The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-22
THE EGYPTIAN WAR.
Gen. WGlseley Says 1t Is Practi-
cally Over.
Brilliant Victory at Tel-el-Kebir---
Arab Captured.

Wednesday, the 18th OF September. was q
great day for the British army in Egypt
Gen Wolseley, at day break, advanced upon
Tel-el-Keber, the Egyptians opening fire
when the British were one mile distant
The place was captured by a charge, the
struggle lasting only twenty minutes The
loss or Arab Pasha IL estimated at :, 600 men,
beside forty guns and 200 prisoners The
number killed on the British side was about
900 Arab is said 10 have escaped on
horseback TO Zagazig. while his men
fled toward the desert holly pursued
by the Indian cavalry on the south and the
British cavalry on the north. The Egyptian
regiments are credited with cowardly beha-
vior, while the black troops from the Soudan
fought bravely, and the rebel artillery was
well served The KhedHve's band headed "a
procession ut Alexandria which INDUCED in
n jubilee over the victory of the British.
Gen Mcpherson pushed forward and occu-
pied Zagazig, capturing FIVE railway
trains. Dispatches from Tel-el-Keber give
the following particulars of the battle: "The
rebels discovered our men when about
mile from their works. and opened a heavy
rife fire. Our men paused for moment on
the line of the sand hills, and then, with
gallant rush, they were among the rebels
Acting on Gen Wolseley's orders they re-
served their fire and went In with the bayo-
net The slaughter for a time was very
great. The rebels could not stand it, and
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final rush was made over distance
of 200 yards, the men skirmishing and seek
ing cover until they reached this point Sew
eral thousand Egyptians were taken prison.
ers. Our own loss up TO this time | should
compute at 200 killed The following Off
GERS fell: British officers killed-Mai Col
vile, of the Seventy fourth Highlanders;
Lieut. Somervell, Seventy fourth Highland
ers. British officers wounded Col Hutchinson,
of the Forty sixth regiment; Capt Kephel,
of the Seventy fourth Highlanders; Capt
Cumberland of the Seventy fourth High
landers; Lieut. Wildwood, of the Seventy
fourth Highlanders; Lieut. Gordon Cary, of
the Seventy fourth Highlanders Lieut..
Gordon in the melee killed three Egyptian
officers with his claymore
The English advance guard reached Cairo
on the evening of the 18th inst, by rail, and
at once took possession of the city Arabs
were scattered in all directions over
the deserts, and were coming forward as
fast a. possible with offers To surrender.
Arab himself was virtually prisoner in
Cairo, where, on his arrival after the disaster
of Tel-el-Kebir, he was greeted with stones
by the same populace that would have hailed
him as the dellverer of Egypt and the
conquerer of her foes had the
tide of battle turned the other
way. 1t was stated that he
would be held by the local authorities sub
iect TO the Demands OF the Khedive and his
English allies The Sultan telegraphed Gen.
Wolseley his congratulations, at the same
time preferring request thatthc march OF
the British any further into the interior OF
Egypt be stopped To this cool proposition
Gen. Wolseley returned n brief reply refer
ring the Sultan TO the British Government
in London but at the same time
ordering his forces onward TO Cairo.
Numerous delegations arrived at Alexandria
to express the loyalty and submissiveness OF
the people TO the Khedive The rebel force
at Tel-el-Ke comprised 1900 regulars, u,
600 Bedouins, and 1900 volupte ers The
British loss was fifty four killed and $50
wounded The following account of the bat
tie at Tel-el-Kebir was tele-
graphed by cable to the New
York Herald: "The attack began ON
the left Nothing could be imagined finer
than the advance of the Highland brigade.
The Fourteenth were next the canal Next
were the Cameronians,. and the Gordon High
lnnders continued the line, with the Black
Watch upon their flank The Forty sixth
and Sixtieth regiments formed q second line.
Swiftly and silently the Highlanders moved
forward to the attack. No word was spoken,
no shot fired, until within 800 yards of the
enemy's earthworks, nor up to that time did
any sound in the Egyptian lines betoken
that they were aware ~ the presence or
their assailants Then suddenly a terrific
fire flashed along the line of sand-heaps,
storm of bullets whizzed over the heads of
the advancing troops, wild cheer broke
from the Highlanders, and in response the
pipes struck shrilly up bayonets were liked,
and at doublequick time they dashed for
ward The first line of intrenchments
was carried, the enemy scarcely offer
ing any resistance. But from anoth-
cr line of intrenchments, behind
which in the still dim light one could scarce
ly see, burst of musketry broke out For
few minutes the Highlanders poured in
heavy fire, but it was probably "a innocuous
as that of the unseen enemy whose bullets
whisted harmlessly overhead. The delay in
the advance was but short Then the order
was given, and the brigade again went rap
idly forward Soon portion of the force
had passed between the enemy's redoubts
and opened a thanking fire. This was
too much for the Egyptians, who took
to their heels and fairly ran, suffering, as the
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 theii right. For time they
kept up a steady fire. The Royal Irish
were sent to turn the enemy's left At
the word they dashed at the trenches and
carried them at the bayonet's point, 30 turn
ing the flank of the defenders of the posi-
ton Next came the Eighty eighth regiment,
then the Eighty fourth, the Guards being