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WAR IN THE SOUDAN.

Battery and Equipments for the N.S. Wales Contingent Despatched to : SouaMm. Mahdi Spies Between Gakdul and Korti. f REUTER—COPYRIGHT, J (Received 27th, 0.5 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 27. A battery of nine pounders, with the necessary equipments supplied by the War Department for the New South Wales artillery, has been despatched to Souakim. ; - - * ~ CAIRO, Feb 26. Latest telegrams frond Korti report that Mahdi spies and rebel marauders have recently made their appearance between.Gakdnland Korti. (Received Feb 27, 11.45 a.m.) The latest intelligence from the front states that Colonel Brackenbury, in command of the late General Earle’s column, crossed the Nile on Saturday list at a point about forty miles from Abuhared to the north of Berber. The movement- was effected without any opposition from the enemy..

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Patea Mail, Volume X, Issue 1314, 27 February 1885, Page 2

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WAR IN THE SOUDAN. Patea Mail, Volume X, Issue 1314, 27 February 1885, Page 2

WAR IN THE SOUDAN. Patea Mail, Volume X, Issue 1314, 27 February 1885, Page 2