We do not quite like the intelligence from the Gambia.
Forces which should be sufficient have been rapidly gathered for the attack on Fodi Silah, and Gonjur, his strongest place, is being shelled, while the Marines, Bluejackets, and West Indian soldiers are marching to attack it. The blacks, however,. resist steadily ; and Fodi Silah is not in Gonjur, but in a strong place five miles further on, and, as we understand it, out of the reach of the gunboats. If that is so, the design is clearly to lure on the land force, and then attack it from the rear. It is to be noted, however, that the attacking party have a Maxim gun with them, and that, brave as Fodi Silah's aegroes are, they cannot stand before that terrible machine.. We do not apprehend disaster, but a much harder job than the public suspects has to be carried through under the ugly condition of sacrificing our trained men under the fire of concealed barbarians.
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