The true northerner., 1882-09-15
THE WAR IN EGYPT.

The Anglo-Turkish military convention
has been signed, and the Sultan has issued
his proclamation declaring Arab Pasha
rebel for disobeying the orders of the Khe-
dive, and causing British Intervention
Four thousand additional troops have
been ordered to proceed from Wool
wich to Egypt Alexandria dispatches
OF the 9th inst state that 5000 Arabs
were torsifying Salihiyeh, and numbers Of
Bedouins were prowling on the banks Of
the canals between Ismailia and Port Said.
Victor De Lesseps reports that Gen Wolse-
ley accepted for the Britiah Government the
responsibility for damage TO the traffic Of
the Suez canal
Lord Dufferin is dissatisfied because the
Sultan's proclamation against Arab simply
asserts that he deserves to be declared q
rebel Alexandria dispatches Of the Sth inst.
represent that general movement to the
front of the British forces had been ordered
The army numbered 1900 men, with fifty
guns; Arabi's strength was estimated at
100000 men and 80 cannon, one-half
OF whom were rated as fighting
men British troops at Alexandria burned q
house on the left bank OF the Mahomoudieh
canal, from which the enemy had been sig
nailed with lights Gen Wilkinson with a
body of cavalry and mounted infantry ad-
vanced TO within mile of Tel-el-Kebir and
took sketches of the enemy's position not
being seen until he was retiring. An Egyp-
tian, who murdered two Englishmen at Al
exandria, was hanged by the native police,
In the presence Of hundreds Of spectators.
An Arab mob at Alexandria overpowered
the police in charge Of the corpse of the ma
tive hanged for murder and carried it off, to-
gether with the rope, intending to have the
body embalmed as that of a saint recon
nossance by the British from Kassassin on
fbak u fV..N L.-s,l
shots between the opposing forces The
hhC,live issued stringent orders TO stOp the
torturing and ill-treatment OF prisoners at
Alexandria The fresh-water canal was
cut above Tel-el-Kebir, thus food
ing the low lands in that section
Gen Woiseley arranged with the Water
Company to give Port Said 800 tons or water
daily and furnish Ismailia a sufficient
amount The Colonels OF three English cav
airy regiments We're in the hospital at
Ismailia Arab Pasha was reported to be
suffering from dysentery.
The Khedive has assured the British Con-
sui General at Alexandria that he will stop
keel-hauling and other punishments repug-
nant to modern times Arab Pasha forced
the fighting near Kassassin, where an artille-
~ duel was kept up for two hours along a
hne OF three miles, the Egyptians firing with
grent precision Gen Wofseley telegraphs
that he sustained trifiing loss aud captured
four guns The enemy retired to their works.
The Egyptians left 20O dead on the field
Great difficulties are experienced by the
English troops while on the march from ex-
cessive heat A large body of Bedouins ap-
preached Meks The English shelled them,
but small party succeeded i'm entering.
They were dislodged at the point OF the
bayonet The British shelled the Bedouns'
intrenchments south of Meks The out
posts Mt Ramleh were beng generally
strengthened, owing TO the activity OF the
Bedouins between Ramleh and Mandara