THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1158, 29 March 1884, Page 1

THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN.

London, March 25. In the House of Commons to-day Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, the Foreign Under-Secretary, in reply to "enquiries on the subject of the announcement of the intended movement of British troops from Soualum to Tamam-b, stated that General Graham's object was to disperse the rebels who were still in the neighborhood of Souakim and open the road from that place to Berber, through districts occupied by friendly natives. March 26. It has been ascertained that Osman Digna's camp is situated 25 miles from Souakim, and that it is very difficult to approach. * March 27. Osman Digna's camp is saal to be impassable for cavnlry. The maximum strength of the rebels is estimated to be three thousand,

Cairo, March 25. The latest despatches from Souakini state that General Graham has started with a staff for Tamaneb, with the object of forming plans for the projected 1 operations in that quarter against the ' rebels under Osman Digna. Later. 1 Telegrams from Souakim. state that • the British troops have advanced against ! Osman Digna's camp. It is also ' rumored that the rebel sheikh fled with his followers to the mountains, where ' pursuit will be a matter of very great ' difficulty. ; March 26, The latest telegrams from Souakim state that the British troops have com- , mended a march towards Osman Digna's camp in the hill country near Tamaneb. } At noon the column had arrived inid--1 way betweon the latter place and [ Souakim, when a halt was called, four , hundred men being prostrated by the intense heat and the difficult nature of the roads. The advance will not be ' resumed until daybreak. The cavalry f had several skirmishes with the enemy, who were closely watching the move- , ments of the British troops, aad a number of Arabs have been killed.