Egypt.
» Sir Redvers Buller, the AdjutantGeneral, is likely to take command in fche Soudan in the autumn. Dervishes are assembling at Firket and Kohreb. Sir hundred Dervishes have been killed before Kassala, and fchis heavy loss is weakening the pressure of the ' ' siege. ' The Commandant a . Kassala at-
tacked the Dervishes at Tuokruf, capturing several forts. General Baldisera forbade the renewal of the assaults, and ordered the evacuation of Kassala. The troops thereupon retired on Ajordat. The defences of Suakin are oom* pleted. The Dervishes of Tamarul are making a raid on friendly natives in the vicinity of Suakin. The Khalifa has suspended the Mecca pilgrimage, and is levying a war tax. The Dervishes of Fashoda and Darfur have been recalled to Omdurman, and it is intended to assemble 50,000 men in September. __a___________n-__M_-_i
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Manawatu Herald, 11 April 1896, Page 2
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134Egypt. Manawatu Herald, 11 April 1896, Page 2
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