On April 21st a force drawn from the crews of
the vessels 'Hyacinth,' Fox,' and 'Mohawk,' assisted by a hundred and twenty-five men of the 1st Hampshire Regiment, drove out the Dervish garrison from Illig, in Italian Somaliland, with a loss of three killed and six wounded. The Italian and British flags were hoisted side by side, and it is proposed to hand over the fortress to a tribe which is loyal to the Italian Government. The business seems to have been excellently managed, and the gallantry of the storming party is specially commended. The capture of Illig will destroy one of the chief channels through which the Mullah received munitions of war, and with the co-operation which may be expected from the Italian Government and the tribes under its pro- tection, it looks as if he were going to find his sanctuary an uneasy place to dwell in.
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