Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1882-09-07
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at i:lO o'clock this morning as Follows:
/" 1 have Just received news from the front
that General Graham was heaviIs attacked last
evening by q large force of Egyptians. British
cavalry from Mahsameh went to his assist
anee, and he has had a brilliant success, tax
ing eleven guns. Only q few British soldiers
were killed, but over 100 were wounded. am
Just about to proceed TO the front. .
An lsmailia dispatch Of the 18th gives the
following account OF the lighting;
, When morning came great excitement PEE
vailed in our camp at Kassassin In conse-
quence of the Egyptians showing themselves
in considerable force in various directions.
General Graham presently sent Major Hart,
with an escort of mounted infantry under
command, of Lieutenant Pigott, to ascertain
the strength and exact position of the enemy.
Major Hart proceeded in the direction of Tel
elKehir, and had gene. fDrz ard t'EQ miles
when the enemy opened fre with two guns.
Lieutenant Pigott dismounted his men and re-
turned the fire briskly, his men holding their
ground well for some dime, though eventually
they were Obliged to retire upon our camp
At ten o'clock 1000 Bedouins appeared on
cur right and front, extending two
miles, but, on the guns opening hre
on them, they retired. About three O'Clock
their infantry advanced in open order upon
our left, bringing up several guns, which they
placed at "a short distances from each other,
and presently showed several pieces OF artil-
lery ON our right. Our gains opened fire and 4
our men turned out to face the attack. The
fight now waxed warm, and during the whole
afternoon the gallant little garrison made q
good defense Meanwhile the cavalry, which
was five miles In our rear had been twice sig
nailed bylGenerah Graham TO support him, and
had advanced almost to our position withouE
encountering the enemy. BY 1880 p. m. the
whole force, consisting OF the First and
Second Life Guards, the Horse Guards, the
Seventh Dragons, part of the Fourth
Dragons, and the Nineteenth Hussars, with
four guns, set out to succor the troops
at Kassassin. The. march had to. be
made very cautiously. The moon was rising,
and showed the little army of horsemen to
strange advantage as they passed over the
shining ground, the clanking of their swords
swelling musically through the air. Colonel
| Stewart, vino directed the course of the brig
ade, disposed of his men so excellently that
he was able to pilot them safely to the point of
contact without coming under the fire of the
| guns which were then pounding the Kassassin
camp. He led the way along the ridge with
| the idea of outiankng the enemy and turning
his position. Colonel Russell brought his men
over four miles of heavy ground, so that by
nine O'clock, when they silently halted on the
staY-line they found themselves so close to the
Egyptians that the shells went over their heads
in quick succession, landing nearly half
a mile in their rear. From the position
/ the cavalry had now gained they could see the
enemy close on the horizon in very large NUM-
bers, -Whereupon Colonel Russell dismounted
| his cavalry and ordered them to open sharp
/ musketry fire, but they found that the enemy
was closer than they had anticipated. Then
Major-General Lowe dashed up and gave the
| words of command to . Mount Form in
! line" and Charge" Scarcely had the words
| been uttered when the Household Cavalry and
| dragons rapidly obeYed the order, and with
| suppressed but ominous murmurs swept on to
! meet the foe with drawn sabers and stern de-
/ termination. In q very few moments the
| horsemen a charged the enemy with great
/ bravery, and our guns having by this time
ceased firing, mingled with the Egyptians and
cut them up seriously. A general rout
hereupon ensued, Arabfs artiiierymen
getting their guns away, while his
infantry fell into a disordered mass upon
the banks of the canal. A few dashed into
the water to save themselves It would be
difficult to imagine a more complete success
than was now SEEM The bravery of the cav.
airy in thus grandly charging a blind position.
the strength of which it was impossible to tell,
They fell back rapidly, nor is this to be won
dered at when the race between the various
, regiments of English cavalry is considered. in
which the Seventh Dragon Guards exerted
themselves beyond description to be first, ply
, ing their saber5 with considerable alacrity. u
In this way our position at Kassassin wac
relieved. We now command the country lead
ing to TeleLKebir. m s3
I About ten o'clock the cavalry came in in
high spirits over their brilliant achievement.
Many were missing in the darkness, but they
! will no doubt turn up in the morning. aI
.- rm IsNAILIA, August 30.
Tho official report of General Lowe regard.
] ing the action of the cavalry at Kassassin CON
firms the details already printed. He says that
after the charge the ground was strewn with
the bodies of dead Egyptian infantry.
q A correspondent describes the scene of the
cavalry charge at Kassassin Lock as follows:
st found two acres thickIy strewn with corpses
> of the enemy. Some-of our cavalry were still
seeking our dead and wounded. Two dead Life
Guardsmen were SO mutilated that they were
quite unacceptable. Their faces were horrf-
bly, gashed. One of the men had one hand
: completely severed from the arm and the
other hand nearly so, and one of the
. eyes was scooped from the socket The hands
of another body were just hanging to the
= wrists by pieces of flesh and some sinews. a
wounded guardsman relates that, ia the
charge, his horse was shot, and, in falling,
broke the riders thigh. While lying on the
{ field he saw Egyptian soldiers ride by. He
called for help. Whereupon an Egyptian rode
up and sabered the guardsman's face from
temple to chin. The man is now, however,
doing well The enemy's loss must have been
at least 400" .rt
Itbas been learned from the prisoners that
Arab Pasha was present at the action Mon
day, but did not take command.
The troops which attacked our forces did not
I come from Kafr-e[Dwar, but from Tel-el-
Kebir. They were strengthened by the First
Regiment Of the Guards, consisting of three
strong battalons. from Cairo.
our horses suffered severely from hard
work and heat. Cairo II entirely denuded Of
troops.
MAHsAAIEH, August so.
Il In the fight at Kassassin a majority Of the
Egyptian infantry fell on their faces to avoid
being sisshed by the Life-Guards' swords.
Many thus escaped vino would otherwise have
been struck down. The corpses of the Egyp-
fians were spread over mile and a half of
ground An officer who was present says the
cavalry charge was ordered for the purpose of
saving the position, as the ammunition had
run short 1hu s ~ 1
Communication has been established TO Ma
> huta by telegraph, AMI thence TO the advanced
front by helioscope.
A correspondents who went over the ground
Il to-day "wednesday says: 1.-THE scene was hor-
ribIe beyond description. The bodies of the
Egyptian soldiers were hacked and slashed al
/ most out of semblance to humanity by the
long broadswords OF the guards. One young.
offcer still held an unlighted cigarette in his
stfened fingers. Two Of our guarlsmen lie
4 dead in tent at Kassassin mutilated "a such
manner as will bring everlasting infanIy upon