REBELLION IN SOUDAN.
BRITISH CAPTURE FORTY PRISONERS. REBELS OFFER NO RESISTANCE. [reuteh'r copyright telegrams.] Suakin, April 15. — Renter's special correspondent telegraphs that a reconnaisance was made to-day in the vicinity of Ilasheen, in the;conrse of which the British troops captured forty prisoners, as well as 000 sheep aud camels. The Arabs offered but little resistance. The following message, dated Suakim, 4th April, appears in tho Melbourne A gc:— 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 Gruhani 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 wero engaged. They behaved admirably. The hottest fire of tho enemy was directed on the ambulance, and orders had in consequence to bo given to lower the flao;, in order to divert the enemy's fire. Tamai was entered and burnt after the Arabs had been driven to the mountain. The wells were found choked.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 6733, 16 April 1885, Page 2
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189REBELLION IN SOUDAN. Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 6733, 16 April 1885, Page 2
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