THE REBELLION IN THE SOUDAN. [BY TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.] [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1822, 11 March 1884, Page 2

THE REBELLION IN THE SOU DAN. [BY TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.] [REUTERS TELEGRAMS.]

Cairo, March 4. Telegram-, are to liand from Suakim, stating that the British tioops at Tokar anrlotlipr places in the neighbourhood, are leturning to Triukitat, where the whole foice will be concentrated tomorrow, ptior to boiug re-embarked. The destination of the transports is not definitely known, but it is expected they will convey the t oops to Suakim. Intelligence is to hand that a considerable number of the inhabitants of Tokar ami the Fgyptian troops who formed the garrison of that town prior to its relief b^ Gener.il Gialwun, are now arriving at Suakim.

March 5. The latest telegrams from Suakim report that Admiral Hewitt, commanding the East Indian squadron, will very shortly proceed on a mission to Abyssinia. The object of the mission has not, however, transpired. An engagotnent was recently fought to the northwaid of Obeid. The following of El M.ihdi numbered fully a thousand, but the local Arabs mustered in strong force, and inflicted a severe defeat upon the rebels. Major-General Graham, commanding the Biitish forces in the Soudan, has arrived at Suakim from Trinkitat. To-day's despatched from Souakim. state that the rebels, under Osman Digna, who encamped near that place, have assumed a bellicose attitude. The British troops from Trinkitat are now proceeding to, and will disembark at a point to the southward of Suakim, from, whence it is expected an advance will be made against the rebels. Intelligence has been received to-day that the British troops from Trinkitat have arrived at Suakim and landed there, the order to disembark them at a point to the southward having been countermanded.

March 7. * The first and second battalions of the Royal Sussex Regimeut have been ordered to proceed to Siout, a town about 100 miles south of this city on the Nile, in Upper E«ypt. The ultimate destination of the troops has not transpired.

London, March 5. In the House of Commons to-day, the Marquis of Hartington, Secretary of War, in reply to a question, stated that it had been left to the option of Major-General Graham, whether an attack should be made upon the rebels under Osman Digna, who are now Suakim.

menacing March 7. Mnjor-General Graham has determined to att^ok Osman's forces unless they at once disperse.