The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-09-20
wR EGYrrIAN.wAR

The British attacked the Egyptians
near Telel-Kebir on the 18th, with a force of
Il, 900 men, and captured all of Arabi's works
andcamps The enemy's loss is estimated at
1900 killed, and that of the British 200. Arabfs
forces retreated in the direction of Zagazig.
GENERAL WooD telegraphed from
Alexandria on the 14th as follows: "An off,.
Ger from Kafr-el-Dwar has brought letter
saying that all the military chiefs wish to sub
init to the Khedive: They have given orders
to open the canadian and ask me TO reopen
the telegraph. They state that the army has
stopped all hostilfties." The loss of the Brit
ish is about $50, including ffty-four killed,
captured at Tel-el-Kebir. The condition of
the surrender was not known.
A CoNsTANrINoPLE dispatch of the
18th says that the Sultan telegraphed General
wolseley, offering congratulations -on the
splendid victory and requesting him, now that
the neck of :he rebellion was broken, to stop
the march of his army into the interior. GEN
eral Wolseley in reply referred the Sultan to
London for a response to his request.
AN Alexandria dispatch of the 18th
says that General Wolse.ey was enthusiastic
cally received on his entry into Cairo. The
natives We'd with Europeans in extending q
| being Honized and felt happy at the prospect
| of an early return to their homes. Arab was
arrested by the police and placed in the Cita-
| del The entire fleet at Port Said has been
ordered to Alexandra, to which place the
base of supplies will soon be removed.
| GENERAL WoLsELEY sent the follow
] ing dispatch from Cairo to the War Office. at
London, on the 18th: The war is over. Send
no more men from England have been re-
1 ceived here with open arms by all classes. The
/ soldiers are glad to return to their homes. Our
| cavalry did extremely well in the long forced
march on the 14th."
DISPATCHES from Alexandria on the
| 18th say the Khedive had received letter
| from Arab Pasha asking pardon. The arrest
/ of Nahmoud and Sahmy Pashas and Seuliman
| Bey were ordered, but they had escaped TO
| Upper Egypt.
| DISPATCHES from Constantinople on
the 10Th stats that the impression prevailed in
official circles there that the Anglo-Turkish
military convention would not be signed.
| Nevertheless Cabinet council was held on
| the afternoon of that date, at which Said
Pasha was instructed to address fresh concil-
iatory communications to Lord Dufferin.
! AN Alexandria dispatch of the 10th
stated that the Khedive had been informed that
the commander at Damietta had refused to
| surrender. He had 5000 black troops under
| his command. Hassan Pasha Cheref. Arabi's
| Minister Of Pious Foundations, and Kiami
Pasha, were arrested at Alexandria and Nah
mond Pasha Baroudi at Cairo.
THE London Tsnaesin leading article
on the 10th says: .Tf the lives of Arab Pashs
and his immediate followers are spared these
men must be put at once for all out of the
way of doing further harm. They can't b<
permitted to retire to Constantnople to be-
come the center of impalpable intrigues. Tc
| restore the authority OF the Khedive, the army
must be disbauded and reDlaced bv penfiaru1-
aries sufficient to maintain civil order. Il
i troops are needed to defend distant frontiers
it is sufficient to maintain them on the frontier
i and not keep them at Cairo.n