. Christian herald and signs of our times . ultimate recoveryof Berber and Khartoum, is proceedingwith steady rapidity. The railway fromSarras, passing by the Second Cataract, isbeing laid at the rate of one mile daily,and now extends beyond the Ambigol roadand to the Murad Wells : it will be com-pleted to Akasheh by the end of garrisons have been placed infortified positions at Sarras and other sta-tions to the front. A Camel Corps is atWady Haifa, and will be of great servicein scouting over the Nubian Desert. These arrangements on the banks of theNile, under the supervision o
. Christian herald and signs of our times . ultimate recoveryof Berber and Khartoum, is proceedingwith steady rapidity. The railway fromSarras, passing by the Second Cataract, isbeing laid at the rate of one mile daily,and now extends beyond the Ambigol roadand to the Murad Wells : it will be com-pleted to Akasheh by the end of garrisons have been placed infortified positions at Sarras and other sta-tions to the front. A Camel Corps is atWady Haifa, and will be of great servicein scouting over the Nubian Desert. These arrangements on the banks of theNile, under the supervision of General SirH. Kitchener, the Sirdar or Commander-in-Chief of the Khedives army, have beenconnected with the recent active move-ments of the garrisons at Suakim andTokar, by which Osman Dignas sectionof the Mahdist or Dervish forces has beendriven back from the coast region of theRed Sea, and is likely soon to bealtogetherexpelled from the Eastern Soudan. It isannounced at Simla, the headquarters ofthe British Indian Government, that that. OSMAN DIGNA AND HIS DERVISHES IN THE SOUDANESE DESERT portion of the East African littoral tem-porarily is to be put under the militaryprotection of the government, in order thatthe Egyptian troops may be removed toWadv Haifa, to join in the advancetowards Dongola. A force of the Indiannative army has sailed for the Red Sea,and will co-operate with the Anglo-Egyp-tian troops in their operations against thedervishes. Our illustration on this page, from adrawing published in the London llluslraudCYs-us, shows a group of dervishes, withOsman Digna in their midst, on the marchthrough the desert. These warlike peopleare determined to resist to the last ditch,the Anglo-Egyptian advance, and a reso-lute struggle mav be expected. OsmanDigna has already displayed striking qual-ities as a military leader, and with thelarge numerical dervish and mahdiststrength at his command, will doubtlessmake a strong stand. It is hardly to be expected, however, tha
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