St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-07-21
Fire and Blood in Egypt.
Burned and Pill
LACED.
MANY EUROPEANS MURDERED.

The worst fears in regard to the fate
of Alexandria, based on the operations
of the British fleet Wednesday, have
been realized. A large part of the city
has been burned, the people have been
robbed, many, perhaps several hun
dred, have been killed, and anarchy
reigns throughout the town. Little re-
mains for the fleet to do, but British
force will be landed. Arabi Pasha will
retire to the desert, with the determi-
nation to make the war as long as pos
sible.
FIRE, MURDER AND ROBBERY.
Alexandria was evacuated under the
flag of truce Wednesday night and left
to pillage by the Bedouins and released
convicts. The Egyptian army is said
to be greatly demoralized and in full
retreat toward the interior. A large
part of the population has fled toward
the canal. The bulk of the Egyptian
army is supposed to be at Rosetta, 40
miles northeast, and at Damanhour, 3S
miles southeast of Alexandria. An
other report is that Alabi is marching
on Cairo.
After the retreat of the army, the
city, according to dispatch to Reu-
ter's, was fired by the released convicts
and general attack begun on resident
Europeans. The latter defended them
selves desperately but only 100 escaped
to the fleet. the others, numbering, ac-
cording to the despatch to Reuters I0C
and placed i'll il correspondents account
ut several hundred, were massacred
The European quarter and the grand
square are wholly destroyed and near
ly half the city was on fire at p. M
Thursday.
An Alexandria despatch says that
the Europeans who escaped to the fleet
had barricaded themselves in Il strong
building. The scenes after the troops
left were indescribable. The ringlead
ers of the mob, who were the most cru.
el and audaciOus criminals ever i'm
prisOned, went about firing, plunder.
ing and committing all manner o.
atrocities at their will. The European,
had to fight all night, not only for theil
lives but to keep the mob from reach
ing the structure to fire it. They al
say that as they stood ut their post:
fighting, they saw hundreds of Chris
/
ged through the streets, mutilated anC
stamped upon, thrown into burnin.
buildings with their hands and fee
tied. The barbarities practiced upoI
the Christians exceed all belief. WheI
they became aware of the landing o
the British they left the building ant
fought their way step by step down t.
the water.
The obstinacy of the defense wa
owing to the fact that the batterie
were manned by negro MOhammedans
They estimate the loss of life anon:
the soldiers and townsfOlk at 1000.
At o'clock Thursday night the fir,
was still spreading in the direction o
the port.
A London Daily News dispatch from
Alexandria says: The Europeans VIII,
escaped from the city are chief,
Greeks and Italians, only one being al
Englishman. Twenty-seven of thes
came from the Egyptian bank whenc
they made several attacks on the mo
during the night until driven from tin
bank by fire. The manager gave shell
ter to his friends from the banque gen
erale of the Credit LyOnnais. Thes
with the manager marched in bod
to the Marina ut o'clock in the morn
ing, after the mob, satiated with butch
cry, had retired. The soldiers and tn
mob, joined by hundreds of women
sacked every shop, entered the house
of Europeans and murdered the in
mates