THE SOUDAN.
■ '.. • .■: - ♦ — (fc* KLECTRIO TBLEGSIAPH. — COPT4IGHT.) (REUTERS TELEGRAMS.) • : Sou akim, March 80. . The. remainder of the New South 1 Wales contingent arrived by the transport Australasia this afternoon. The troops on landing were greeted with enthusiastic cheering. It has been decided that the Colonial troops shall be brigaded with the Guards. A spy who has returned to- Suakiin from Tamai reports that Osman Digna's troops are deserting m large numbers. LATK§T. MAHDI LOSING PRESTIGE. HIS FOLLOWERS TURNING TRAITOR. OSMAN DIGNA SUING FOR PEACE. Cairo, March 31. News from Soudan states that the rebellion against tho Mahdi pretensions is., gaining ground rapidly and the malchH^ tents now hold El Obeid against hjaaT London, Mavi-U 31. The Daily News war correspondent m Egypt states that Osman Digna has sent a flag of truce to Sir Gerald Graham asking for conditions' of peace. ■
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 101, 1 April 1885, Page 3
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140THE SOUDAN. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 101, 1 April 1885, Page 3
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