THE ADVANCE ON KHARTOUM. Cauri, January 5.
Lokp "WoT.sr.LEY has telegraphed tli it tliu detachment of tlie South Staffordshire Regiment, which ho lerontly loft at Korti, lias reached. Ilimdab, on routo for Abu JLunod Colonel Sir 11. Stewart has returned to Korti with the mounted infantry and luggage camels which conveyed the stores to Gakdul for the use of the troops on their advance to Khartoum. The Guards remain at Gakdul, which has been stiengthened by fortifications. Colonel Stewart reports that a fow of the Mahdi's adherents had been taken prisoners near Gakdul when ho left there on his return to Korti. A telegram has been received from Lord AVolselpy stating that the infantry detailed to punish the Arabs for the murder of Colonel Stewart at AVadel Ilamor will shortly advance from llamd.ib. Korti, January 4. The troops under Colonel Sir Herbert Stewart reached Gakdul unopposed early on Friday, and the wells there are now held by the Guards.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1951, 8 January 1885, Page 2
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159THE ADVANCE ON KHARTOUM. Cauri, January 5. Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1951, 8 January 1885, Page 2
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