GLORY FOR FRANCE.
♦ Press Association—By Telograph-Oopyright. PARIS, February 16. The French expedition despatched against the notorious Central African conqueror and despot Rabah, otherwise known as the Arabian Napoleon, captured his fortress at Kuka, on Lake Tchad, in the sultanate of Bornu, after debating his army, numbering 12,000. and killing 2,000. R-.b\h fled. lia'oah was originally "a slave of the Egyptian Governor of Bahr-cl-Ghazal. After an adventurous career he conquered the sultanate of Bornu and portions of the adjoining native kingdoms. He came into collision with the French through attacking the Sultan Baghirni, who had accepted French protection.
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Evening Star, Issue 11169, 19 February 1900, Page 2
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97GLORY FOR FRANCE. Evening Star, Issue 11169, 19 February 1900, Page 2
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