SOUDAN CAMPAIGN.
DERVISHES AGAIN DEFE ITED. THE KHALIFA SURROUNDED. THE ADVANCE ON FASHODA. (BY ELKCTRIO TELEGRAPH. COPYRIGHT). (Received September IG, 10.40 p.m.) Cairo, September 16. The gunboat Sultan intercepted the Dervish garrison at Gedaref, Killing 1000 of them and driving the remainder back. Parsons, commanding the garrison at Kassala, is now manning on Gedaref. The Khalifa is surrounded, and must shortly be captured, dead or alive. The captain of the Khalifa's steamer which surrendered to General Kitchener after being driven from Fashoda reports that eight Europeans with a force of one hundred Sengalese, assisted by blacks, defeated the Fashoda garrison, killing 100. Kitchener, Wingate and Keppell, with 1800 Soudanese, 100 Cameron Highlanders and Maxim guns, started on the Sth aboard the gunboats Sultan and Sheik Dal with the intention of hoisting the British flag at Fashoda under any circumstances.
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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 342, 17 September 1898, Page 2
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139SOUDAN CAMPAIGN. Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 342, 17 September 1898, Page 2
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