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(Received May .31, 10.35 a.m.) LONDON, May 30
Official.—Further reports confirm the completeness of ■.the victory over Aledinar, the Sultan of Darhir, in the battle at Berincia, in Southern Soudan. All the Sultan's best troops and .commanders participated. Most of the latter have been accounted for or surrendered, and the disarmament ,of the tribesmen is ;procpodins satisfactorily. - Several thousand rifles and
much ammunition have been surrendered. Our aeroplanes the dnj' after the battle bombed a large body fleeing from Fa'shir with Aledinar. The latter when last sren'had "only 300 followers, , facing., a; 36 . hours' journey over a, waterless 1 desert, goinjj; towards Gebul . Marra. I
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8463, 31 May 1916, Page 5
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