THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN.
ROUT.OFfOSMAN DJGNAH'S REBELS, , ... '; (reuter's telegrams.) ~~Y j~"7 ! Received' March 14, 1.10 a.m. ? 1 Cairo, March 1 2/— Telegrams from l 'Souathat General Graham has taken up a position a mile distant from .that occupied by Otfinari Dignah,' ' and' ' will "commence the attack at "daybreak. , , , f - i • > '!-• Recei ved" March 14, [n00n. ,;,- London, March' 13 (morning). —Telegrams' are to hand from Cairo announcing that intelligence Has ' reached there that Ij a 'battle* between the British troops- and the rebels! under Osman Dignah^ commenced at day* break to-day. The "engagement was a very brief one, the" enemy J beiner speedily •''routed. No further particulars had been received up to the' time 'the despatch- Avitli^the ihtelhi gence reached, Souakim." '
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 5308, 14 March 1884, Page 2
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121THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN. Wanganui Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 5308, 14 March 1884, Page 2
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