WAR IN THE SOUDAN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1910, 9 February 1885, Page 2

WAR IN THE SOUDAN.

BY. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT,

(reuter's TELEGRAMS.)

Cairo, February 1,

Latest telegrams from Korti state that General Earle's progress towards Berber is' u'nqpppsed, ancj tljat steamers, from Gubat are able tp control the river and obtain guppljos, London, February 7,

Accounts to hand of Sir Charles Wilson's expedition from Metemneh to Khartoum state that to hiin the palace at the latter place appeared to bowreckedj and it was the general opinion that Gordon had been killed, but the Mahdi's messenger who canjo to Sir Charles Wilson with a summons to surrender, asserted that he (Gordon) was alivo, No details' have come to hand regarding the capture of Khartoum, Press telegrams from the Soudan having been stopped. The Cabinet has given Lord Wolseley complete discretion, promising him every thing 1)e may demajjfl, and ptafiing that England wpl" striy'd ji{f a/ive • (■tene'tal Gordon if living, Lord Wolseley telegraphs to the Horso Guards that he his sending a messenger to ascertain the fate of General Gordon. He also states that the Shukrujeh tribes have joined the Mahdi, therefore both banks gf the Ifile ftro now Ipfcile, JJijj telegram further announces that the British convoy has readied Gubat, on tte road to MetemneH. ,; '