THE WAR IN SOUDAN.
[REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph. —Copyright. BRITISH TROOPS ABANDONING GUBAT. MARCH OF THE MAHDI ON METEMNEH. (Received February 20, 1 a.m.) Cairo, February 18. Intelligence is received that the British troops on Saturday last abandoned Gubat, on the Nile, above Metemneh, and retired to Abulcela to the north. The movement, was effected without molestation from the enemy. It is possible that tiie troops will further fall back on Gakdul, where more waier is obtainable. It is reported that the Mahdi, with 50,000 followers, has left Khartoum, and is marching on Motemueh.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2639, 20 February 1885, Page 2
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95THE WAR IN SOUDAN. Kumara Times, Issue 2639, 20 February 1885, Page 2
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