THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN
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THE BRITISH ADVANCE-FEARFUL EFFECTS OF THE HEAT.
Cairo, March 2G. Latkst telegrams from Souakim state that the British troops commenced their march towards Osman Digna's camp in the Hill country, near Tamaneb, at noon. The column had arrived midway between tho latter place and Souakim, when a halt was called—four hundred men being prostrated by the intense heat and the difficult nature of the road. The advance will not be resumed until daybreak. The cavalry had several skirmishes with the enemy, who are closely watching the movements of the British troops, and a number of Arabs have been killed. Osman Digna's camp is said tobeimpassable forcavalry. The maximum strength of the rebels is estimated to be three thousand.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 4326, 28 March 1884, Page 2
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