The Rebellion m Egypt
■ i ao '/, r- <D»sperateiFigbtmg^ --*- **- ) The /whole -of the Egyptian Army Overwhelmed and Annihilated. No Quarter Given. ;,* Only ONE Man Escaped. /BX jfMSpXRIC,* TBIBOPAPH.^COPyEIOHT ) (RBUriRS' TELBOEAMB,/ Alexandria,. November 22. • Intelligence has reached here that the Egyptian, avriiy m Soudun under General Hicks Pasha, has been totally, by the rebel followers ot : El Mahdi, .the false prophet. No details are yet to hand. . . ..... .■■• .;•■: -■. ! 'i ;. ' X T,. i . '. f LATER.. , i i Soine>pjU'ticuiars; have been received from Soudan, regarding the destruction, of the Egyptian army which is now. fully-confirhiedU . ■- ' 7 •; [/■ ■ ■ Accounts .to hand . state -that a Sbatfcle-. ' lasting threedays ,wss fought between., the, rebels: ami the who|^ foi'ce'tindev; General Hicks. :?lU* fightibg-waßimost desperate on both sides, but the E^yp- ; tian troops f wer« < outriumbered and cpmplfitely anniliilated ty ty're'bels who, gave do quarter, only one man escapniDgftomi the l slaughter. ;
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 302, 23 November 1883, Page 3
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141The Rebellion in Egypt Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 302, 23 November 1883, Page 3
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