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UKUBULAWA KUKA GORDON PASHER. Olucingo luvele E-London, ngo Febru¬ary 25, 1885. I-Khartoum yawela ezandleni zentshaba ngolwama 26 ku Jan. U Sir Charles Wilson owayesinga kona ngo stemele evela e-Gubat, waya wafika ngolwa 28 ku January, wafika lomzi sewusezandleni zentshaba. Wajika uku- buya ebunzimeni ecunuty we nzima kanye zintshaba eludinini lomlambo. Ostemele abo wayenabo bafika baqekeka akuba kwingxangxasi abati yi Shabluku Cataract, basinda bonke kodw'a bona ababekubo bapumela esiqitaneni kona apo, apoke bakona. Owayezibonela ngamehlo ake uti intsha- ba zagaleleka ngesifingo e-Khartoum ngolwama 25 ku January, atsho ati u-General Gordon, wadutyulwa xa wayesiya kwindawo awayekuyo omnye umpatiswa. Iqela lika General Earle lati ngow'e 10 ku February langenela utshaba kumzi oyi Kerbekan lwagqogqa inqaba eyayi- nqatyisiwe kanye. Kuteke emva kolulo olukulu kunene olugqibe iyure zone ibambene ngazo, bamkahlela u-General Earle obepete lompi. Akuba ewile indawo yake itatyatwe ngu Colonel Bracken- bury. U-Sir Herberet Stewart yena ufele e-Gakdul ngolwe 16 ku February, ebula- wa ngamanxeba awawafumana mhla ngeduli lase Metammeh. U-Mr. Gladstone wenze ingxelo e-Pa- lamente yohlobo aza kuquba ngalo u-Ru- lamente wa Pesheya, okokuba izaku shiywa yona i-Soudan ngokwesigqibo sangapambili; kodwa ke kona kugqitywe kwelokuba iye ihlutwe i-Khartoum ezandleni ze Mahdi. iyakwenjenje ukuhamba kwemikosi: u-Colonel Brackenbury uya kuke asingise e-Abu Hamed, abugqibe kona ubusika, u-Lord Wolseley woka ahlale e-Korti. Yonke ke impi iyakusuka kunye ukuya kungenela i-Berber ne Khartoum Entlokohlaza. U-Sir Gerald Graham umiselwe ukuba apate iqela lemikesi eya kupuma e-Suakini iye e-Ber- ber eya kuba kumadoda angamawaka osibozo.