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Show KHALIFA RALLIES HIS FORCES. MarahlnB Against Lord Kitchener With Hliteen Thounand Men. London, Feb. 24. Tho Dally News publishes tho following dispatch from Cairo: "Tho khalifa is advancing upon Omdurman with 10,000 men. Preparations Prepara-tions nre urgently proceeding to meet him." A footnote to the dispatch says: "The facts aro that Colonel Kitchener's scouts came In touch with tho khalifa, who was strongly entrenched, and the Ilrltlsh Ilrlt-lsh ofllcer having only a small force, ho found it necessary to retire to Ombur-man. Ombur-man. This retirement tho khalifa regarded re-garded as a sign of weakness, nnd It lead him to rally his forces to the ad-ranee. ad-ranee. Lord K'itclicuer has 0,000 men it Omdurman." |