BATTLE IN THE SUDAN

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 996, 10 December 1910, Page 5

BATTLE IN THE SUDAN

FRENCH FORCE ENCAGED. SIX HUNDRED NATIVE DEAD. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyrl&M. Paris, December 8. Further details have been received of the Waaai disaster, in the French Sudan. Colonel Moll's force, which repulsed an attack by tho Sultans of Massalit and Wadai, but with heavy loss, numbered 300. Colonel Moll, four other officers, and forty men were killed, and four officers and sixty-nine men wounded. Tho assailants, who numbered about 5000, left 600 dead on tho field. The trouble is attributed to the insufficient number of troops. It appears there aro only 600 defenders for a territory equalling four-fifths of France, and 6000 for tho entire area, including the Lake Tchad country, which is four times the sizo of France. _ The French expect further difficulties in the same region until tho AngloEgyptian Government resolves to establish order at Darfur. ■ ■ ■ . EXPELLED SLAVE RAIDERS. TURKISH INFLUENCE. London, December 8. The Paris correspondent of "Tho Times" states that Damar advices are to the effect that the slave-raiders who were expelled from the Egyptian Sudan continue tlieir evil trade with Tripoli, via Borku. Turkish patrols .-have been seen to the northward of the French posts at Bilma. Moreover, quick-firing rifles imported via Tripoli and Tibesti, in the Sudan, have been seized at Wadav. There are indications that certain Turkish elements, inspired by influences inimical to Prance, are seeking to foment trouble in the Central Sudan. "The Times" trusts the Porto will severely discountenance the movement.