The National tribune., 1882-07-22
THE WAR In EGYPT.
ARIBI PACHA'S FORCES ROUTED BY
BRITISH TROOPS.
Great Portion OF the City Of Alexandria Destroyed
by Fire-Pilagers Shot and Flosged-Atro-
cious BruiaIites Practiced by the
Insurgents-Attitude Of the
Great Powers.

AnMeXInla ana 4tiutldAlts cAA -AAS-A'''iNAA' -
Egy,x. opened fire on Moncriefe Fort ON the
morning Of the 18th instant flag of truce
being shawn from the town the bombardment
ceased at I a. N. During the day large fires
broke out in Alexandria, one seeming to be IN
the neighborhood of the British consulate. IL
was ascertained that the Khedive was safe, he
having taken refuge on a Turkish gunDoaV
before the bombardment. The following was
signalled by the Temeraire during the day :
"The body Of men we saw working the hospitai
battery dispersed after cur last shrapneI was
fired. They took refuge in classmates close
bv. Wgsaw about 100 men, armed with rifles
running toward the Lighthouse Tort AneS
carried bags. We saw also an Egyptian general
apparently Arab Pacha, surrounded oy hlS
staff" Two IS-ton guns on the Alexandra
were disabled, shot having passed through the
portfolios.
WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER OF CHRISTIANS.
dispatch from Alexandria, dated the 18th
instant. says: The Khedive and Dervlsh
Pacha left RamIeh this afternoon and drove
through Alexandria with their suites.
The correspondent Of the London Standard
o. board the Invincible telegraphed as follows
a, D. m. July ID: After daybreak this
morning a number of persons were seen on the
edge Of the water of the harbor; glasses showed
them to be Europeans. Boats were at once
lowered and crews armed to the teeth started
forthe shore They found about one hundred
Europeans. many of them wounded, who had
gathered in the Anglo-Egyptian bank and had
resisted desperately. They had maintained
themselves there throughout the night To-
ward daylight their assailants drew off and
the party made their way to the shore They
reported that Arab Pacha, before he left with
his troops, had the prison opened, and that the
convicts, joined by the lower classes and some
Bedouins, proceeded to sack the city and
KILL EVERY CHRISTIAN
they could find and set the European quarter
on fire From the part they were defending
the Europeans could hear shrieks and cries and
the reports of pistols and guns. Scores of fugi-
tives were cut down or beaten to death II their
sight. The European quarter of
THE CITY IS IN FLAMES,
and the Great Square is mass of smoking
ruins. All the public buildings are destroyed,
and nothing European seems to hsve escaped
the rage of the fanatics. Several shells have
been fired within the last two hours into that
portion of the city where the cOnhagratiOn
broke out in hopes that they may scare pill
layers. That many pillagers remain is evident
by the fact that several fresh fires have broken
out in the last three hours.
A BRITISH GUNBoAT IS LYING
close to Ramleh. Two ironclads are cruising
near and viii fire upon any men approaching
the palace. An officer just returned from the
Chiffon reports the scene of carnage on shore
appalling The town for some hours after the
troops left was a veritable pandemonium.
THE EVACUATION OF ALEXANDRIA.
Theevacuation of Alexandria, discovered yes
terday morning as an undoubted fact, and which
took place under protection OF flag of truce,
rendered any further bombardment unneces-
sary. The use made of the flag of truce is
considered disgraceful. The ships have finished
their work, and land forces must now do what
they can to supplement- it. Admiral Seymour
to-day landed 40 marines and $50 sailors. 1t
is suspected that the town and forts are mined.
The English church in Alexandria is said to
have been destroyed by q chance shell during
the bombardment.
The English government is making arrange
ments to lay temporary railway for the con-
veyance of troops into the interior of Egypt
should it become necessary. The direction
taken by the demoraized and Tetreating
Egyptians is not positively known. Conflict
ing reports place them on the diverging rOals
leading. one northeast TO Rosetta, forty miles,
and the other southeast to Damanhoa thirty
eight miles distant. Another report says that
Arab Pacha had gone to KefreldewaT, about
am hours Journey from Alexandria, where he
is reported to be entrenching. The troops
have blown up the railway between himself
and Alexandria. Gen. Stone, the American,
formerly a great friend Of Arab Pacha, escaped
with the Khediye, but he left his family at
Cairo.
A GALLANT DEED.
A gunner on board the Alexandra performed
a gallant deed 4 lighted shell fell upon the
main deck Thegunnerp picked upand amers-
ed the burning fuse in a bucket Of water. This
is described as a wonderful piece Of devotion
more gallant than anything of the sort ever
before chronicled. The gunner viii be rec
9mmended for the Victoria cross. The Khe-
dives private secretary says that on the morn
ing after the bombardment Arab Pacha
suddenly ordered a detachment Of soldiers to
aIrround the Ramleh palace where the Khe-
dive and Dervisch Pacha were awaiting the
isue of events. Arab Pacha first declared
Tat the soldiers were only meant for the pro-
tction Of the KhediTe, but at the last moment
l. actually told the men TO kill the Khedive.
The soldiers, however, hearing the English
aproaching deserted their posts everywhere
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