Daily Republican., 1882-08-07
4 FIGHT AT LAST.
/. uR,rIsH MAKE a sTR0HG G
~ BE- BE- nsoTSsANOE AND LOSE
REUOTlR rHIlR SOLDIERS.

hO"UR TOUR SOLDIERS
Argust 6.-British troop
OSD9N,, with Arab Pasha's ad
sE,d sEnard last evening. The nd
90 lssS gud ordered as q reconnaissance
90 WIZ si.Cover C how the enemy wa
to olSOVG III General Allison telegraph
sncGisIu,o I.aiIs Of the fight in this way:
d,atsnt detal,t M native reports existinl
Persis.0nss nsst few days that Arab
ing tDs ~ lpstiriug from Kafr-ed- Dowai
p Dsn ,uasncs to ascertain clearll
s ISrsbi still held his originaI
ther .tnaonVIy, n The left column com
ced uoa " UiCkets of the Ramleh
aoVSuiEU aSSiHu by both banks of the
4, muv m,I,aS Canal, and soon came into
mOub nth the enemy, who was
on :, nMostsl M in o group of palm trees
pgly !. tam tam aide and in strong de-
W. " S'IS SCnees and gardens on the
side. These positions were car
..,, ,,ue Lieutenant Vyse, of the
IN S' and one soldier wore killed.
SSS' Sns1oy then took a second position
Omy lila in the rear, upon the east
lt " the canal, among high crops
Va VA and hehind the irregular
l. nOS Of he canal. From here, also,
- ESau,v w. we're driven with great loss.
SOm napied the right column myself.
o"u @ ~ the enemy observed US they
gsd % frs RI with artillery. | pushed on
n;dIv as possible till l reached a
where The railway approached
sot Msbmoudieh Canal and then
Ssd % muSkotry fire upon the enemy
tbe banks of the canal.
Nv threw forward two companies
,Trrv house near the canal and
,Wed up by thro wing four companies
more to my left on the banks OF
across the canal, thus attaining the
tion | wished and forming q diago'
iIne scross both the canal and rail-
q. Tbs enemy retired slowly before
The ire of their 7.pounders and g.
metre guns was speedily got under
bur artillery.
THE TROOPS FALLING BACK
bs object of my reconnaissance
attained and / determined to with
This movement was carried out
the most perfect regularity. The
n fell back by alternate companies
the regularity OF u field day.
N attempt by the enemy To advance
crushed by the beautiful precision
10 forty. FOUNDER and the steady 6r-
DftLe nine Founders. The losses of
enemy appear to have been very
/, They were so dispirited that,
rary to the usual practice of Asia
they made no attempt to follow up
withdrawal. As rec NnnoisSance
success OF our move was all l could
!. l regret to state that our loss
somewhat heavy. Lieutenant Vyse
one Of the most promising officers
Ter met, Our total loss was four
ID and twenty. nine wounded"
be official report of Admiral Sey-
n concerning the announcement
the enemy at Mahalla Junction
Saturday Is as follows:
Dur force consisted of two hundred
Of the naval brigade, with one
-pounder and two nine FOUNDER
under Captain Fisher; q thousand
lnsrs under Colonel Tuson; half q
AliOu Of the Thirty. eighth and
g9ixth Regiments aud all of the
Ieth Regiment. We had q skir-
with the enemy, which was two
sand strong, with BLK guns and six
sts from half.past five until half.
seven o'clock in the evening. The
casualties to the naval brigade
marines are two killed and twenty.
wounded"
Y observer has the following dis
B from Alexandria, dated today:
tsrday'S engagement was the sub.
p general comment here. In the i
ION OF military men of high profes. I
experience nothing apparently =!
peen gained to compensate for the {
Y losS in killed ana wounded. AMI
y Train started to-day for Mahal!a {
cut"
brS LOSS OVER TWO HUNDRED. &
piers Telegram Company has !
Pl0oWlng dispatch from Alexandria
place OF yesterdays engagement :
Aned Eabet Kurshed. General y
oO estimates the enemy's loss at :
|sen ZO0 and 300. One officer of :,
tusRpRsztn regiment and fourteen Il
wen were taken prisoners.
Y state that the enemy's force
s. Seo Ola battalion of the Second
paH aregiment, twelve hundred L
and nine hundred of the Musta. tt
Y regiment, who parti icipated in b
" Sae massacres. The vicinity of
~ oa. was quiet to-day. No move n
,D Mlle enemy was visible. Gener- A
Tsun " visited the wounded to-day N
puna .aag all but two doing we'll. He to
s0u The marines, praising their a.
|SOsa. ESsunde[ e. the heavy FIRE yesterday. d
ousnt vyse and the three others W
Eets s.,s Killed were buried this after. W
w. Im.'n military honors. Genera IL
ro;. n.y., IN the steamer Cygnet, will
IVItre TI the AbOuhir fors on Mon al
Il Ihs ne troop.ship Euphrates has 81
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