New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-07
AFTER THE ENGAGEMENT.

AFTER THE ENGAGEMENT.
ALEXANDRIA, Aug6, 10pm'-Ihe vicinity oii''I"
,eh was quiet to-day. No movement OF inc enVn'
was visible. General Alison visited the wouhueu ",
dav and found all but two doing well. tic aduresScu
the marines. praising their gallant conduct
under the heavy fire OF yes'eru"S'
Lieutenant Vyse and the three others VINO "ero
killed Yesterday were buried this afternoon VIZ
military bonors in the English cemetery OUTSIDE 'le
Rosetta Gate General Graham in the steamer C!s-
NET will reconnoire the AbOukir forts on Aionu@S'
The troopship Euphrates has arrived here
To>Doy Aug. 6.-Reuters dispatch from Alex
.cdria saws :. The place of yesterdays engagement
: named Esbet Kurshid. General Alison estimates
tbe enemv,s loss at between 200 and 3oO. Ohe
oficer of tbe Mustaphezin Regiment and fourteen
men were taken prisoners. They state Uhat tho
eneuv's force consisted of battalion OF the "a III
fantrv. regiment 1900 strong aud 300 Oh the
Mustaphezin Regiment, who participated III the
.Jnne massacre The prisoners, In order 10 teSV
Them were offered the option of returning 10 the
onemy,s camp. They all refused to go, saying
that there was great discomfort in Arabl Pachas
camp. They say that Arab sent as prisoners 10
Cairo some officers who had asked what they were
fohting for The prisoners reckon the rebel force
az Kafr-el-Dvar at 10000. The enemys first line
wos not intrcnched but sheltered partly by
brushwood and houses, and partly ny r; paidlo'ueS
erected with carriages taken from A. Alexandria'
LONDON Aug. THE Daily Neics has the 1olloW-
ing dispatch from Alexandria: g. One OF the TWO
attacking trains yesterday had empty trucks In
front 70 test the line The track was found to be
torn up near the junction, and the train had TO stop
to replace the rails More than once ~ was fonGbf de
terninedly Their wounded were carried 10 the Bit
ish rear and carefully attended to. Lieutenant
Vyse fell while gauantly pressing 10 th9 lrone d VI
tbe left wing of the attack. Neither dead men nor
prlsoness were left in the enemy's hands,
Tie Standards dispatch from Alexandria SAYS
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were severed by the, shot which struck
him Comrades carried back the body under
a tremendous fire. two wounded men able 10 Use
rifles covering their retreat Inc ground was
strewn with rifles and accOutrementS OF Ihe ehenS.
Many of the enemy threw themselves t lnI4 'ne
I'' t6ey swan across When the marines
fell back the movement was s'eadly p,IIy car car
dier. When a man fell his next he would cry out
for strecher and stand by with his rifle at the
ready until the wounded man was CARED away
The DaiIy IeIeqlaph has the following dispatch
from AlexarMria: :" Lieutenant Nyse was shot IN
tile left groin and died almost immediately; Hls
servant carried him Oft the ground amidst heayy
fire. When the British hred from Dosn siueS ol Cnp
canal the enemy fell lnto confusion, Wnch
was greatly increased when en- me dnoa IL hlIes mes
oDened fire. Twelve rebels were tound ueau IN tiIo
first line of intTenchments nlne IN the secOnu anu
large number further on One man oil Tue 3otn w was S
nothine had happened to him. The prisoners are
surprised at the kindly trea mont they receive H0
the BRUSH The ambulance steamer worked well"
ACCOUNTS OF THE RECONNAISSANCE.
LONDON, Aug. 6.-The following is General
Alison's report of the reconnaissance yesterday:
Persistent native reports existing during he past few
days that Arab Pacha was retiring from Nan e!-DWar
npou DamanhOur. determined upon reconnaissance
~ ascertain clearly whether Arab still held his original
position st ongi The left eoumn &c 10
at 445 D. H., the advance pckets O1 inc kaIneh
lines moving by both banks OF the lahinoudien Nala
and soon came into action with the enemy, VINO was
strongly posted IN goaP oi pam 1eS a1 Ses e as 6n
ide
Lieutenant Vyse, of the 6Oth, and one soiuer were
nil in the rear upon the the canal among
nigh crops houses and bennd tine irregular banks OI
the this position, also, the enemy were
driven with great loss. accompanied the Ilght column
myself As soon as the enemy oosefVed 1s lucy opoheu
fire with artillery. pushed on as rapidly as possible,
iii | reached a point where the railway approached
nearest TO the MahnOudieh Canal and then opened mus
kerry ire upon the enemy lng INC DAiAs o tne CANAL
Two uine-DOunders dragged 10 the embanklneDt
aud against the enemy guns, the forty
p0under firing over our against a point |
where the eneny's forces were beginning to appear
The canal and followed up by throwing iour companies
still my lett upon tne BANKS OF ana across inc
canal thus attaining the position wished ana forming
Tic eoe,v retiTed slowly before US Tue fire OF their
seven.pOunders cen1meter guns was speedily
Tne oneet of my was attained, and do
terrnned to withdraw. This movement carried out
with the perfect regularity ana precision Inc
troops e Oack Dy alternate conpauieo win the regu-
larity OF field day Every attempt by the enemy
advance crushed by the BEAUTIFUL precision OF the
tOTiypounder ana The steady nrns VI the
The losses of the enemy appear TO nave Dce very great
They dlepirlted that, contrary 10 the usual prac
tce OF Asiaues, tney made no aitept 10 lOow up our
move was all thai could wish i regret TO state that
loss somewhat heavy. Lieutenant Nyse was
promising officers ever mot Our total
loss was four nded and twenty-nine wounded
The official report of Admiral seymour is as fol-
lows;
our force consisted OF 200 Of the Naval Brigade
win one forty -pounder and Two nine-pOunder guns,
under Captain Fisher; thousand marines under
Colonel TusOn; half a battalion Of the 3sth and 46th
Regiments and all Of the Goth Regiment We had skir-
nlsb with the enemy, which 1000 strong with six
rockets from btf-paSt > until half-pas
O'Clock the evening The tOsAl casualties 10 the Naval
Brigade and marines are Two hIlieu ana twenty-five
wounded.
The O5sercer has the following dispatch from
Alexandria Yesterdays engagement is the sub.
iect of general comment here. Ia the opinion of
military men OF hlgn professional experience moth
ing apparently has been gained to compensate for
the heavy loss in killed and wounded An armed
tram started today for Mabala Junction to dis
cover if the rails had again been cut"
THE PORTE AND THE CONFERENCE.
LONDON Aug. 6.-Intelgence has been received
from Consanunople that at the sitting of the Con-
basssdor, accepted the principle Of collective pro-
lection of the Suez Canal. Marquis de Noales, the
French Ambassador, was forced 10 his opin-
ion owing TO the political crisis in Paris. The other
delegates, including the Turkish representatives,
accepted collective protection, with the mOdifca-
tion that there should only be provisional super
vision of the canal Lord Dufierln again insisted
upon the proclamation of Arabi Pacha a rebel.
He pointed out that rumors had spread i'll Egypt