Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-26
ENGLAND AND EGYPT.
A BOUT WITH THE REBELS.
Ten Thousand OF the Enemy Held
In Check all Day by a Small British
FOFce-ArabI Sets a Price ON DE
Lesseps' Head - What Russia
Wants

LONDON, August 25.-General Sir Garnet
Wolseley in his dispatch to the War Office
recounts the engagement at MAGYAR on
Thursday, in which he held his ground the
whole day against 10000 Egyptians. His
forces numbered about 1900. In his details
General Wolseley says: 81 advanced this
morning before daybreak with the House
hold Cavalry, two horse artillery guns,
thirty mounted infantry, one thousand men
from the York and Lancaster regiments
and marines. After some skirmishing 1
took possession of the dam, which
the enemy had constructed across the canal,
between the villages Of MAGYAR and Mahuta.
During the operations two squsdrons of the
Househ old Cavalry charged the enemy's
broken infantry very gallantIY. soon found
that the enemy were being reinforced from
Tel-el-Kebir. | could see trains arriving. l
thought 1t inconsistent with the traditions of
the Queens army to retire before any num-
Der OF Egyptian troops, and so decided to
hold the ground until reinforcements ar
rived.
GAN day long have had the Egyptian
force of 10000 men with ten guns in nv
front and on my right flank. The precision
Of the enemy's artillery was very good, but
fortunately they fired common shell nearly
all day, and when they did fire shrapnel their
fuses were badly adjusted. The enemy had
their cavalry regiments in line. Our horses
having been recently on board ship were
not In condition to gallop much. The
two horse artillery guns were served with
pluck and ability. Our casualties have
been slight. Capt. Hallam PAIR was wound
ed through the hand. Captain PARIS mount
ed infantry distinguished itself. All the
troops engaged did we'll. Tc morrow (FHi-
day. | shall attack the enemy's petition. |
hope to take possession of the dam, which
they constructed there this morning."
The IiV2S' Constantinople correspondent
says: "The Russian Ambassador is seeking
to obtain from Great Britain promise that
she will submit the final solution of the
Egyptian question to the decision of the
European powers"
A dispatch to Reuters Telegram Com
pany from Port Said says: "OWing to the
fall in the canal at Ismailia the company
has suspended dredging. The English
made reconnaissance on the oath towards
Fort Ghemich, which they found to be still
garrisoned by Arabs. Damietta has been
captured The sanitary agent OF the Eng
g|ish Government, a post official and two
priests were found there. They had been
AOaUCu WIN Cudlub lOT bu6~IdSb SIX W66kb
and subjected to the most terrible cruel
ties"
A dispatch to the Manchester Guardian
from Alexandria says: "The Khedive has
received information that Arab has with
drawn FIVE thousand of his best troops from
Kebir."
The War Office has a telegram from
General Wolseley, dated this evening, say
ing that after the fight Of yesterday the
enemy during the night withdrew from their
entrenched position at Mshalla.
ALEXANDRIA, August 25-The enemy are
pitching a number of tents, variously esti-
mated at from 500 to 1000, in front of their
positions, but this, it is believed, is only
ruse to mask the withdrawing of their
troops 1t is now known that the enemy
are entrenching at Heliopolis, a few miles
east Of Cairo.
1t is rumored that Arab accused M. De
Lesseps Of having deceived him with false
promises, so as to be able to sell the Suez
canal to the English, and that he has set a
price on De Lesseps' head. The British
have occupied Maxsma.