THE SOUDAN DISASTER.
List of Officers Killed.
List of the European officers holding appointments in the Egyptian forces opposed to El Mahdi in the Soudan : Commander-in-Chief, Hicks Pasha (Major-General Hicks, late of the Bombay staff); staff—LioutennntCplouol the Hon J Colbornc, late major of the 11th Foot; Lieutenant Colonel Coctlngen, late major of the 70th Foot; Major Martin, late captain of Baker’s Horse in South Africa; Major Farquhar, late captain of the Grenadier Guards ; Captain Forestier Walker, late lieutenant of the Buffs or East Kent Regiment; Captain Massey, late lieutenant of the Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment); SurgeonMajor Rosenberg, Major Warner, Captain W Page Phillips, and Mr E B Evans (Intelligence Department). The Cavalry was under the command of Major Martin; the Artillery, with Nordenfeldt guns, under the command of Captain Forestier Walker.
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Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1120, 3 December 1883, Page 3
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133THE SOUDAN DISASTER. Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1120, 3 December 1883, Page 3
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