Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-12
THE WHITE FLAG.


l. THE WHITE FLAG.
AxAp1 nsv PAcnA sU1Ke FOR A rkUCl
Surrender Of AIexsndris-Englands Wa
ShIps supposed toHsvelnfiicted 70 Great
Damaee1hs Sitnataon To-day.
| ALEXANDRIA, July IL, 1:30 P. x.-Bul
letin.-A flag of truce il shown from ths
town and , vessel steauing toward tn
fleet is also displaying Gag Of tzuce.
Description Of the Engagement.
LONDON, July 12.-The Times correspon
dent, writing about yesterdays bombard
ment, says The gunboats played an nc
tive part in tho operations. Creeping
close up to the forts and silencisg severa
guns, the Inflexibls made splendid prac
tice firing at a range varying from two
thousand to three thousand yards. Tht
| Temaraire was ashore for some time, but
was floated at 8 O'Clock in tho morning
The guuboat Candor ran within twelve
hundred yards OF the Aarabout forts, a
single shot from which would have sunk
her, and before the signal was giveL to
cease firing she had silenced three great
guns on the fort. Admiral Seymour sig
nailed, We'll done, Candor.'
"a sailor has christened Arab Pasha
| Horrible Pasha.'
"The Superb has two holes in her
side-the deadly effect Of the elsctric
broadsiilss from the ships VhiSh attacked
the Pharos and the Ras.el- Tin forts. The
Infexible being further westward. was
able to she'll the Nexs forts with one tur-
ret, and the Ras-el.Tin forts with the
other. After all of the enemy's guns had
been silenced, the men.of war continued
sholiing the Notifications and used shrap.
mel probably at retreating soldiers"
The situation This Morning.
THE FLEET OFF ALEXANDRIA, July 12.
Late last evening the Monarch and
Penelope went inside the harbOr and fired
a few shots at the forts. The enemy rs.
Piled only by field artillery and it seemed
that the batteries were deserted. At
eight O'Clock this morning the cap
tains had a conference regarding
the operations for to day. After
this the Infexible and Temaraire
opened fire on the Moncrieffe forts which
had been repaired during the night. The
first shots greatly damaged the bat
tories. The harem adjoining the Ras el-
Tin palace and the adjacent rifle tower
continued to burn all night. At ten
o'clock the Mex forts appeared to
be entirely destroyed. The weather had
then become cloudy and the wind rising
caused the ships to roll. The scene to day
at the burial of the sailors killed yesterday
was gloomy one. All the flags were al
half-mast, and the bodies were buried in
the sea.
The Suez Canal Embargo.
LONDON, July 12-11:30 A. MA dis
patch from Suez says: "No merchant
vessels have entered the canal during the
last forty eight hours. All the ships in
cluding the Indian mail steamers remain
in the roadstead. The whole European
population is afloat. The British consul
in pursuance Of Admiral Seymour's in-
structions has hauled down his flag and
gone aboard gun boat"
Protecting tho Telegraph Ship.
LONDON, July 1s-1:3O p. MA dis
patch to the press association says that
Admiral Seymour, considering the position
of the telegraph vessel, Chiltern, insecure,
has ordered man. of-war to cruise around
and protect her.
More Soldiers ON the Way.
LONDON, July 12-1:3O p. ma dis
patch from Malta, dated to-day, says: {:
"The troop ship Orontes has arrived here
with the first battalion of the forty-ninth
regiment"
The Egyptian Loss Very Heavy.
LONDON, July 1850 p. m.-The cor
respondent of tho Times on board tho
Helicon sends the following "The loss
of the Egyptians must be terrible. Num-
bers of shells repeatedly struck the works
just about the guns and threw up vast
columns of yellow dust. 1t was often
thought the guns must have been demo-
ished but they appeared .uninjured when
the smoke had cleared. Tho fun
mel Of the Superb is pierced and
the plate below the foremast
glacis is torn away. One of the bats
of the Intlexible is useless and
the others are badly damaged. The H.
flexible bore the full bru1t Of the fire Of
tho west end OF the Ras- el-Tin for three
and half hours.''
Losses Of tho british.
LONDON, July 12.-Mr. Cambell Ban
herman, financial secretary Of the war,
read in the House of Commons telegram
which says ''The total number of killed
is and wounded %, distributed as fol-
lows Killed-On the Alexandra I, Su-
perb /, Sultan and Inflexible I. Wound
ed-On the Alexandra 3, Superb ], Sultan
2, Invincible 6, Inflexible 2 and Penelope
8. Twelve officers and men landed from
the Inflexible, under cover of the fire of
the Condor and Bittern, and destroyed
with dynamite the heavy guns of Fort
Mex"
Sir hsries Dixie Explains.
LONDON, July 12.-In the House of
Commons this afternoon, Sir Charles
Dixie, under secretary of foreign affairs,
renlvinp tn Sir Henry d. Wolff. said that