New-York tribune., 1885-02-10
TROOPS FOR THE SOUDAN
Acr1ve EpARArIoNs IN LONDON.
A VICTORY FOR GENERAL EARLE-No NEWS fAoA
GORDON.

GORDON.
KoRrl. Feb 9.-News from General Lar'o ,,r.
a...d Eahruarv T. shows that on the THURSDAY pr .,.
ced;ng the camel corps had skrmisn ihiauu M t,,a
soroe hostile Arabs, who were ari'en ,"as
,unlls where the engagement occurreu' ,' p~;t;sh
of sixty killed and SIX taken prisonei" oIs NV ord
troons captured number OF rifles caiiioiS "no
cattle. - .,o;,s at
LONDON. Feb. 9.-Great activity prevahs a'
Chatham. Woolwich and Aldershot, and the prepar-
et;ons for sending reinforcements to Egypt ai0 v0
tno rapidly pushed The Twentieth Hussars, 'n'
third battalion of the rifle brigade now al Aiuoi
shot. battailon of the Scots Fusiiers. battai,on
of the Coldstream Guards. and squadron u 'Ne
fftb rancers have been ordered to proceed al on0e
to Suakim. ,ao.;asa+o 20
It,s reoor,ed that the Government has decdedto
.au ont the reserves and also portion Vi 'no
militia for garrison duty in place OF the troops nov
being forwarded toIEgypt General ROBERTS, !" -
believed, has been requested to assume oonr"nu
of the Indian contingent The totai nuihpUi sn
inforcements already ordered is 5000. Inc war
nsnortment has completed its preparations for the
transport of the commissariat and ordnance
service Vessels are already loading with stores a'
woowieh Three thousand reinforrements, at 'he
,roent demand of Lord WOlseley, have been oroereu
t nroceed as RAPIDLY as possible to Egypt 10 open
tha route between Suakim and Berber. navai
demonstration in the Red Sea, to cooperate WIN
the land movement. has been arranged ioi' anu 'i0
d;snafch of several Brii ish men-of-war Is lmmihon
Tbree battalions of Guards and four battaloiis VI
infantry. including two from Malta and TWO iroin
Gibraltar. have been ordered to Egypt. lwe o"F
talions of infantry and regiment OF caVa'y nn,0
been ordered to proceed from India 10 Egyp'' INC
nine battalions of troops ordered 1rsm Ehsiaho'
Malto gibraltar and India are sent at the request
rl.a(. rHl
land at the end of the present week IL was at
FIRST p,oposed TO dispatch regiment OF cavalry
from England to General Wolseley's assistance
hut the idea had TO be abandoned because IL was
found that only four squadrOns were ayaiiapie ior
fore;cu service. The two battalions Oh Enelsh
infantry az present in Lower Egypt Will procccu
Immediately to the Soudan.
IT, Is understood that orders were gwen al 'o-
aav,s session Of the Cabinet for the dispatch oi
40 600 troops for the reinforcement OF the BRUSH
army in the Soudan
IT is stated that several thousand rlies ana some
TONS of ammunition have been shipped nom fIehch
poris for conveyance to III Mahdi. Great lndlgna-
tion is expressed in English official circles at TINS
covert aid Afforded by France to Engiahds ehe-
mies.
nine battalons will, afterreachng Suakim, operate
between Suakim and Berber, with the object OF
occurring possession of the route between those
points. and of them efectlng complete junction
with the British forces on the Nile, both above and
below Borber.
IT il understood that the Government has
receved word that Colonel Sir Charles Wilson is
safe. The opinion prevails at the War Once that
General Gordon is still alive and engaged IN defend
ing himself in some inaccessible part of tho city OF
Khartoum where he had prepared refuge ior Us"
in the emergency of the fall of the city.
Nh. Gladstone in answer to deputation from
The International Arbitration and Peace Associa-
ton. saws that the Cabinet respect the sympathes
and anxiety of the association for peaceful settle
mept of the Soudan difficulty. General Wolseley,
the preuier continues, has taken evcry means to
make known to the Soudanese his friendly aims,
to prove which MI Gladstone refers tne association
The force of Colonel SIT kedVefs DuiieL VII VII
reach Gubat tomorrow. Before leaving Gakdnl
not 10 attack the Arabs at Metemneh Later orders.
however sent to-day leave Colonel Butler az llDefty
to thinks fit The force at S%er' oo
respondents have LETT Gubat aud are returning 10
Kor,i General Wolseley declines to permit non,
eombatants to remain at the 'front.' 1t Is believed
that the correspondents will also be stopped from
aa Gass THIS aftengSon states ot that
Mahdi ia necessary to vindicate England: No I'M
mediate advance upon Khartoum is considered pos
T. Is fouud that there is good reason for believing
Gordon is still holding ost IN wth Kbor
t"um where il was reported he had taken refuge
when the city fell into the Mahdis hands In the the
absence Of this. Lord Wolseley, 1t IS sad: VIII
probably continue to advance by the river unit he
teaches Berber where he will spend the hot
weather and wait for the spring rise OF the Nile
before advancing Two months must, according 10
tins plan, elapse before there can be any advance
in force from SuakIn. ~,
CAIRO. Feb 9.-In an interview to-day the Khe-
dive said he believed that General Gordon was sun
alive as the Mahdi was too wise man TO xii HIM
The Mahdi had no interest in wishing the death OF
General Gordon but on the contrary, would do all
in his power to prevent such an occurrence: IN
slant action on the part of England, he said, is ne
cessary to prevent the further progress OF the
Mahdfs cause and avert new disasters; The aban-
donment Of the SOuaan by England under the
present circumstances would be grave mistake;
The tribes hitherto friendly to Great Britain would
Immediate steps to crush bim his influence may
seriously threaten the stability of the British En-
pire in India.