THE WAR IN SOUDAN.
LIEUT. MAROHANT WOUNDED. ATTACKS OF ARABS ON THE BRITISH CONVOYS. [special to press association.] London, March 26. In the attack made by the rebels on the convoy at Snakin, Lieut. A. E. Marchant, of the Royal Marines, was wounded. March 27. The Arabs keep up an incessant attack on the convoys in the neighborhood of Suakin. Their losses are heavy, and include a number of women. Lieut. Marchant was wounded in the leg, but not severely. The transport steamer Iberia arrived at Aden at one o’clock on Thursday, and sailed with the troops for Suakin at eight o’clock the same evening. The contingent hope to be able to join in the advance on Tamai.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2663, 2 April 1885, Page 3
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