The campaign in Northern Nigeria against the Fulahs has been
brought to a successful conclusion. On Thursday tele- grams were received at the Colonial Office announcing that the town of Burmi, which was unsuccessfully attacked in the middle of May, had been carried by assault on July 27th after severe fighting, in which the ex-Sultan of Sokoto, most of his chiefs, and seven hundred of his followers were slain, and the town completely destroyed. The losses of the British column —consisting of thirty white men and five hundred native troops—amounted to eleven killed, including Major Marsh, a gallant and promising officer who had served with distinction in South Africa, and seventy-two wounded. The Sultan, it may be added, had been assured that his life would be spared on the terms of unconditional surrender, but refused to avail himself of the offer ; and the temporary check received by our forces three months ago has now been redeemed by a victory which at once confirms our supremacy and adds to our responsibilities in Nigeria.
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