Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1898 — BRITAIN IN THE SOUDAN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BRITAIN IN THE SOUDAN.

Afiene of G*«fUons of Gen. Kitchener . aq| Hi* Troop#, £ The map shows that part of ifce Soudan In Which Geo,' Kitchcner-Ji.mthtcrtroopq-are operating! ' Wadi Hfmt is 6(m miles from the city of Cairo. The British forces, supplemented by troops from the native army, have marched up the Nile ft»r two y,ears and have foHght several, battles with the Mahdists, The advance was made through the cities Ohown on the map, strung along the Nile. At Ferkeh

the dervishes received a severe defeat from the Egyptian army. The British captured Suarda and passed on to Absa- ■ rat,/but their progress wn#v delayed by storms, which destroyed the newly laid railroad. Dongola was occupied on Sept. 22, 1890, and the British loss was little. The army pushed, to Khartoum* along the *.greCn borders of the Nile or over the dessert "routes indicated by the black lines. fFrojn Cairo to Ouidunnan, which js built on the haqks of the Nile opposite the ruins ,of Khartoum, the distance is about 1,000 miles. The country all about, except the border" of the rivet, is desert.

SCENE OF BRITISH GPERATIONS.