IN SOUTHERN SUDAN.
THE FIGHT AT EL DASHER
A COMPLETE BliilTlSH VICTORY. The! High Commissioner report^:— ;•■■'■■■■-, -■■■■ ; liONDON,; May: 30. The completeness oi: the vi'ctoiy over the' Sultan of Darfuv is confirmed by a'further telegram from tlie Sidar., , All of the Sultan's brat .troops and commanders were present, ami'most of the latter surrendered or wore accounted • for. Disarmament is proceeding satisfactorily. The. morning following the battle 1 our aeroplanes bombed a. largo-body of fleeing men with AH Dinar. The latter had a following'of 300, who were laced by a journey of one and a-half days across a waterless desert before they could reach Gebel Maria.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8463, 31 May 1916, Page 5
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104IN SOUTHERN SUDAN. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8463, 31 May 1916, Page 5
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