THE LATEST. DESPERATE ENGAGEMENT AT BULKA. GE NER AL EAR LE AND TWO COLONELS KILLED. THE ENEMY ANNIHILATED. [Received Februar y I. h, 11 am ] London, Februa ry 12.
A telei;i.nn h.is been iecei\ed j friom Jjoml \Yolsele>, .innounciiii; t that a battle was fought with the j eiieim opposite lUilka on the Nile, $ J|l)OI)t M \ ('lll \ Illlli'-. ,'i>n\ i- .MIMiIUC q The iit(.icki'(l the tmoi)-, | iiiuli'i- (i.-iioi.il Knit' on l>o(!i ll. ink q iiml fionr, and u so\<>iv on^aj;oniont ensued, M'siiltin^ 111 the ooniplcte dcfi'iit. of the enemy, scarcely any of w hom ese.'ijxnl. (Jeiiei-al ftarle, Colonels Kyre nud Coomy, and ei»ht men were killed, and four oilieers, ineludiny Colonel Wandiope and tlurt) -eight men, seveiely wounded. Lord AVolseley experts to lie able to open the way to Berber Avithout fill tlier tii^litinj;. Colonel Uriiekenbury h^s assumed the command of the column in place of Oeneral Earle, and will continue 2 the luhfince to Berber. I In the battle neai- Bulka the » Mahdites are estimated to ha\eVl numbered 1500 men. i
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1967, 14 February 1885, Page 2
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172THE LATEST. DESPERATE ENGAGEMENT AT BULKA. GENERAL EARLE AND TWO COLONELS KILLED. THE ENEMY ANNIHILATED. [Received February 1.h, 11 a m] London, February 12. Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1967, 14 February 1885, Page 2
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