THE FIGHTING IN THE SOUDAN.
DETaILS OF THE BA.TTLE. I UNITED PBBBB ASSOCIATION. I Cairo, sth January. Full particulars have been received of the engagement which took place at Ambigol Wells on Monday last between the Dervishes and a detachment of Egyptian troops. It appears that a body of Egyptian cavalry to the number of 120, assisted by a party of irregulars, surprisod and attacked the Dervishes at dawn on the day mentioned. The Dervish cavalry becoming isolated from the infantry, two detachments charged the Egyptians, who behaved gullantly, but after the fall of Captain Pyno, of the Dorsetshire Kegiment, thoy were forced to retire, but afterwards kept up a harraesing attack on the enemy. The casualties on the Egyptian side were 35 killed and 15 wounded.
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Evening Post, Volume XLV, Issue 5, 7 January 1893, Page 2
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THE FIGHTING IN THE SOUDAN.
Evening Post, Volume XLV, Issue 5, 7 January 1893, Page 2
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