The Soudan War.
[Reuter’s Telegrams.] THE RELIEF OF GORDON. ACTIVE PREPARATIONS FOR THE DESPATCH OF I LOOPS. London, May 21. The Pall Mall Gazette to-day states that the Government have virtually decided to despatch a expedition to Khartoum, unless General Gordon succeeds in escaping. The same journal adds that the force will consist of 10,000 men, under the command of Lord Wolseley, and that the expedition will proceed to Khartoum via Souakim and Berber. Cairo, May 22. Rumours that the British Government are making preparations for the despatch of an expedition into the Soudan, has gained credence here, and it is believed that a strong military force will be conveyed by steamers as far as Assonat, where the first interruption to free navigation on the River Nile occurs. Officers attached to British war vessels now stationed in Egyptian waters are engaged in equipping steamers suitable for river navigation, and several vessels are being fitted in a manner suitable for the conveyance of troops to Assonat.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 139, 23 May 1884, Page 2
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165The Soudan War. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 139, 23 May 1884, Page 2
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