THE SOUDAN REBELS.
ATTACK ON A FOET,
A STUBBORN ENGAGEMENT.
! ■'"' i >'yi"X ■■■..—■ Cairo, August 30, ■'■ Five hundred dervishes made an attack on < Fort Kharmousso,,' which was garrisoned by two hundred Egyptian troops. The latter offered ,a. -stubborn defence, and were able to keep the attacking" fdroe at bay until relieved by. the arrival of troops from Wandy Haifa. The Dervishes had two hundred of their number killed, while the loss of the Egyptians amounted to sixteen 'killed and thirty wounded. ■ ! - ' ■ ■ •
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Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 205, 31 August 1888, Page 4
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