Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1898 — BRITAIN IN THE SOUDAN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BRITAIN IN THE SOUDAN.

Scene of Operations of Gen. Kitchener and His Troops. The map shows that part of the Soudan fn which Gen. Kitchener and his troops are opwbting. Wadi Haifa is 600 miles from the city of Cairo. The ..British forces, supplemented by troops from the native army, have marched up the Nile for two years and have fought several battles with the Mahdists. The advance was made through the cities shown on the tuap, strung along the Nile. At Ferkeh

the dervishes received a severe defeat from the Egyptian army. The British captured Suarila and passed on tq Absarat. but their progress was delayed by storms, which destroyed the newly laid railroad. Dongola was occupied on Sept. 22, 1806, and the British loss was little. The army pushed to Khartoum along the green borders of the Nile or over the desert routes indicated by the black lines. From Cairo to Omdurman,. which is built on the banks of the Nile opposite the ruins of Khartoum, the distance is about 1,000 miles. The country nil about, except the green border of the river, is desert.

SCENE OF BRITISH OPERATIONS.