THE SOUDAN.
•: r . •■ :■■■-, -, .■■ . : >r - v :..'_■■■>, CAPTURE QE i METEM^EH. . rUSTHER-DETAIIiB. ■— ■" - (BLECTBIO TEIiEGfRAPir.— -dDPiTIIIGHT) • (BEUTEKf'iS TKUEGUIAMS:) i ./■■■■'iyi ■■(....■/.,:■ Cairo; Jim. 28- r : 'L:iter"telpgr:ims from Lo/d Wol- _ .Beley give the -following detsiijis'uf.the action at; ■ Met.enine.ji..' -Wieri • SiV Charles "Wilson arrived within four, : iiiiles of the Nile, oil -the 19 tb, it&tsmt:, ; tlie 'en'eiii y ;/ siicnyod ii'j Stjjbhij force . Colonel Stewart therefore, baalted his jColvtmn, aud. constructed a redoubt :it #avebali all hough unditr lieaivv fire. It; was here thap fCp'l.dttet^StOw.a^t;.-^ 11 ?? severely wp?mde'a:: l^fjuo^qiuent inspection, of El JVletemneh showed that sit-AVa* fortified and' o'euupmdi by two thousand Atabii, t H ; ncl (Colonel; Wilabn ' considered that : ' the J positiou would not be. worth^the Jo/*: which >JrouM : ' l b'e ! incurred, in', earfyingp it;, by | ji^aiiltv "Bhvih^ t^ ; c Tnspecuori.y^ ftie>nepiyV ppsitiQnj, four ßteamevsa-eached 6'iiibar,' i a : short distance souths <Jf El |j\sp'6ura-' neli and' laudetl 'gatis^ iihd . mien. • Sir Charles _Wilson, with two ityatnova f^d a detach rneut.ot", the .^oyal Sussex, started for Kliai-towft o%'.^iie' '-^th inst, Major-Geueral Bullerj is ;'now : leaving Korti for Gubal, vHiere. lie. will' tab? co'riiriiand of opferatibnsY ' The Royal jjrish have also |s.ta.vjieili;,, and the West Kent will] .follows j sliorily;- ■•;■)• l.'"i f 'i-;^. . } .;■>*■:■:'] Latest reports from El MetmneTi show*] that tlie enemy numbered seven thouaand • :i men. Their loss is estimated [at .2000 \ and that of the British at 21 kjlled and abqiit ojje liiind^dj \vbijuided. ] ' . "Sir H. Stewart "fias'been raisbd to the -rank ofMajoi'-Gienerah, t ■ ; j ;hi , I Eaile\tel£grfv|)h»^Jiliat/i£^s jdonbtful whether any lighting will occur-before .:■ th^eqlumi?freach(s|?- Berber. Hje reports tlmtHnß^Enutg^of Seliman fey .\Vlios6' ' orders Col.; Stewart and party were murdered; have submitted to him. |- •
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 49, 30 January 1885, Page 3
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267THE SOUDAN. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 49, 30 January 1885, Page 3
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