The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-08-24
ARRAH BE BEY.
Port Said and Ismailia Occupied
by the British.
Egyptian Troops Disarmed and Officers
Held as Prisoners - War
News Galore.

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this morning by English forces. AT
2:30 this afternoon earthwOrks had been
| thrown up between the European and
| Arab quarter of the town. Seventeen
| transports and five men of war are at
Port Said, and Admiral Seymour and
General Sir Garnet WOlseley are both
there.
This morning Ismailia was also occu
pied by the british, and the rebel troops
were driven from Nefsch.
The British have possession OF the
| telegraph line from Port Said to Suez.
A dispatch from Port Said to the EX-
change Telegraph Company, dated a.
m, says:
Sailors are landing, and are disarm-
| ing the natives who offer resistance.
| Several transports and men-Of-war are
anchored here, and fleet numbering
seven is coming in. The gunbOats Dee
and Don have entered the canal. 1t is
| said here that Rear Admiral Hewitt has
stopped the canal traffic.
PARIS, August 20.-At a meeting of
the Suez Canal Company held here to-
| day resolutions were passed declaring 1t
the duty of the company to uphold the
claims already made in favor OF the
neutrality of the canal, and oppose all
| warlike measures taken by England,
| acting in her assumed character as sup
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state that the cOmpany's concession can
not be disturbed even by the Sultan,
and that the company reserves to itself
| the right to claim, before competent
tribunal, compensation from England
eventually.
ENGLISH OUTPOST, RAMLEH, 4 p. m.,
August 19.-Sir Evelyn Wood pushed a
sharp reconnaissance of seven compa-
MES of the FOrty-ninth within seven
hundred yards of the earthwOrks of Ar
abb Pasha. Sir Evelyn rode across the
canal and examined the earthworks
carefully for six hundred yards. He
found the works were made in an excel
lent manner. Arab opened a brisk fire
of Armstrong shells and musketry, de-
plOying a squadron of cavalry against
the English left. | accompanied Cap
tain Rathbone's company of the Forty
ninth sent against the cavalry. Arab
got our exact range. Eight shells burst
in the midst of the company. At the
same time the enemy's bullets whistled
by, cutting the long grass over our
heads, but thanks to the soft ground,
although we were covered with mud,
only four men were wounded. The
irOn-clad train of blue jackets, steam
ing on our right, fired half dozen
shells into the earthworks. Two, fall
ing short, burst harmless. The enemy
threw four shells within thirty feet of
the iron. clad train, which, finding that
the enemy was getting its range, retlr-
ed Arabi's cavalry also retired under
the sharp and accurate fire of Captain
RathbOne's company. few shells
were discharged from Water-wOrks
Hill, and we rode back at o'clock.
The KhediVe watched the sklrmlsh with
a field glass from the top of a hill, with
, in range of Arabi's heavy guns. The
reconnaissance proves the excellence of
Arabi's earthwOrks and the accuracy of
Artillery, which is nearly equal to that
of the English. His musketry practice
was wretched. Sir Garnet WOlseley ts
now to the east of AbOukir, landing
guards and rifles, to take Arab in the
rear. Nine transports are due tonight
and tomorrow. 1t looks as If Wolseley
was bringing to finish the whole bus
mess before the Indian troops can get
to work. Reports from the interior
show that Arabi is making the whole
population work at the earthwOrks, and
declares that Kafr-el-Dwar will be an
other Plevna.
LONDON, August 21.-The Daily News
|, has the following from correspondent
at Suez. l have just returned from
ChaIOuf where 1 witnessed the conclu-
sion of the fight in which 25O of our
men, including Highlanders, blue jack
: cts and marines, brilliantly defeated
twice their number. The fight lasted
from IL o'clock in the morning until
nearly o'clock in the afternoon. The
, firing of the Highlanders was remarka-
: BILE for cOolness and steadiness. The
, Gatlings in the tops of the gunbOats
worked with admirable precision and
did much execution among the enemy,
of the banks of the canal. The success
!, was all the more brilliant owing to the
extremely difficult nature of the eOun-
try, which abounded with low ridges
: and water courses. Lieutenant Lang,
} of the Highlanders, gallantly crossed
the fresh water canal in the face of the
} hot fire and brought back a boat, thus
3 enabling company each of the High
3 landers and marines to cross and take
4 the enemy on the right flank. The enc
my fought bravely. Their commander
was killed.
= PORT SAID, August 20-The fleet and
transports have entered the canal. Be-
fore their departure General Wolseley
posted a proclamation written in the
Aran tongue, declaring that those who
> respected the authority of the Khedive
: wpuld not be molested, but those who
: resisted would be treatee as rebels.
The British hove evacuated the offices
of the Canah company. The traffic O1
3 the canal will be only temporarily sus
: pended, in order to allow British vessels
!. to pass. The company refused to senC
pilots on board the men-0f-war.
!. The British occupy Nefich.
= The Arabs have abandoned Ghemilel
8 and withdrawn to Damietta.
u The transport Calabria, from Alexan
: dria, with cavalry, has arrived.
4 PORT SAID, August 20, z a. NV
= made all our arrangements yesterda,
!, for the advance. Commander Edwards
. with the boats of the squadron, durinj
= the night occupied the canal, and ha
:, taken possession of the dredges, barges
% &C., and also occupied Kantara. Befor
u daylight Captain Fairfax occupied POr
Said, and Captain FitZrOy, of the Irwin
chile, held Ismailia. All went well an
there was no difficulty. Captain Fitz
II roy shelled the enemy out of Nefsct
e Commander Klaus was slightly wounded
4, Telegraphic communication with Kan