers from Gubat are able to patrol the river and obtain supplies.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2629, 9 February 1885, Page 2
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116THE WAR IN SOUDAN. Kumara Times, Issue 2629, 9 February 1885, Page 2
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