New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-22
ON THE CANAL
rxc,cpurNr AT SHALUF.

AN ENGAGEMENT AT SHALOf'
THE BRITISH DRIVE THE 49, IONS At rIsNAuIA
pos111oN-coNCFNTRATING IR'or0 a .,,.,.
rur NEWS FROM PORT SAID AND AA"AS'''
DRIA ,4 &c tbcir
pritsb troops drove the enemy out OF ,icir
;,trcnchments at Shaluf, a town on 'ne oueN
Canal. few miles above Suez, on ounoa9'
killing. according to the latest reports SlA'9
eight and capturing sixty-two' "c'l.
oral Wolselev and Admiral Seymour "i'n
mart of the troops, have arriVeu "'
Is,,oiio Arabi Pacha brought several tra'iS'
,r,th troons I'M to within few miles OF 'he
,o.rr hrt soon retired. All is quiet at for'
Sid There was an unmpOrtant sklrnish az
p,mleh Yesterday. The French Government
hos warned NJ. de Lesseps to employ prudence
and circumspection in his language
PRISONERS CAPTURED NEAR SUEZ.
1ovDox. Aug. 21-Admir'l Hewett telegraphed
from Suez at a. N. to-day as follows yesterday
Contain Hastings, IN command OF the seameh anu
oorines of the gnnboats Seagull and Mosquito, as
i.ted lv 900 UighlanderS under Major Kelsey pro-
coded TO Shaluf by way of the maritime canai,
and fonnd 600 of the enemy strongly lntrencheu
blind the station. The English force landed auu
defeated them taking fOrty-iive prisoners small
,,nnon and n quantity of ammunition ana stores
Onr loss was two llighlanders drowned
and two seamen wounded Ihe enemy
IS was about 100 killed and wounded.
The bank of the fresh-waer canal at oha4ui
WAS out bv the enemy but 1t has been repaired 1.
il now guarded. A brigade recOnnotred III iorce "'
the same time aud I'm the same direction
The transport Merton Hall. with the 9TH Bengal
Infantry. has arrived al Suez. The French troop
.lin shamrock entered the canal this morning.
SIFz Aup 2l.-tieneral Macpherson, COMMANDER
,f the Indian contingent, and his sah arrived mere
this morning. , - :...o ,o,,+. Of
The HIgGlanders carried the intrenchments at
shaIuf at the point of tne bay0nct - eu
IoNDON Aug. 22,-Ihe Daily Neics has the IohoW,
ING dispatch from Its correspondent at Suez'
have lust returned from Shaluf, where "llnesscu
Me conclusion of fgh in which 2oO OF our men,
inclndnp HiphlandeTs. Blue-jackets and marines
brilliantly defeated twice their number OF lhe
enemy The fight lasted from ii O'Clock TINS ln0Ih-
ino until nearly o'clock Ill the afternoon Inc
6riug of the Hicblanders was remarkable Ior Co0I-
es and steadiuess The gatlingS in the tops OF tne
ounbOats worked with admirable precision, ana ci1
much execution among the enemy VINO advanced
10 within hundred yards OF the BANK OF the ctlal
The success was all the more brilliant owing 10 the
evtremeIv dIflicult nature of the country, WHICH
ohnuuded Nith low ridges and Waterc0ufses
Iieutenant Lang of the HighlandeTs CALAMITY
crossed the fresh water canal III the lace OF ho'
IRE and brought back boat, thus enaDilng conf
many each of the HighlandeIS and marines 10 cross
and f. ke the enemy on the nght nahk. ne SISlh5
foupht brayely. Their commander was kllied'
Tie DQtLg telegraph has the following deSpaIcna
from Suez: The lnaih body of the Arabs, Z,OOO
strong has gone TO Genefe, taking with IL quanily
oI railway stock An official telegram from IoIU
Sad announces that the Suez Canal Company has
res uned the working OF she canal -,
A further report from Admiral ieWeUO, udtcu
Spez G:lJ D. N. yesterday, makes the ehemys loss
IN the tght at Shaui l6o killed and oz prleoheIs'
TIE latter include n wounded