The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-26
THE WEEK
In tho United States and the
Old World.
THE SITUATION IN EGYPT,
The Canadian Voyagcurs en- Route To-
Homo Gen. SteMnrI Dying,

The Canadian SoyRgcurs en- Route Tor
Home--Gen. stewart Dying.
KoRII, Feb l7-Gen. Sir Herbert Stewart,
who was wounded at the Zereba fight near Gu
bat on Jan. 10, is growing worse from the eff
fecis OF his wound. 1t is now believed that he
will not recover,
QUEENSTOWN, Feb, Is, lSS5.-The Cana.
dian voyageurs, who took Gen, Lord Wolsc-
ley's boats up the Nile, have arrived here on
their way home. They will embark on the
steamship Hanoyerlan. The Canadians speak
dispargingly OF The boats used by Lord Wolse-
ley's expedition in its Journey up the Milo, and
declare that they were decidedly too fral for
such service. In pulling them over the cata-
racts it frequently happened that their stems
would be torn ont, aud during tho ascent OF
the river 30 boats were damaged so that they
were no longer fit for use. Ten of the voya-
geurs' party were drowned in the Nile, two
died of fever and two were killed on the rail
way in Egypt. The Canadians complain Of the
severe heat in the Soudan, and say they sui
iered great deal from sore eyes and blistcrS.
They speak in grateful terms of the manner in
which they were treated by the British officers
attached to the expedition.
LONDON, Feb 10, lSSj,-It is announced
that, in view OF the fact that the fall of Khar-
toum and tho death OF Gen. Gordon have rem
dered the main object OF Gen Lord Wolseleys
expedition impossible, the government has
deemed it expedient to change tho whole plan
OF the campaign in the Soudan. Gen. Bgack-
cnbury, who succeeded the late Gen Earle, has
been ordered to abandon his advance on Ber-
Der, AMI to concentrate his troors at korti.
Col. Sill Redvers Butler, who evacuated Gabut
on the 18th inst, and withdrew his forces to
Abu kea, has also been ordered to fll! back
on Kor,i All the avail ble troops in Gen.
Wolseleys command will be concentrated at
that place, and at Debbeh and Korosko, the
main body being at korti. 1t is probable that
Gen. Wolseley may cvacuate korti and retire
to Debbeh, where desert routes from Omdur-
man, FL Obeid and Darfour converge on tine
Nile. Gen. Lord Wolseley will there await
help from England,
The Pail Mall Gazette says Col. Sir Red
vers Buffers retreat from G but before the
approach OF Ell NTadhi and his army will change
the whole plan of The Soudan campaign. The
next movement of the British forces must
now, the Gazette thinks, depend upon the
action OF FL Madhi. A small force will proba-
bly, be left to Eold the Gakdul wells for tho
purpose OF preventing the hostile Arabs from
using them in any advance toward Korti they
may decide to make across the desert f'om
khartoum. Ii Lord Wolseley feels himself
strong enough to allow Gen. Brackenbury to
advance, WIN the late ten. Eeall troops to
Abu Hamed, he may proceed thther in order
to hold the Nile end Of the Kcrosko route
open; otherwise the Gazette believes Gen.
Brackenbury will probably be recalled to
korti, In this event, the plan would be to
leave but nall force at Korti to keep up
communication with Gakdu wells, and retreat
and concentrate tho main strength of the Brit
ish forces at present in the Soudan at Dcbbeh
further down the Nile. Korosko will be held
in force, and, the Gazette argues, the contem-
plated advance upon Berber will be abon Toned,
so lar, at least, as it was intended to make it
the base of active operations. All but purely
defensive operations will, according to the
Gazette, be abandoned along the line.