The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-04 00:00:00

MALTA•

THE DEFEAT OF THE ARAB FORC:e UNDER
ABD-EL-GELIL

OFFICIAL DESrATCH FitOISI HIS iXCELLtNCY ASKAH
A LI FACIIA, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF TRIPOLI IN ItAILBAILY.
I have the gratification of announcing to the Government
of my Lord and Sovereign the Sultan the total defeat of the.
rebel Arab chief, Abri-el-Gelil, than whieli a mote decisive)),
triumphant affair it has never been my lot to recount.
" It was on the lot of the mouth of Mocharem, of the
year 1258 of the Hegira (corresponding to the 12th a Fe-
bruary, 1842), that intelligence reached this Regency that
the noted Arab Sheik Abd-el-Gelil had formed a
camp at Fezzan ; that notwithstanding it had been com-
municated to hint that the people of Socana had
placed themselves under the protection of his High-
ness the Sultan, he had marched a torec against the place, and.
on reaching its vicinity had actually commenced his work
of devastation by destroying a number of trees. Scarcely
had these sad tidings reached us, when justly nieensea
at this piece of daring audacity on the part of one
who had, on several occasions, been already by our forces
severely worsted, I despatched Assan Bey Ali Conini, Go-
vernor of Misurata, then here, with the garrison of that
place, with orders to seek and attack the Arab eneampineist.
On the lst of Saphar (the 12th of April), this expeditirn
marched from Misurata, and on the road ascertained that
Abd-el-Gelil had reached Sird with his camp, where he had
joined his brother Set-Elnasar (or the chief of the sword of
triumph), the Shiek Mereid, his son, and the son of Osman
Aga, who were holding a council of war. Our forces di-
rected their march accordingly, and a few days after, in the
vicinity of Deffa, they had the satisfaction of falling in Wits
the enemy, who wade a stand to retain possession of the
wells, from which, by the valour of our forces, they were,
after an obstinate resistance, routed, and the whole Arab
camp, headed by Abd-el-Gelil and his brother (of the, sword of triumph) fled, and took up a position oa ti
neighbouring height, called Gara Albalga, where fney
were enrardiately closely followed up by the 'Jrave
Colemander-in-Chief, Assan Bey, between whose forea and
that of the enemy several skirmishes took place ; but °lathe 18th
u; the month of Rabin 0) Liteni ithc 28th of Mal), at ten
A.M., Assan Bey resolve;; upon pushing his autecesaesa by brineing the eliettly to a general engagatneat,
which he accortl.,ligly dtd, and after a sanguinary wed
obstinate battle, which lasted three hours, he had the
satislaction of totally defeating the Arabs, taking the
whole of the survivors prisoners, . including Abd.el-Gelif,
and his brother, Sef-Elnasar, whose heads were immediately
taken off, and sent to this place. Thus, under the especial,
protection of the Almighty, the Sultan's forces have rid thito
regency of an enemy who Sias for so many years deprived keg
its commercial intercourse with the interior.
" ASKAR ALI PACHA,
" Governor-General of the State of Tripoli in the West.
" Tripoli in the West, June 5, 1842,"

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