§ VISCOUNT LEWISHAMasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether it is true that the Great Kabbalish Tribe have joined the Mahdi, and that the 46th Regiment have been ordered to Keneh?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONNo information of the kind referred to has boon received. The General Officer Commanding has not reported any actual orders to the 2nd Battalion Cornwall Light Infantry; but the following telegram received from him on the 22nd June shows that such a step was in contemplation: —
Cairo, 22nd June, 1884, 5.40 P.M. Tribes in front become troublesome. Sussex Battalion leaves Assiout for Assouan, Wednesday, to support Egyptian troops and give confidence to Natives. Shall send, if necessary, another battalion to Kench, where tracks from Eastern 1793 Soudan abut. Rumours current of tribes threatening Korosko, Assouan, Keneh. Friendly tribes in desert east of these places watching enemy, and behaving well up to last accounts.