THE SOUDAN.
BEBTI ABANDONED BY THE ENEMY..
(ELECTRIC TKI.EOR.vPH .— COPYRIGHT.) (REUTERS* TELEGRAMS.") ' IjP>don t , ;Feb. 3. Lord Wolseley telegraphs to the Horse Guards that the enemy has abandoned Bertt, and the place is now open pied hy Mnjor-General Earle, who reports the Nile most difficult ta njvAgute, hut that his column is gradually overcoming ohstaoles. ootjaklm:, Feb. 3, A force consisting ot* eighty British Hussars and some Egyptian troops, which were dispatched hence to Ha.n« don't to imrn it down, had effected their jurpose and were returning to Suakinvwhen they were surrounded by si large body of rebels. Heavy fighting ensued, but the Hussars and Egyptians succeeded m effecting their es-c-ipe with the lo*s of 8 men killed 5 of whom arc Hussars.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 54, 5 February 1885, Page 2
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123THE SOUDAN. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 54, 5 February 1885, Page 2
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