THE WARIN EGYPT.
INDIAN TROOPS NEARING THE SEAT OP WAR. MILITIAMEN VOLUNTEER POR SERVICE. , SERVING OUT WATER IN ALEXANDRIA. THE ABYSSINIANSi WAKE UP. Bombay, August 9. Twelve transports with British and native troops, forming the Indian expedition to. Egypt, have sailed for Suez. Major-General H.F. Macpherson, V.C., C. 8., has left in command of the force. (Pee CabliE to Peess Association.) [“Aegto” Special.] London, August 9. 3600 English militiamen have volunteered for service in Egypt. After the 14th the, water in Alexandria will be supplied to the inhabitants for certain hours on alternate days, at the rate of twenty litres per head daily. . .Lateb. It is reported that the Abyssinian troops have assembled on the Egyptian frontier, and are prepared to co-operate with the British, hoping by this action to obtain a seaport.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2926, 11 August 1882, Page 2
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133THE WARIN EGYPT. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2926, 11 August 1882, Page 2
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