CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1719, 25 June 1884, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

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;<.. lleuter's Telegrams. ■.■■'■

... ■"'"'. ■■'' -Camo, Juno 22. '; Major Kitchner, who for some time past to been in command of abody of Bedouin irregular troops stationed; atKorosko, telegraphs from that town', that he sighted the rebel army during, a. recent,.;reconnaissance.'- Detailed accoiints ;frorii independent sources confirmtMajorTJitchner'sreport, and show that a strong body of the robolsas now marching uj)on Koaosko,a town,about lialf-way. between Assouan and Waddy Halfa, ; 100 miles from the southern boundary of Upper' Egypt, and'commanding' the passage";of the Nile. Another body of Arabs is known to, be marching towards Dongola, an -important'.'Nubian town aboye the .third cataract on the Nile. v ..

In-view of the threatened attacks of the Arabs and ■their possible advance further northward,, the; Sussex mbnfc, 'now stationed at Assoint, has been ordered to proceed at once to Assouan, ,the frontier, town of..Upper Egypt, and an important strategical position. The increasing gravity of the situation is causing, considerable alarm here, and anxiety igfeltfor the garrison and inhabitants of, Dongola and Korosko, which .aio believed to be threatened with-attack. - Another regiment will follow the Eoyal Sussex to : Assouan.withina short lime, in order to, strengthen thg,garrison, at that place. • ■■' : .y