THE BRITISH VICTORY. Stubborn Fighting- Officers Severely Wounded.
London, March I (evening). Telegrams to hand from Souakim state that after the battle yesterday the British troops, under Major - General Graham, bivouacked at El Teb, and to-day advance on Tokar. Baker Pasha was wounded during the engagement. Later accounts state that the rebels fought with great desperation, and only succumbed after a hard struggle for victory.
1 (midnight). Majo* ■ General Graham telegraphs that the engagement yesterday lasted fully three hours, and during that time the fighting was most severe. His troops captured se» r en guns and a quantity of Avar material. The British loss is 30 killed and 142 wounded. Among the latter wero Baker Pasha, anrj Colonels Bainaby and Baron, all of whom suffered severe injuries.
Gordon Pasha's Proclamation. Caiko, Match I.— lntelligence is received from Khartoum that Gordon Pasha has issued a proclamation, in which he rebukes the Soudanese for rebelling, and threatens that British troop-> will come and punish them. The statement that two British regiments would shortly go to Assouan, on the northern Nubian frontier, is now again current.
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Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 40, 8 March 1884, Page 3
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183THE BRITISH VICTORY. Stubborn Fighting-Officers Severely Wounded. Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 40, 8 March 1884, Page 3
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