The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-25
THE WAR sIN.EGY:PE''T,I'..s i :E'',I Y. I

THE WAR sINEGYPT.
AaAsps LETTER TO GLADSTONE, NJ.
Ia which lie Declares that the Koran Comma aads
Him to Fight Whsn Ihsland Opens III. Blli. Y
" .SilgAt SilrmlshisE Z Ie,tsrday- 1As & .:3
Dl,po.itiOa OF tAr,hls Poress.
LONDON, July e4.-The infantry for Egypt
embark on the 4th Of August, and ! The
cavalry on the 9th and sail direct for Alex,
andria. Arabi Pasha wrote the following
le1e: to Gladstone a few days before the
bombardment, but Gladstone did not re.
ceive it until after the bombardmen,:i
"The Koran commands lis 10 resist II war
is wased against us, hence England may,
rest assured that the first gun the fires in
Egypt will absolve Egyptians from MI
treaties. The control will cease, the pro-
perty Of Europeans will be conllscated, tho /
canals destroyed and Icliad be preached
in Syria Arabia and India. The first blow;
with which England strikes Egypt will
cause blood to flow through Asia and
Africa, the responsibility for which will be on
the head Of England. Egypt Is still ready
to be fast friends with England and keep
her road to India, but she must keep within
the limits OF her jurisdiction. Finally.
England may rest assured we arc deter.
mined to die for our country
ALEXANDRIA, July 24.-l2:l5 r. r.M.-The
Sixtieth regiment marched to occupy RAM
leh this morning. a skirinish Is now pros
ceeding. No particulars. t.t5s4;.g q
Tho Thiny.fifth infantry has been or;
dered to support the Sixtieth, The Sbulk
OF Arabi Pasha's infantry is reported TO ba
concentrated Mt Damretta, the troops ut
kafr.El.Dwar being chiefly artillery and
cavalry. The inspector OF the Cadastral
survey has arrived from the interior. Heg
reports the total force OF the rebels nearly
hundred thousand. He says volunteer
cavalry regiment is forming to attack Alex
andria. 'sTfisl5 g.i!s!ssSS 4
The rifles and mounted Infantry occupied
Ramleh early, this morning. They sta:
toned one ga,ling and one field gun at the
bridge over the canal. The eneny's 3tav.S
airy appeared and galloped boldly ali ng3
tue railway mt 800 yards range, but fle u
upon avolley being fired. Alter a sho +
time they reappeared with two guns, wi Ii.
which they opened fire Intellectually on the!
British, who took TO cover. by nine o'clock,
the firing had ceased, but the enemy is e,-,g
pected to reappear with reinforcements. e z
| Arabi Pasha occupies an extende line
frolD.Slsretis to Aboukir. His force is es-l
timated at 1000. The skirmish lasted an
hour; one or two English were hit; several
Egyptians were seen to fall. y {.
$40 r. N.-The fighting is finished. The
casualties were insignificant. The British
troops remain in occupation at Ramleh:
Crowley, one OF the English engineers, re-
ported massacred at Tantah, arrived here
The commander OF the fort Mt A Abosakir,
though flying flag OF truce, has refused to
allow any Erglishment 10 enter the fort. He
is probably really holding the fort in tho
interest Of Arab Pasha. ~ e
Two Of thedeputation appointed by, the
notnbles arrived here They report that
Aribi Pasha, on learning Of the despatch
OF troops from India to Egypt, sent a re-
enforcement OF nine thousand men 10 Cairo,
The rebels are distributed Ms iollows:i Il
One division on the outskirts OF Cairo, twOi
regiments in Cairo, two divisions at Kafr-i
el.Dwar, 5000 infantry Mt Rosetta and 7 1000
at Damietta. Each division consists 2of
four regiments OF infantry OF 40 men; to
each, two regiments Of cavalry. of 500 men.
each, one regiment OF artillery OF 700 mem
and thirty,six guns. -; ;,5ss IS
-Four thousand civilians we're taken from.
necessary works on the Nile to entrcnch at
Kalfred Dowar. Arabi Paslii holds a bat
talon and battery and two squadrons in
readiness to check any British advance
The British brought sixty persons from;
Ramleh to-day. The occupying force is en-
trenching at Ramleh. The British cut the
Turkish telegraph wire to Stamboul. There!
nre now here ten English, two Austrian, I
one American, one German, one Russian, I
one Greek and three Italian men-of.war.
\ Turkish corvette arrived to-day, 55!23;;ES 52;ES
LoSnoS, July 2i.-The Daily Tel<TaphS
has the following dispatch:
ALEXANDRIA, July 24.-The Egyptian
projectiles burst too high to do any damage
during the skirmish to-day. In conse-s
Quence OF this fact the British escaped
heavy loss. The Egyptians advanced bold
ly but without judgment, rs they might
easily have captured all the mounted In
fantry. s:ts5
LoSDos. July 4.-The Daily Neus has;
the following: .'.it = ;':ssst Z
ALExASDRIA, July 24.-All male. cart !
drivers engaged by the Commissariat de- !
serted to Arab. The Khedive believes by
liberal payment the services OF the Be-
douins might be secured to insure the safety
OF the Suez Canal. ~ \,
The British Consul Informed the Khe-y
dive that England has reorgauized his I
present ministry, and urged him to ap-a
point successor to Arabi Pasha. III