THE SOUDAN CAMPAIGN.
THE ARAB TRIBES SUBMITTING TO GENERAL GRAHAM. [pee special correspondent.] Suakim, April 12. The native sheikhs in the neighbourhood of this place, in consequence of General Graham's proclamation, are rapidly tendering their submission, and it is expected that when the British advance will be completed as far as Tambouk, nearly all the tribes will have owned allegiance to the British authority.
The following message, dated Suakim, 4th April, appears in the Melbourne Age :—The greatest efforts made by the British forces during the present campaign have, instead of a desperate encounter, ended in merely a slight skirmish with the enemy. Nothing decisive resulted. General Graham ordered an advance on Tamai on Thursday, where it was supposed that Osman Digna was posted in force, but only a skirmish between outposts took place, and a few of the New South Wales infantry were engaged. They behaved admirably. The hottest fire of the enemy was directed on the ambulance, and orders had in consequence to be given to lower the flag, in order to divert the enemy's fire. Tamai was entered and burnt after the Arab* had been driven to the mountain. The well* were found choked.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7302, 14 April 1885, Page 5
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