THE SOUDAN.
/; A prfvate m the 19th,Hussars, whose Jettres from Egypt are published m the aiew'.nuinber of the Nineteenth Century, gives some interesting iriforinatibn about 'jGreueral .Earle's death. \ He. was killed the whole of t]ie enemy's position •\iad been taken,. .. because ,he insisted; agairixt the warnings, m " poking His Mead into a mud hut" m. which some ".rebels" were secreted. The man 'who Shot him was brought out. of tlie house ;py Major Slade, and was instantly cut into a hundred pieces. There was an-, other hou^e found, with a horse and •: camel, arid iijside were twenty-six lnen and; their store of ammunition, and the whole lot were burnt alive m the house, . and blown to a,toras by the continuous exploding of ammunition ; the horse and camel were also burnt to a cinder.- .-. . '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 54, 1 August 1885, Page 3
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133THE SOUDAN. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 54, 1 August 1885, Page 3
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