THE SOUDAN WAR.
Anxiety for Gordon.
(BY ILKOTRIO TBLEaR*P-}t— COTtklGHT.)' (reuter's telegrams.) London, March 16. Telegrams from Souakim^anuounce the return of General Graham 10 that place. His forces are: : now arriving there also. , Before -leaving the scene o£ the recent th,e, villages m the neighbourhood of Tamaneb, occupied by Osman's followers, were burned- to the ground. ;< !f; j•; . u - ,-■' ;,!; c : Intelligen,ce H has; ;been ; received that ' •^ the telegraph; i jyi«o <betAv e eii Shendky and Khartoum had beon cut,,!aiid that a steamer fiom Khartoum had been fired at. It is as&tftiiedjVftW^-'tbese'' fects, that the tribes inhabiting the country between Shandky arid" Khartoum were now rebel lipn. : Orders %k ve> ft een sent , $6 ; .Qeneral; Graham not to advance upon Berber. Lord Hartingtpu. h^.^plied; thai Major-General' Gvaham may possibly advance as far aa Berber.' , It is hoped that Abyssinia may be induced to wlXfelfairtTiF^assaia garrison. i..-<-". -:■■:■■!■. ".' ■•.■'; Anxiety Mt at Cairo re- . garding the^fety of general Gordon j It is rumored ahat .Earl Granvil I e' has receivedi«hformation / that the rebel tribes at Khartoum have, .risen in rebellion. A meeting of the Cabinet was held today.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 96, 19 March 1884, Page 3
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184THE SOUDAN WAR. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 96, 19 March 1884, Page 3
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