WAR IN THE SOUDAN.

Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1117, 26 November 1883, Page 2

WAR IN THE SOUDAN.

10,000 Mien Annihilated.

Three ®ays;’. Fighting.

British. Troopstoßemain

A. Garrison in. Banger.

[RBUTER—COPTRIGHT.]

ALEXANDRIA; Nov

The intelligence of; ,the: T defeafMid annihilation .of ithe Egyptian army in the Soudan is now fully confirmed. Accounts received this evening show that General Hicks had concentrated his entire force, consisting of 10,000 men and ten British, officers, when the attack was made by : the enemy under El Mahdi, the whoso

‘followers, arp said to have numbered: 300,000. jfiOa the approach of the Hicks Pasha formed;{|dsj]troftpß into hollow square, and in this position stood the attack for three days, daring which time the fighting was cphtmaed' and most desperate bn both sides. At, - the end of thetbird daythe.sqnarewaa brokenj and a general sroot ensued? Thr/; enemy fell on the defeated armyand ' the slaughter was terrible, the whole force* of i 0,000 men, including General Hicks and the British officers, being killed. The intelligence/has caused -intense excitement iri, Cairo. V : Nov 23. j A captain of tho; Egyptian! forces, tile disguise of a has arrived at ; Ehartonm, i ahd : reports ; - tha£ ; on the ‘ battle-field/hpjsaiv 00 fcbnhded -survivors pi/Hicks Pasha’s arrays including ah artist named Power. The Egyptian Y1 Government js quite Hhe. result of the conflict, and is consnliing with Sir Evelyn Wood, who is in .cpinr; mknd of the British troops Jn Egypt, as to the best means of quelling ..the . rebellion. It has transpired' that orders have. been forwarded to Admiral' Sir' WilUanr. Hewitt, commanding the Naval; Sqnad- = roh in the East Indies, to proceed without delay with H.M. S. Enryalus and other vessels of his fleet to the Red Sea with a view to affording-British support to Egyptian interests in the locality. The Admirality, moreover, issued orders for the „gunboflfc»no^ : hf£ ■ ranean to proceed to the Red. Sea ,-as ; reinforcement of the Indian squadron*’

(Received Not 26, 0.35 aim.) ‘ LONDON, Nov 24; j ; In consequence of the recent annihilation of the Egyptian Army? in the Sopdan, the British Government, has, decided to, postpone the evacuation of Cairo, arid the withdrawal of portion of the British' troops now in Egypt for the ' | present, in accordance-with the ad vice of J Major Sir Evelyn Baring, .the British Diplomatic Agent infEgypt. i J ' : =

ALEXANDRIA, Nov 24.

Considerable anxiety is being felt for the safety of the Egyptian Garrison in the Soudan. According to. latest intellicence all, available troops were: being, concentrated at Sennaar and Khartobm, and were taking up a defensive'position in view of a probable attack by the followers of El Mahdi.