THE WAR IN EGYPT.
London, August 12. It is ascertained that Wade El Nejoumi, the chief Dervish who fell at Toski Arabi, Upper Egypt, while leading an overwhelming force against the small array of General Grenfell, was shot by the treachery of one of his followers. London, August 13. Papers found by General Grenfell amongst the effects of Wade El Nejoumi, late leader of the Dervish party in Egypt, include important documents which prove that Wade El Nejoumi has taken a very prominent part in the later Mahdist Government for some years. The papers show he was leader of the Arab forces which destroyed the troops led by General Hicks at El Obeid in 1883, and that he was at the head of the Mahdists who captured Khartoum and massacred General Gordon in 1885.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9447, 19 August 1889, Page 5
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