WAR IN THE SOUDAN.
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(BY ELECTRIC TELEGBAPH.-CDPTHIGHT) (SPBSIAL TO UNITBO *RTSRS A^SOCIITIOIf. ) London, November 23. Through the tr.eacb_-Ty of, a guidethe Egyptian army was induced to enter a vocky, wooded, and waterless <rlefi?o, where, falling into an ambuscade,' Hicks Pasha was unable to use his guns. He -maintained his position fi>r three days, bat on the fourth,~his force?, exhausted hy.^thirst^./were' enth;ely destroyed," with the exception of 50 taken prisoners. The Governor of the Soudan was killed. All the army's jgnnfy munitions, and camels were captured. The rebels ; lost: heavily /during 1 the engagement. The town of Kordofan. has been lost, and the, entire Soudan district i<* ablazle. 'The various garrisons m the Soudan, numbering , .about 4000 men, are retiring on Khartoum, where the populace are said to be "dis-" loyal. : ;
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 305, 27 November 1883, Page 2
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136WAR IN THE SOUDAN. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 305, 27 November 1883, Page 2
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