THE SOUDAN.
; ~ ~ (BT^TiECTRiCTELEGRXPU COPYRIGHT.) | ' ■ (iBEOTBK's TELKGRAMS.I \ Caibo, Jan. 31. Lord WoliSgley telegraphs tha,t the cavalry have reached and that a reconnoitermg party proceeded • thence m the direction of j^erber^withoutrmißtifc-©i-4n*fwitli Ssy opposition. .^ '/; ' 2^ r BHeTfigeMß^lTas / been received; here &^ttrai a wvere engagemenir have been I 11 the : Bri^i?h troops, under' Sir Herbert Stewart, and' a body of rebels numbering fully 10,000. j Hea^ t fiakting j>ropeeded,for;6oine time, but JKR)lS£ll*«fcwkit» &Sally ; gained a j brilliant victory and inflicted heavy losses on the/ enemy. Fully eight hxafdred of fjsvhom were left dead on the rfiqld. The British • casualties arje set f ) JMwfat^ljfc^ and sixty -fivs rank and file killed, nine officers and e|ghtyfive men wounded. After the battle the |^eii4nfyirSlit«tl|and. {CplOnol Stewart wjjil OjUlw«» v«}riamtH to Metemneh fvom' which position it is hoped communiijfVtioh will be opeoedjwith Kartoum. ' " ..." Jari.l22. Vf '^tti^^spatches^state^tW m ythej battle near Gakdui the enemy nun^betetl, fwU^lAlfto|!tf#i6(»Baild. including 1)00 riflemen. Colonel Stewart had a narrow esoape from i.^eath, bis horse being shgt . under him.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 43, 23 January 1885, Page 3
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164THE SOUDAN. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 43, 23 January 1885, Page 3
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