, 1885-02-10
ALONG THE NILE.
England Preparing to Send
Reinforcements to Egypt.
Cleveland at Greystone With
Tilden and His Friends.
A Violent Snow Storm Raging
in the East. G
HI WAR IN Y
Great Britain's Preparations to
Down the Mahdi.

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LONDON, Feb. 9.-Three thousand re-
Inducements, at the urgent demand of
Lord Wolseley. have been ordered to pro-
coed as rapidly as possibly to open the
road between Suakim and Berber. A
naval demonstration in the Red sea to
cooperate with the land movement has
been arranged by the dispatch of several
British men Of wal to that locality The
total number Of reinforcements already
ordered to Egypt is 5000. The war de-
partment has completed preparations for
transports. Commissariat and ordnance
service vessels are already loading with
stores at Woolwich.
The Grenadier guards have been or
dered to hold themselves in readiness for
foreign services. Lord Granville had a
long interview with Gladstone to-day.
The Pail Mall Gazette this afternoon
states, the cabinet has decided that the de-
feat of El Mahdi is necessary to vindicate
ENGLAND. No immediate advance upon
Khartoum is considered possible or is to
be attempted. The Gazette says, unless
it is found there is good reason for believ-
ing hat Gen. Gordon is still holding out
with a handful Of followers in the govern
ment house in Khartoum, where it is re-
ported he has taken refuge when the city
fell into Mahdi's hands, Lord Wolseley
it is said, will continue to advance by
river until he reaches Berber, where he
will spend the hot months Of the summer
with his army, and wait for the Septem-
Der rise Of the Nile before advancing.
Two months must. according to this
plan. elapse before there can be any ad-
vance in force from Suakim.
Lord Wolseley telegraphs to the war
Office to-day from Korti as follows: The
advance guard of Gen. Earle's column,
consisting Of a squadron of cavalry under
the command of Col. Butler, surprised a
large body Of the Monassir tribe under
Wadgam. The murderers of Col. Stew
art were encamPed at Shakoob wells
The cavalry charged upon the encamp-
ment and the enemy fed in every direc-
ton, leaving behind thirty men killed and
a large number of camels and cattle, and
many Remington rifles. Col. Butler cap
tured six prisoners.
Great activity prevails at Chatham,
Woolwich and Aldershot; preparations
for sending reinforcements to Egypt be-
lug rapidly pushed. The Goth hussars.
the Sd battalion Of rife brigade, now ut
Aldershot, a battalion of Scotch fusiliers,
q battalion Of Cold Stream guards and a
squadron Of the 5th lancers have been or
dered to proceed at once to Suakim.
Three batallions of guards and four
batalions Of infantry, including two from
Malta and two from Gibraltar, have been
ordered to Egypt Two batallions Of in
fantry and a regiment Of cavalry have
been ordered to proceed from India to
Egypt. The nine batallions Of troops or
derod from England, Malta, Gibraltar and
India are sent at the request Of Wolse-
ley. The guards leave England at the
end of the present week. Two barallions
of English infantry, at present in Lower
Egypt, will proceed Immediately to
Soudan. It is stated that all the. forces
comprised within the nine batallions to be
sent Lord Wolseley, will, after reaching
Suakim, operate between Suakim and
Berber, with the object Of securing pos
session Of the route between those points
and then effecting a complete junction
with the British forces on the Nile, both
above and below Berber.
OTTAWA, Feb. ct is stated that
Col. Williams has rendered his services
and those of his regiments selected from
the Canadian militia, for active service in
Egypt whenever the home authorities
may require them. The application has
been forwarded by the governor general to
England.
Before leaving Gakdul, Col. Butler, of
the Royal Irish, was instructed by
Gen. Wolsely not to attack the Arabs at
Metemneh. Later orders, however, were
sent to-day to allow Col. Butler to act as
he thinks ft. The force at Gubat now
numbers 1900 men, of whom 2, 800 arc
| effective. They have also several guns.
All the newspaper correspondents have
| left Gubat and are returning to Korti.
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