THE SOUDAN.
• •■ • . • . ♦ —— '■ V" ' 'DESPATCH FROM'; BAKER' PASHA." - EXPECTED ATTACK ON SOAKIM. [br kiiectkio telegbaph.—copyiught,] [reuter.] Cairo, Febuary 6. Despatches have been received from Baker Pasha stating that the disaffection among the natives in the neighbourhood of Souakim is increasing, and that the rebellion is spreading rapidly among the desert Arabs. , . It is expected that an attack will be made on Souakim, but Baker Pasha hopes to be able , to defeat the enemy with the troops under his command. The despatches also state that at the recent battle near Toka the Arabs lost 600 killed besides wounded.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6936, 9 February 1884, Page 5
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