THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN.
(reoter's telegrams,)
Received March 12, 1 a.m,
Cairo, March 10.— Latest intelligence from Souakim is to the effect that a battle between General Graham's troops and the followers of Osman Digneh ia expected to take place on Friday next. It is probable that the British force will afterwards advance to Sinkat. Received March 12, 12.50 p.m.
! London, March 11.— The House of Comj mons passed a vote of a million sterling to cover the expenses of the British expedition to the Soudan. The Marquis of Hartington, Secretary of State for War, speaking to the ! motion, stated that Government deemed it essential that the Red Sea ports should be -held by British forces, and added that Government had accepted the full responsibility I of the policy that may be pursued by the Egyptian Government during the time the British occupation lasts.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 5306, 12 March 1884, Page 2
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