GREAT BATTEL

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 61, 13 February 1885, Page 3

GREAT BATTEL

£?.--v;/-- —~r- — ♦* — - i — - 1 -'" r.. >, 'i '■-■■ -*;■ KmiLATi^f^^s^ BRITISH LOSS HEAVY. i : GENERAIw EABSE IKILfcEBi T (eLKCKIO ti EISGp'aPH -— 'COPYRIGHT.) (RBUTEB'Sj JTELEGBAiVrs.) 0 , London, ]?e\>, 1"2. A telegram has been received from "SfKOSSSSrSPWoIieTey ' announcing ' that a battle has been fought with the enemy at a place opposite Bucka, on the Nile, about seventy miles above Merawi. The- Mahdites attacked the troops under Earle on both flanks and m front, and a severe engagement ensued, resulting m the complete defeat I df the enemy, scarcely any of whom have escaped. General Earle and Colonels Eyre and Coveney and eight men were killed. .',•■■ Four officers, including Colonel Wanchope, and thirty-eight men have been severely wounded. Sir Garnet Wolseley expects to be able to open the way to Berber without further fighting. Colonel Brackenbury has assumed command of the column m place of General Earle and will continue to advance to Berber. In the battle near Bucka the Mahdites are estimated to have numbered 1500 men. LITER. ; / . '■.';. ...; THE FATE OF GORDON STILL UNCERTAIN. Nothing of an official character has yet been published concerning the fate of Gordon. • '; LATEST. The expedition to Soudan via Suakim has been placed under the command of Lieutenant -General Sir Gerald Graham, with MajorGeneral Sir G, Greaves as chief of the staff.