WAR IN THE SOUDAN.
Souakim, May 10, Lord Wolseley has expressed great appreciation of the offer of the Australian contingent for service as a body of mounted scouts. London, May 10. It is believed that the British troops now serving in the Soudan will be withdrawn to a position below Assouan. It is reported that Osman Digna is in the neighborhood of Berber. May 11. In the House of Commons, the Marquis of Hartington, Secretary of State for ihe War Department, in reply to a question, stated regarding the Soudan that the Government had decided to make Wady Haifa the advanced frontier ; to withdraw the troops to that point on the rising of the Nile ; that the expedition to Khartoum was to be abandoned, and an endeavor made to establish an administration at Dmgola. It was intended to complete the railway system along the Nile, but the projected line from Souakim to Berber was to be relinquished. In conclusion, the Marquis of Hartington stated that England would retain possession of Souakim until arrangements could be concluded for the occupation of that Port by a #yilised Power. May 12. The Egyptian garrison at Kassala is resisting the renewed attacks of the rebels.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1340, 14 May 1885, Page 1
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