THE SOUDAN.
A soldier at Sualriin, writing to a member of the late Australian contingent on July 10th, three weeks after the contingent left there, says: — "You would iiot r know the camp outside Suakim now, if you could only see.it. It is completely broken up. There are about 2000 Arabs at Handoub, m the trenches that we made with your fellows' great assistance, jl^.ice, is it not ? You see we are pickling 'a; rod to beat QnVgelves. There are a great many dying now. I can tell you, 'yjoirall got away just m time, as fever is raging, and Ihe smell coming m from the desert is frightful. You should see the railway. You would indeed laugh at if after all tha trouble and hard work we had. It is all pulled up and the sleepers tjurn.ed^ and, the telegraphic wires are cut m all directions. We saw about 1000 of tlie Arabs the other day. They fired upon us. We returned their fire but we had to retire pretty quickly on the west redoubt, our retreat being covered with two gatling guns on one of the engines. I can tell you that this place is looking pretty dangerous at present."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1455, 15 September 1885, Page 4
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202THE SOUDAN. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1455, 15 September 1885, Page 4
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