The daily gazette., 1882-08-31
MORE HARD FIGHTINl
THE BRITISH FORCES Still
ADVANCING.
THE LATEST NEWS FROM EGYP1
Further Particulars of the Fight on MOD
day-Cherif Pasha's Circular Respect
ing the Immense Influx Of People.

| ALEXANDRIA, August 30.-A dispatc'
from Ismailia, says : " We have now nearl
established our line of communication wifi
| Tel-el-Kebir. A railway along the route
nearly completed and several trains hav
already been sent forward. General WOls1
ley and his entire army have been marchinI
to the 'front.'" 1t is believed that Araf
fasha had brought up his infantry by trail
from Kafr-el-Dwar for the attack on tn
British at Cassassin Lock. General Wolse
ley telegraphs from the cavalry HEADQUARTERS
at Masameh camp on Tuesday that only TIL
Household Cavalry and the Seventh Dragon
Guards were seriously engaged in the figh
at Kassassin Lock on Monday evening
The former had three troopers killed and
eight wounded. Major Townshend received
sabre cut on his wrist The Guards had
two troopers wounded.
The British artillery fire was most effec-
tive and prevented the enemy from advance
ing In close order, as they apparently
first intended. The loose formation of the
enemy gave an opportunity to the cavalry
The LifeGuards caused fearful havoc among
scattered fugitives. A train of wounded
British is now on its way to Ismailia. The
British are advancing in full force toward
kassassin. 1t is stated that Arab Pasha IL
strongly fortifying his position at .Daman-
hour. All was quiet at Cairo up to the Goth
instant.
General Hamley and the brigade of the
Highlanders under General Alison en-
barked- on four transports, including the
Iberia, France and Lusitana. The British
authorities state that their destination is
lsmailia. The Highland brigade will start
tomorrow. General Sir Evelyn Wood has
assumed the chief command of the troopsin
Alexandria and vicinity. A Greek merchant
air ON ha
that Arab Pasha, Ali Fehmy and number
of troops from Kafr-el-Dwar were at Tel-el-
kebir when he passed there.
oHERIF PAsHA's CIRCULAR.
Cherif Pasha, the new President Of the
Council, has issued circular drawing the
attention of the foreign Consuls here to the
immense influx of low class population. He
says that in consequence of the scarcity of
water and the lack of employment steps
must be taken in order that the public
security shall not be imperiled by an Influx
Of people. Therefore persons having no
fixed occupation or visible means of sub
sistence will not be allowed to land.
A dispatch to-day from Ismailia says ::
''The British did not anticipate the recent
attack. The result shows that we are ready
Tor anything. 1t is reported that the enemy
hed to Tel-el-Kebir. Our positions remain
advanced few miles on the extreme right" !"
lsMAILIA, August 30.-5 p. m.-The
official report of General Lowe regarding
the action of the cavalry at Kassassin con-
firms the details already printed. He says
after the charge the ground was strewn with
the bodies of dead Egyptian infantry. After
praising the gallantry of the Household
Cavalry, General Lowe adds that their ex-
cellent behavior is at all times on a par with
it. General Wolseley states that the enemy
are now throwing up works in front Of
Kassassin.
GENERAL WALLACE AND THE SULTAN.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, August 30.-General
Wallace, the United States Minister, had an
audience with the Sultan to-day to com
municate the reply of his government to his
reports concerning previous conversations
he has had with the Sultan.
LONDON, August 30.-An important or
der was received at Woolwich to day to for
ward to Egypt at once a formidable light
siege train. 1t will weigh with equipments
1000 tons and will require l ,136 officers and
men. The ordnance will consist of SO
pieces of artillery of various calibres, includ-
ing 10 40-pounders and 10 25. Founders.
dispatch to the NeaOs from Alexandria
says $50 marines from the Invincible and
lnconstant will land there on Thursday to
assist the garrison. Mahmomd Fehuy will
arrive in Alexandria Thursday and be
handed over to the Khedive, to be dealt with
Is the ministers decide.
The correspondent of the Ne,CS telegraphs
from Ismailia as follows 81 rode over the
scene of the cavalry charge at Kassassin
Lock. l found two acres thickly strewn +
with corpses of the enemy. Some of our
cavalry were still seeking our dead and
Two dead Life Guardsmen were
so mutilated that they were quite un-
Their faces were horribly
gashed. One of the men had one hand
severed from the arm and the
other hand nearly so, and one of his eyes
was scooped from the socket.
The hands OF another body were Just hang
ing to the wrists by pieces of flesh and some
sinews. A wounded Guardsman related
that in the charge his horse was shot and
IN falling broke the riders thigh. While
ying on the field he saw Egyptian soldiers
ide by. He called for help, whereupon an
Egyptian rode up and sabred the Guards
mans face from temple to chin. The man
s now, however, doing well. The enemy's
oss must have been at least 400."
PORT SAID, August 30.-Europeans who
nave arrived here from Cairo, under escort,
oy the way of Damietta, announce that
wing to the energy of the Prefect of Police
It Cairo Europeans are not molested. A
trenchman named De Marams was mur-
Tered by his servants last Friday and was
,uried on Saturday under police protection.
The Arabs continue to strengthen the de-
enses at Fort Ghemileh