§ MR. COGHILL (Stoke-upon-Trent)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether any dispatches have been received concerning the operations undertaken by the troops at Kassala against the Dervishes during the period between the taking over of Kassala from the Italians and the Battle of Omdurman: and whether he will call for them to be sent if none have been received?
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO TUB WAR OFFICE (Mr. POWELL WILLIAMS,) Birmingham, S.No dispatches relating to the period mentioned have reached the War Office, but it is possible that some may have been received by the Foreign Office.
§ MR. COGHILLPerhaps the Under Secretary for War will say?
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOB WAR (Mr. GEORGE WTNDHAM,) DoverWe have only received two telegrams, which were addressed one by Colonel Parsons to the Adjutant-General at Cairo, the other to Lord Cromer by the Sirdar. Both reported successes obtained in the Kassala region. Inquiry will be made as regards detailed dispatches, which have not yet reached us.