Daily Republican., 1882-08-18
.4lRD EDITION.
TilE WARIN EGYPT.

An Early AIIAck Dy Ses and Land
Intended RelnfOrsoments for she
Flee.-MIsery IN Arabia Camp.
ALEXANDRIA, August U.--General
Sir Garnet Wolseley has decided that
the British advance shall be made from
Aboukir. The troops will embark on
Saturday, and will land and attack the
Aboukir iorts on Sunday. The Khe-
dive to-day visited General Wolseley on
board the despatch boat Salamis, and
remained an hour.
Negotiations are proceeding for the
surrender at Meks of 1000 Bedouins
now with Arab Pasha.
It Is believed in somo quarters that
General Wolspley will make au attack,
possibly on Saturday morning, in two
columns, one along the route of the last
reconn oissance and the other by the
way of Lake Aboukir, taking Arabi at
q point where his right rear rests on the
Mahmoudieh Canal.
There is reason to believe that a
young Italian naval officer, who was re-
ported missing on August 10, ,absconded,
with the intention Of giving Arab
Pasha assistance.
The troop-ship Euphrates, with the
Second Battalion of the Manchester
Regiment and battery of the Royal
Artillery, aud the transport CapeIla,
with the Duke of Teck, have arrived
here.
ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 1.-THE trans.
po~ts Egyptian Monarch and Nevada
have arrived here.
Rennrts continue to assert that a com-
hined land and sea attack on the forts
at Aboukir is imminent According 10
the latest accounts the attack Will Dc
made on Sunday morning.
The Duke OF Connaught will go on
board the transport Orient without de-
lay. ,
been received here stating that the
store ship Ayre left Cyprus to day for
Alexandria, with 100 sailors on board,
to reinforce tho British fleet.
LONDON, Aug. IA despatch from
Alexandria to Reuters Telegram 20.
saws: The First Division, with one regt.
ment from the Second Division, will
embark tomorrow. After the bonn
bardment of the forts at Aboukir, for
which all the men .of-war but two will
be withdrawn from Alexandria, it is
intended TO land the First Division, I'm.
der the personal command OF General
Sir Garnet Wolseley, while the Second
Division, under Major General Sir
Edward Hamley, with Major Generals
II. Wood and Sir A. Alison command
ing brigades. will co operate from Ram.
leh.
PARIS, August 1.-THE following
telegram, dated Ismailia, has been re-
oeived from M. De LessGps:
'The Governor asked me to-day
whether the Egyptians could legally
cut fresh water canals from Cairo to
Ismailia. / replied in the negative.
I shall communicate my opinion, which
has the sanction of legal decision, to
Arab Pasha, who has always scrupu-
lously respected the rights of the Suez
Canal Company" i
LONDON, August 1.-THE Standard
says an experienced military officer OF
standing, who will remain some time in
Zululand as British Resident, will ac'
company Cetewayo on his return, In
order to assist il effecting perfect
understanding with the present chiefs.
MALTA, Aug. 1.-THE transports
Duke of Argyle, with pontoon, telegraph
aud railway companies of engineers,
and Grecian, with battery of artillery,
have arrived here on their way to
Egypt.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Aug 1.-THE Porte
has reiterated its instructions to the
Provincial Governors to take precau.
tions to prevent disorders in their terri
tories.
The Arab Sheikh Obeidiallah, chief
of the Kurd Tribes, has disappeared
The Government IS endeavoring to
ascertain his whereabouts.
LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE News Alex
andria despatch says: The second bat
TALON of the Grenadier Guards, the
first battalion of the : cots Guards, and
the second battalion of the Coldstteam
Guards have been ordered to embark
on board the transports early on Friday
morning.
A naval conncil Of was was held on
Thursday, on board H. NJ. S. Helicon.
ArabitPasha is said to have one
hundred guns in position at Kafr' 'el'
Dwar. The English staff credits him
with eighty at least.
LONDON, August 18.-The Telegraph
has the following dispatch
ALEXANDRIA, August IA deser :
or from Arab Pasha's forces who camt
in here to-day, gives graphic descrip
ton of the misery prevailing in the
latter's camp, where the wounded
crawling about, their sutferings unheed
ed, present a sad picture OF neglect anC
distress. Some of these poor creatures
are said to have been shot by their com
rades to free them from their agony
Many Egyptians have been compelled
against their will, to fight.
Major General Sir Edward Hamley
to-day assumed local command il
Ramieh. Msjor Generals Wood AMI
Allison have taken command of thei
respective brigades.
Colonel Methuen has been appointet
censor of press messages.
ALEXANDRIA, August T.-Arab
Pasha is said to be negotiating for hi
escape in case of need to the residenc
of a fanatical Mahomedan dignitary OF
the borders ofTripoli.
LONDON, August 18.-Tbe Telegraph
correspondent at Alexandria says tba
two 6L ton guns we're mounted With
the British lines at Ramleh On Thurs
day.
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