AFFAIRS IN SOUDAN.
A MOVE AT LAST. EXPEDITION TO BE DESPATCHED. (by electric telegraph-copyright.) (reuter's telegrams.) Losdos, May 17. It is reported that the Government has now decided to make preparations for the despatch of an expedition to Soudan to relieve General Gordon. It is further stated that troops *vill start as soon as the Nile has risen suiFioienfcly to permit the passage of small steamers. No official announcement has yet been made. Cairo, May 17. The Governor of Dongola has declined to accept the permission granted him to withdraw his garrison and abandon the town. In consequence of further representations by the Egyptian Government, England has now consented to despatch some Egyptian troops to Wadyhalfa and Korasco on the Nnbian frontier.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 146, 19 May 1884, Page 3
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122AFFAIRS IN SOUDAN. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 146, 19 May 1884, Page 3
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