THE SOUDAN.
Cairo, December 23. Nine hundred Egyptian troops have'entered Kassala, in the Eastern Soudan. Decemjber 24. , The garrison at Berber has been strength' ened and detachments of troops have bee^ sent up the river ' at Bara to prevent a dervish movement northward. December 25. The native levies at Kassala have captured the dervish post at Bara. The dervishes suffered heavy losses. The dervishes at Shendy and Metemneli are advancing on Berber.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2287, 30 December 1897, Page 13
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141THE SOUDAN. Otago Witness, Issue 2287, 30 December 1897, Page 13
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