OSMAR DIGNA SUPRISED.
Eeports from Dakota give terrible particulars of the devastation caused in that country. 200 persons having lost their lives.
News from Cairo state that a force of 500 friendlies and some cavalry surprised Osmar Digna at Hadoub, and captured his camp. The rebels subsequently rallied and recaptured it, and the assailants were forced to retreat to Soukim. Colonel I£itchenr and Major McMurdoch are slightly wounded.
M. Flouren threatened to withdraw the French Ambassador from Rome if the Italian Judges carry out threat of again forcing a French consulate dispute becoming grave.
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Northern Advocate, 21 January 1888, Page 3
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94OSMAR DIGNA SUPRISED. Northern Advocate, 21 January 1888, Page 3
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