THE SOUDAN CAMPAIGN.
ADVANCE ON SHENDY. [BY KLKOTEIO TKLEQBAPH.—COPTBiaHT.] {BEUTEB'3 TELEGRAM.I Cairo, January 6. A message has been received from Korti, stating that the troops encamped there are in good health,' and had not been molested by the Arabs, but that a number of rebels were con* tinually watching the camp from . distance. A Press Association message says :— Three thousand Arabs are now entrenched at Metammeh, near Shendy. , [Received January 9,1.30 a.m.] Cairo, January 7. Lord Wolseley has telegraphed from Korti, announcing that Colonel Sir H. Stewart, with a cavalry convoy, starts for El Metammeh, a village a short distance to the south of Shendy, on the left bank of the Nile, on Thursday next. It is expected that El Metammeh will be reached and occupied on the 15th instant, and, if a steamer is available there, regular communication with General Gordon will be opened forthwith.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7221, 9 January 1885, Page 5
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