Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-09-20

in London, but at the same time
ordering his forces onward to Cairo.
Numerous delegations arrived at Alexandria
TO express the loyalty and submissiyeness of
the people To the Khedive The rebel force
at Tel-el-kebir comprised %. 1000 regulars. -
00e Bcdouins, and 1900 volunteers The
British loss was nfty-four killed and $50
wounded The following account of the bat
tie at Tel-el-kebir was tele-
graphed by cable to the New
the left Nothing could be imagined finer
than the advance of the Highland brigade.
The Fourteenth wcrc next the canal. Next
were the Cameronians, and the Gordon High
landers continued the line with the Black
Watch upon their flank The Forty sixth
and Sixtieth regiments formed a second line.
Swiftly and silently tie ieiiianjeis novssi
forward to the attack. No word was spoken,
no shot fired, until within 300 yards of the
encmy's earthworks, nor up 20 that time did
any sound in the Egyptian lines betoken
that they were aware of the presence of
their assaiIants Then suddenly a terrific
fire flashed along the line Of sand d-heaps, y
storm of bullets whizzed over the heads OF
the advancing troops, wild cheer broke
from the Highlandcrs, and in response the
pipes struck shrilly up, bayoncts were fixed,
and at doublequick time they dashed for
ward The first line of intrenchments
was carried the enemy SCARCELY Offer
er line of intrenchments, behind
which In the still dim light one could scarce
ly see, n burst of mIsketry broke out For O
few minutes the Highlanders poured in a
heavy fire, but it was probably as innocuous
as that of the unseen enemy whose bullets
whistiod haTmiessiy overhead The delay In
the advance was but short Then the order
was given, and the brigade again went rap
idly forward Soon q portion of the force
had passed between the enemy's redoubts
and opened thanking fire. This was
too much for the Egyptians, who took
crowded masses rushed across the open des-
ert, very heavily from our fire, being liter
ally moved down by hundreds Meanwhile
fighting began upon the other flank. The
horse artillery shelled the enemy's extreme
left Here the Egyptians were more pre-
pared than on their tight For a time they
kept up a steady fire. The Royal Irish
Were sent to turn the enemy's left At
the word they dashed mt the trenches and
carried them at the bayonets point, 80 turn
ing the flank of the defenders of the posi-
tion. Next came the Eighty eighth regiment,
then the Eighty fourth, the Guards icing
close up behind in support. These regi-
ments advanced by regular rushes For
short time the enemy clung to their line of
intrenchments, but their fire was sin
gularly ineffective, and the British
troops got fairly into the trenches Then
the enemy IOuRnU sJOuJJy 1Or u lew mo
ments The combat was hand to hand
one. Mai Hart shot one man as he was try
ing to wrest a revolver from his hand This
was even after the trench had been turned
by our advance on their flank. Then, as the
British poured in, the Egyptians fed as rap
idly as those on the other side had done be-
fore the Highlanders. The fight was now
practically over"
Gen Wolseley telographed from Cairo to
the British War Office on Sept Is, as follows:
Gen Lowe has occupied Cairo. Arab Pasha
and Toulba Pasha have surrendered uncondi-
tionaly Ten thousand troops at Cairo have
laid down their arms. The war is over Send
nomore men from England Midshipman De
chair is safe. have been received here with
open arms by all classes The soldiers are
glad to return to their homes Arab Pasha
and Toulba Pasha are both confined In our
guard rooms will now change my base
from Ismailia to Alexandria dispatch
from Alexandria on Sept 10 says: After the
engagement at Tel -el- -Kebir, Arab Pasha fled
to Cairo and told the Council that the troops
had deserted him, upon which the mission
was sent TO the khedive with two letters
from Arab Pasha, one expressing his devo-
ton, and the other warning him not 70 al
low the English to enter Cairo, as the same
results might follow as happened at Alexan.
dria The khedive refused TO receive the
letters. Arab Pasha was taken before the
Khedive He presented a loathsome picture
of groveing servility. Be swore he had not
been aware he was fighting against
the Khediye The Khedve remained
standing while Arab; Pasha was Ia
his presence. When Arab had con-
cluded, the Khedive ordered his removal
IL has been ascertained that Arab was In bed
at the time of the attack ON Tel ell Kebir,
and, panic-stricken at the sudden and unex-
pected attack fled i'm dismay All the
Egyptian leaders will be tried ut Cairo for
their rebellion Canned provisions for 90
600 men for amonth were captured mt Tel-el-
Kebir