WAR IN THE SOUDAN

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1918, 18 February 1885, Page 2

WAR IN THE SOUDAN

BY ELECIRIO TELEGRAPH—COPYEIGHT,

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS,)

Sydney, J'ebruary 17. The Governor received ij telegram today from General Wolseley,-'dated the Soudan, February 16, in wjjich'hjg Lprdshjp says;- I 'Please inform the troops coming here that I look forward with pride to the honor qf having Australian', soldiers under my command In the field." . The arrangements for the despatch pf the troops are progressing favorably.' In addition to the Iberia, the steamer Australasian will probably be chartered as a transport. The onrolment of the force is nearly completed. It will consist in all of 734 officers and men, and 200 horses.

Melbourne, Februaiy 17, The Victorian Government has offered 700 men, consisting of a Naval Brigade and mounted infantry, for service in the Soudan, If the Imperial Government accepts the offer, Parliament will be summoned to ratify it, Adelaide, February 17. The South Australian Government has ornered 250 men for service in the Soudan.

Cairo, February 17. Major-General Bullet,', jfi charge of the column at Metemneh, telegraphs that the Royal Irish Regiment reached Gubat o'n the 11th instant.

• The eye witness of the capture of Khartoum by the rebels states that after the death of General Gordon and his party no fighting took place, and that no women or children were killed but that the Mahdites sacked Khartoum.