EGYPT.
(Beceived February 9, 2.20 p.m.) Cairo, February '8. The latest intelligence from Souakim states that Baker Fasha mistrusts the troops under his command at that place, and is expected soon to be recalled to Egypt. (Received February 11, 1.11 a.m.) February 9. Telegrams from Souakim state that amessenger had arrived there from Sinkat, the Governor of the latter town having sent an urgent appeal for help, the garrison and inhabitants of the town being in extremity. However, it was impossible to send assistance, and the fato of the town is considered hopeless. Traders from Nubia report having met Gordon Pasha between Eorosko and Ahohamed. He was proceeding to Khartoum. Baker Pasha has been recalled from I Souakim by the Khedive, and Admiral Hewitt, of the East Indian squadron, has been invested with the command of the town and of the troops stationed there, and the town has been declared to be in a state of seige.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6779, 11 February 1884, Page 2
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