THE SOUDAN CAMPAIGN.
AN IMPENDING BATTLE. | United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. , Received March 15th, 9.30 a.m. JLjondon, March 14. , News from the Soudan states that/ the dervishes under Osman Digna are within ten miles of the Atbara river, where Sir H. H. Kitchener has fourteen thousand men under his command. An attack is impending. Major-General Gateacre's brigade performed a splendid inarch to the front. The Egyptian troops have captured considerable stores of food from the enemy. I Spies who have arrived at the camp at Atbara river report that the dervishes lack supplies. ■
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 9986, 16 March 1898, Page 5
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