Brigadier-General Sir H. H. Kitchener, who nas command of the Nile expedition, is only 45 years old, but he has had much experience of Egyptian warfare. He took part in the Kile expedition of 1884 as Deputy-Assistant Adjutant and Quarter-master-General, being mentioned in the despatches and receiving the brevet of Lien tenant-Colonel. Before the column in that expedition reaohed Dongola General . Kitchener had preceded them for some time, and,' dressed bb an Arab, was living with ' Muatopba Fower's Egyptian Eaahi-bazoults at a fortified camp called Debbeh. He , served in the operations near Suakim in December 1888, and was in command of a brigade of tho'Egyptian army afc the engage- ' - jneufc at Gemaizah. He >yas also present at ' the engagement at Toaki in 18.89. : "-"-■■ New York has an .Irish population of 190,418. the largest of any city in the Spited States, •' .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7656, 15 June 1896, Page 3
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