THE ANNIHILATION OF THE EGYPTIAN ARMY.
FURTHER PARTICULARS, By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. [Reuter’ Agency.] [Received Nov 23, 1883, 9.55 p.m.] Alexandria, Nov. 22 (evening). The intelligence as to the defeat and annihilation of the 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 10 British officers, when an attack was made by the enemy under El Mahdi, the False Prophet, whose followers are said to have numbered 300,000. On the approach of the rebels, Hicks Pasha formed his troops into a hollow square, and in this position withstood the attack for three days, during which time the fighting was continuous and most desperate on both sides. At the end of the third day, the square was broken, and a general rout of the Egyptians ensued. The enemy fell on the defeated army, and the slaughter was terrible, the whole force of 10,000 men, including General Hicks and the British officers, being killed. The intelligence caused intense excitement in Cairo, and it is expected the proposed evacuation of that city by the British forces now stationed there, will be postponed.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 3322, 24 November 1883, Page 2
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