BRITISH PREPARATIONS.
INTENDED OCCUPATION OF SOUAKIM.
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS. London, February 6. In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Gladstone announced that the Government had ordered that measures should immediately be taken to reinforce the Indian squadron at Souakim, under Admiral Hewitt, with the view to the protection of that town from the land side by a force of marines and sailors.
London, February 7. Five hundred sailors and marines on board the troopship Orones have been ordered to Souakim. The Government has also ordered the transport of troops from Aden to the Egyptian ports on the Gulf of Aden for garrison duty. A Press Association message says : —The Transport Department at the Admiralty is busily engaged' in preparing for possible requirements for the conveyance of troops.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6935, 8 February 1884, Page 5
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