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— — - — Khartoum Deserted. Further, Rising Expected. Baker Pasha to the Front. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGIIAPH.-dbPYBiaHT)' (SPfiCIAX TO UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) '•■■'-- t London, November '27. The Arabs report that theere is a . large* army belonging to El Mahdi m; close i •proximity to Khartoum, and that; there are only 2000 m the city to pro- ' tect it; All means of retreat from the town by land haVe been closed, and the viver r is also menaced." Steps are being taken io fortify Assanan, a/ town near the fii'st cataract of the 'Nile. Baker Pasha :; fCbldrieT Valentine Baker) -starts for the Sauakim m ten days The Turkish bt_< c ' ?of Egyptian geudarmesrefuseto^et've iu the -o^dan, and they and the troops under their command have'i'eftised to proceed there. A vising is expected m Upper Egypt. rJ '''■-' : ' i
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Manawatu Standard, Volume V, Issue 1, 29 November 1883, Page 2
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135LATEST FROM SOUDAN. Manawatu Standard, Volume V, Issue 1, 29 November 1883, Page 2
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