River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-08-03
At PORT SAID

REINFORCED With two nine pound guns,
and two Gattling guns. Arab Pasha
has gone to Cairo.
ARAB RETREATING.
ALEXANDRIA, July 28.-Arabi Pasha
has withdrawn the bulk of his outlying
pickets to Kafr-el-Dower. A force
from the English men-of-war has land
ed at Port Said.
MORE TROOPS.
ALEXANDRIA, July 2S.-The Egyptian
vessel Chartah left this morning to take
on board the garrison at Aboukir,
which had declared loyalty to the khe-
dive, and to land the party and spike
the guns. She has not returned yet.
A sKIRMIsH.
AT o'clock last evening there was
decided attempt made to surprise the
British outposts under cover of the
dark. A force of 600 men approached
close to the British lines, when the 38th
regiment opened fire. The enemy
then retreated precipitately. During
the remainder of the night the Egyp-
tians kept moving about just beyond
range, the attempt to surprise was pre-
ceded by reports snat Arab Pasha was
trying to treat for conditions for his
surrender, and that white flag was
flying over his entertainments. The re-
ports were possibly circulated 70 lull
the vigilance of the British.
GERMANY.
ALEXANDRIA, July 28-An off cial
telegram from Germany to foreign eff
GERS is expected to arrive here to-mor-
row. 1t will be the first of the kind
since the deposition.
1t is understood that Ismail, late
Khedive, is bearing important dis
of $50 rifles and some native
police to-day surrounded the village
of Carmius, beyond Pompey's pillar,
where there is q regular market for
loot, and seized few cutlasses.
Twenty. five Germans landed at Port
Said to guard the German consulate.
LARGE FORCE.
LONDON, July 28.-General orders
have been issued to embark a large
oflpart the expeditionary force. A
company of engineers, and part of the
leave tomorrow, the household caval-
ry Saturday, and the troops from the
Mediterranean next week.
THE CONFERENCE.
A correspondent at Constantinople
says: At meeting of the conference
Monday, the Turkish delegates ac-
cepted dd referendum the proposal of
the British ambassador
the sultan issues proclamation de-
claring Arab a rebel.
"LooTING."
ALEXANDRIA, July ga dispatch
says, it has been proved the Bedonins
and the khedive's servants really did
looting at Ramleh.
FRANCE.
PARIS, July 2S.-The credit voted
by the senate yesterday-7O0, 900 francs
for naval preparations at Alexandria,
was passed by the chamber OF deputies
De Lesseps on his arrival at port Said,
prevented general landing from all
men of-war. He also sent for the new
governor, who guaranteed safety to
all Europeans.
THE SCENE CT HosTILiTIES.
ALEXANDRIA, July 29.-Ramleh,
where the skirmish took place, yester-
day, and where the first heavy battle
will doubtless be fought is only four
miles from here. When the Grande
place and European quarter existed in
Alexandria and hostilities had not
burst forth the well-to-do TO- eign mer-
chants of the city-the brokers, the
bankers and exalted officials-were
content to do their business there dur
ing the summer days and then to HE
them away in the evening to Ramleh.
They regarded Ramleh as the lungs of
Alexandria. In the latter, the sun
beating down upon the streets, the
dust and turmoil raised by constant
traffic, the singular!y tortuous nature
of many of the thoroughfares, and the
extraordinary capacity of the streets
and houses for giving off after shutdown
the heat which they had been steadily
absorbing during the day, residence
was by no means desirable, and only
those stayed in the city who had no
means of getting out of it. Ramleh.
on the contrary, was always coo
and pleasant. Built Enthusiastically
and irregularly upon the sea-
shore, in full and uninter-
rupted view of the Mediterranean, it
seemed like new sphere to the pent-
up Alexandrian. As Bath, Sea Beech,
Brighton or Newport are to New York
ers, so was Ramleh to the residents of
Alexandria. 1t was easily reached eth
er by rail or road, and lay not more
than four miles beyond the city walls
The railroad to Cairo touched at it. and
there the travellers from that famous
city were called upon by some Greek,
Maltese or Albanian guard to give up
their tickets before the train moved on
to the grand depot in Alexandria. AS
a cool seaside summer resort for those
who could afford to live within its fash
ionable precincts Ramleh was filled
with houses belonging to Europeans.
As q rule these dwellings were lux
uriously furnished, because they could
be occupied only by people who we're
we'll to do. As battle has now touched
pretty Ramleh there can be little doubt
that every house has been sacked by
the Egyptian soldiery.
THE BRITISH TROOPS.
According to present arrangements
| the infantry for Egypt will embark on
the 4th of August and the cavalry on
| the 9th. The troops will sail direct for
Alexandria. The question of Turkish
intervention is practically decided by
the fact that the expedition cannot be
sent without denuding distant prov
inces of troops and even reducing the
garrison of Constantinople. The
Spanish government has decided to
| dispatch three additional frigates to
Egypt, one to be stationed at Port Said,
another at Suez, and the third at Is
malta.
DETAILS OF THE sKIRMIsH.
The rifles and mounted infantry had
just occupied Mamleh, and stationed
one Gatling and one field gun at the
bridge owes the canal. The enemy's
cavalry appeared, and galloped boldly
along the railway at 800 yards range,
but fled upon a volley being fired from
the bridge. One of the horses was
struck, and one of their men wounded.
They fed at hard gallop, and after
| the lapse of some time they reap
peared with reinforceEnents of two
guns, with viii ch they opened fire. The
skirmishes left both parties without
any change in their positions. Both
are engaged in intrenching. The Eng
lish will permanently hold the Ramleh
hillock and put heavy guns there. The
Egyptians are working desperately to
intrench their side of the narrow pass
between the lakes, near Essid. The