WAR IN THE SOUDAN.
CAPTURE OF KHARTOUM. SUCCESS OP THE MAHDI. M ELECTRICTELEGRAPH-COFYRIGHT. (rkuter.'s February §. . Boopive4 February 6th, U a.ih.-U tolegram la to hand U'om tprf, Wpjsejey. stating that the Mahdi lja4 papered Khartoum through the treaohery of some of Gordon's followers, and that Gordon was probably a prisoner. , ._ , Februarys. J Further intelligence has been received showing that Khartoum fell on the 26th of January. Sir Charles Willson with a dgfcatojunent of the Royal Sussex regiment arrived 4 Kl(aptoum bv a steamer frpni the cjty gccjpjed by he forthwith returned hut un<|er a heavy fire from., the 'WW banks, The" steamer afterwards wa« wracked, tjejpw {hj SJiabukli cataract. All onboard .were saved and landed on an island from which a steamer had been sent to rescue them, The fate of Gordon is as yet uncertain, .
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1908, 6 February 1885, Page 2
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135WAR IN THE SOUDAN. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1908, 6 February 1885, Page 2
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