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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1819, 4 March 1884, Page 3

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[Received March 2, noon.] London, March 1, evening. Teleghams to hand fiom .Suakim state , that after the battle yesteul.iy, the British tioops, under Majoi-Uencial Graham, bivouaked at El Teb, and to-day advanced to Kae. Bakei Pasha was wounded during the engagement. Accounts later state that the lebcls fought with gieat despeiation, and only .sue cmnbed after a haul sti uggle foi \ iotoiy. Lomio.n, Mai oh 1, midnight. Major-Gencial (Jiaham tclegiaphs that the engagement jesteiday Listed fully three houis, and dining that time the fighting was most sp\cmp. I 'is troops captmed seven guns and a quantity of war mateiial. The Bntish losb is 30 killed, and 142 wounded. Among the latter are Baker Pasha and Colonels Burnaby and Ban on, all of whom sufleied severe injuiies. (.'mho, M.uoh 1. Intelligence lias been leeened fiom Khartoum that (joidon JVbha lias issued a proclanintion, in which lie lcbukes the Soudanese foi lebcllma, and thieatcns that British tioops will come to punish them. A statement that twoßiitish legiments would shortly go to Assouan, on the northern Nubian fiontiei, is now again current.

[Recehcd Match 3i<l, 1.00 p.m.] Lovdux, Mauh 2 (nioininp ) Latest tclegi.uns to hand iiom SiuLiin bring news that ToLu li;ii boon iclicxtd. The British hoops left Kl-tcb yesteiday morning and matched to Tokar, w lnch occupied dining the afternoon witli|ut opposition. Tlic Aial) lebels who lad invested the place withdicw befotu the British armed, and ofleiud no check to their advance.

The following telcgiams ha\c been published in Melbourne papcis, and ha\e been received via Wellington : — Losdov, Fein nary 20. Adsices fiom Soudan say that a portion of the Bntibh troops intended tor the relief of ToUar have aimed at TiinUitat, and aie being diseiubnikcd as lapidly as possible. Majut -Genual Sii GeoigeGia ham, who has also been despatched with reinforcements for tho selief of Tolcar, is expected to an he at Soualcim on Fiiday with 5000 soldicis. Should th's e\pcelation be fulfilled they Mill reach Tunkitit on Saturday, and Geneial Giah.-un will unite his men with the Biitish ttoopd already ai rived, and an attach on Osman Digna and the insui gents who aie unestmg Tokar will be made on Sunday. Should these aiiangcments be earned out it is feat ed that the Biitish tioops aie inadequately supplied with stores. Major-Geneial Goidon, who is at Kluutonm, has convened a meeting of Aiab chiefs, and discussed the whole subject of the rebellion. Guieial Goitlon explained that the Biitish tioops would evacuate the Soudan as soon as the seiye of Tolcar has been raised or the gauibon lescuod. This explanation was leeoncd by the Arabs with satisfaction. Tlie piodamation issued by Oeneial Gordon lias been confirmed by the Egyptian Go\ eminent. FJnmiy 21. In the interview with the Aiab elucfs Geneial Goidon .issuied them that domestic slavery should be piotccted. According to the latest telegrams, Osman Digna has a force of 30,000 insurgents in waiting to intcicept the Biitish tioops Ifcent to the relief of Tokar. Febiuary 25. Admiral Hewitt lepoits th.it the Nubians among the Kgj'ptian tioops at Souakim are in a state of mutiny. MajoiGeneral Graham and B.ikei Pasha aie at Trinkitat. Small-pox has bioken out on board the transport steamer Thibet. The detachment of Biitish tioops at Tiinkitat will advance on Tuesday or Wednesday, with the object of bin ying the bodies of those officeis who weie killed at the beginning of Febiuaty, in the engage.ment when Baker Pasha was defeated. It is reported that tiie lebellion is sprading, and that the Aiabs at Berber and Khartoum have revolted.

Five new guns, the largest yet manufactured in France, ha\o been most successfully cast in Hie foundry of Ruell, near Angouleme. The weight of each is 08,000 kilogrammes, without thecamage ; the projectile weighs 7SO kilogrammes, and the chaige of powder is 2SO kilogrammes, 'lo remove them a special wageon with sixteen wheels has had to be constructed, and the bridges upon the road from Ruelle to Angoulcme not being solid enough to bear the weight of bo heavy a load a special roadway will be constructed for the transport of these weapons which are destined for fortresses on the sea coast and ironclad vessels. The " Riachnelo," which has been built for the Brazilian Government by Messrs Samuda Brothers, of Poplar, and which made the preliminary tiials of her engines at the Maplin recently, accomplished a mean speed of lGknots per hour, rfhe highest speed on record yet attained by any armour-clad vessel, She is a twin-screw turret vessel, built entirely of steel, having two turrets placed in echelon, each containing two 20-ton long \ breech loading guns, capable of piercing 18, inches of iron armour, and, possesses ""the means of carrying a sufficient supply 'of coal to enable her to steam at a .moderate rate of speed for 6,000 nautical miles without reolenishing her supply. The vessel has 6,000 tons displacement, and is fitted with engines of 6,000 horsepower, manufactured by Messrs. Humphrys, Tennant, & Co., of Depford, This is one of the most formidable vessels ih)ifc feae been conattucted in this country ioiwy foreign (^oy^rameflt,