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TREACHERY THE CAUSE OF THE DISASTER.
The Troops Tempted Into Ambuscade.
(Received November 24th—1.45 a.m.) London*, November 23. Through the the treachery of a guide, the Egyptian army was induced to enter a rocky, wooded, and waterless defile, where, falling into ambuscade, Hicks Pasha was unable to use his guns.
He maintained his position for three days, but on the fourth day his forces, exhausted by thirst, were entirely destroyed, witli the oxception of 50 who were taken prisoners. Tho Governor of the Soudan was killed. All the army's guns, munitions, and camels were captured. The rebels lost heavily during tho engagement. The town of Rhoodafau hasbeon lost, and the entire Soudan district is ablaze.
Various garrisons in the Soudan, numbering about 4,000 men, are retiring on Khartoum, where the populace arc "aid to be disloyal.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 4193, 24 November 1883, Page 2
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