THE SOUDAN CAMPAIGN.
CAPTUEE OF A POET. United Press Association— By Electric TelegraphCopyright. Received Dec. 31, 8.58 a.m. CAIRO, Dec. 30. Advices from the Soudan state that a force of native levies captured Osoboi, an important fort near Kassala. The siege lasted six days. The defenders made a heroic stand. The British hold the Itiver Atbara from El Darner to Tomatt. Received Dec. 31, 10.15 a.m. LONDON, Dec. 30. The British officers with the Egyptian army recently advised that 12,000 British troops were required in the Soudan. As a result of this advice, twenty additional officers will embark for Egypt forthwith.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6065, 31 December 1897, Page 3
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