The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-02-24 00:00:00

THE SOUDAN.

A SKIR‘IISII WITH THE ENEMY.
HIL4II-au•itTlits,Koiyi, Wiwineaday.—A dispatch
has been removal from Heuer.' Boller eitylne that a
convoy of woom's I mules. U.,1000l Taloot, widlemsrob.
log froin Out at to G-kdul on the 13th kismet, when
about obis miles from Huh it, met • reb3l force,
which he eetiatatit3 at are th nsand itroog, oo it. w
to 'airforce the Arabs at bietstoursh. Colossi rein a
at onus Corned up ths lemon of the c .7 to result an
&tad', hut the enemy were in fa to great it lit.gth
fur Wm to salmon the bff, 304 re, hampered ad he WWI
by the wounded. The enemy op, nod fire, but when a
few chute had 13,t0n exchanged, the Lig.it Causal
Divisiao on its way up to blubat, arrived upon the
scene. Th 4 at once began skirmishing with the
enemy, but after some Itt,le time the rAele coati Aued
on ',Asir way to Ileternineit without offering further
inoleetatioo. They had with thtin sins situ' and
many camel., and the fa A that they should par with.
out act making so small a holy shows t at either they
sew under stringent order, to push on to id temuseh
without firbtlog, or that the result a the late bail,'
Lai I .spired them with • wildes one fear of the fight-
ing p were of iris troops. (Jur Mee in the aff iras
one man killed.

a•To-rTar.fi—telrart is reported to be better, sad, with
the rest of th s wounded Sr,..°abet, shook( arrive et
Gado' to-day.
Another messenger has arrived from Khartoum.
H. say* that the troops amoral (I..rden rinsed wo.lid
have sleeps remained true to him, but that it was
the reenter troops who allowed rasa Peale to op..
the eMes T Turkish Bead-Bee miss tired upon this
traitors. After Khert nun was oocuoled, all it...
lisahl-Bazooks were tailed. The meretnger heard
while at Khartoum that the rebels at listetutosh had
seat to the lilabdi to ask that reinforcements ehould
Le sent to them. They were told that troops would
be .hortly despetotied to their aid. It is reported
thee a isms body of de:viable sad Hasesuleyeb
tribesmen are threateninc to come down spew the
wells between this and Uakdul, and 114 to intercept
our lice of communication with Buller's fortis.

AN EXTRAORDINARY AB3ERTION.
Ac erespoudent of ths Duly News write* :—" The
way lu which Pleas isieseepos from the seat of war
hare been ' edited ' by the authorities on the .p 'I
leads possibly to the fact, widely rumoured in well-
Informed qu%rters at the present moment, that the
whole tilt of Gunnel Gordon%) last message was not
officially male public la England. The message as
published 111114— Khartoum all right. Ono hold on for
vein.' It is now maid that thee* words were pre() ded
by—' What are you 0•3111441 I have not solcid
for you ",

TB! BALLOON RQUIPMINT.
The transport quota on Monday left tht R
Albert [hicks for titialdut, with the Balloon and Tele-
graph C dps and gad detschmente of the Royal
Engineer.. The balloon efplipnottat, which made up
&hint gi tone a cargo, attracted moot interest.
Foree bailooos were taken, the envalopes being c ttu-
posed of some special fabric, the nature of which the
aielori ties desire to keep secret. C impressed hydrogen
for it flatiog 14 cit-riel in strom iron ityllndera, and
materials are taken out for manufacturing Mao goo.
Captive secants only will be made, the balloons being
t.thereJ I y rope or wire. Telephonic oornattuocatiou
between the ground nod the car will be established,
the ..bjtot being t i &mover the enemy's poiition sod
moventerit.. The troop. embarked as in ctarge of
Maj it, H. F. Turner, R. 1.. who will command the
Telegraph Battalion &cr.,' the desert. A quantity of
polde, wire, and other materiel for ertc:ing the tele-
graph line is also c
TROOPS TOR ACTITLIMIRT.OR.
A taboltr detail • f the tripe under orders for the
tion.lar,E :yid, sal thw Mediterranean hal ju•t I)..en
prepfrid at the War 011iC.O. It Will be NM from tide
that it is propleM et p,osont only t.) rev] cut four
fishl sun., which will lie supplied by Haj ir Meiklo-
j hu'e hitter), of It yal II iris Ar Mary (ti—hi) in
I. itver Egypt. Two- lair.la of this bath ry. consi.tiog
of tw olfi arra, 100 intit, and GO horses, will be sent to
the front.
Perot Mast Manual.
Marmot
Corm 0111 eve Mews. Mos. Horafal.
0-0.... ........... .' I 100 00
MUD AIITILLIST.
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