THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN.
Cairo, June 1
Two more battalions of the Egyptian regulars are now under orders to proceed to Korosoko and Wady Haifa on the Nile. June 2. Despatches to hand from the Governor of Dongola state that the province has been pacified and that an engagement has been fought between the garrison at Berber and the rebels, in which the latter were defeated with heavy loss.
Information has been received from Khartoum that General Gordon con tinues to hold out against the besiegers, and has been successful in various en-
gagements. Telegrams from Berber state that in consequence of the recent successes o 1 the garrison, the rebels have raised the siege and retired from the neighborhood. The country round Berber is now in a state of comparative quiet.
Telegrams from Sonakira report that a body of rebels approached tite town and a fusilade, lasting two hours, was kept up with them by the garrison, after which the rebels retired.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1187, 5 June 1884, Page 1
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