The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-22

close up behind In support. These regi
ments advanced by regular PUSHES For a
short time the enemy chung to their line Of
intrenohments, but their fire was SIN
gularly ineffective, and the British
troops got fairly into the trenches. Then.
the eneiay fought stoutly for few mo
ments The combat was hand-to- hand
one. Mai. Hart shot one man az he was try
ing to wrest a revolver from his nand Inns
was even after the trench had been turned
by our advance on their flank Then, ~ the
British poured in, the Egyptians fled az rap
idly AZ those on the other side had done BE-
fore the Highlanders The fight was nOSS
practically over"
Gen wolseley telegraphed from Cairo TO
the British War Office ON Sept. Is, as follows
Gen. Lowe has occupied Cairo. Arab Pasha
and Toulba Pasha have ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
tionally. Ten thousand troops at Cairo have
laid down their arms. The war Is over. Send
no more men from England. Midshipman De
chair is safe. have been received here with
open arms by all classes The soldiers are
glad to return to their homes. Arab Pasha.
and Toulba Pasha are both confined IA our
guard rooms will now change my base
from Ismailia to Alexandria A dispatch
from Alexandria on Sept 10 says: After the
engagement at Tel-el- Kebir, Arab Pasha fed
to Cairo and told the Council that the troops
had deserted him, upon which the mission
was sent to the Khedive with two letters
from Arab Pasha, one expressing his devo-
ton, and the other warning him not TO al
low the English TO enter Cairo the same
results might follow as happened at Aexan-
dria The Khedive refused to receive the
letters. Arab Pasha was taken before the
Khedive. He presented loathsome picture
of groveling servility. He swore he had not
been aware he was fighting against
the Khedive The Khedive remained
standing while Arab Pasha was in
his presence. When Arab had con
cluded, the Khedive ordered his removal
1t has been ascertained that Arab was in bed
at the time of the attack on Tel-ei -Kebir,
and, panic stricken at the sudden and unex-
pected attack, fed in dismay All the
Egyptian leaders will be tried at Cairo for
their rebellion Canned provisions for 90
GOO men for a month were captured at Tel-el-
Kebir.
Lord Dufferin informed the Porte that
| British military operations in Egypt have
ceased, and as England is about to Withdraw
portion of her troops the Sultan might de-
eide whether IL was necessary to sign the
military convention. Twenty prominent
rebels captured at Cairo will be tried by
court-martial A number OF prominent
Egyptians are still at large. Alexandria dis
patches OF Sept Is announce that the British
had occupied Kafr-el-Dwar and Damietta,
and that the commander at Aboukir had sig
nified his readiness TO surrender. The Official
journal at St Petersburg says Great Britain
will not be allowed TO settle the Egyptian
question alone. The London Times insists
that the rebel army must be replaced by gen
dar1nes to maintain civil order
When the garrison at Aboul1ir marched out
to surrender, on Sept 49, an entire Regiments
decamped TO join Abdella Pasha at Damietta,
who refuses to surrender. The rest N the
garrison, numbering 5000 or 800 proceeded
to Kafr-el DWar were ylisarmed the men
dismissed TO their homes and the officers
! detained Arab, because OF dread of
poisoning, had his vctuals cooked by
members of his family while ut kafr rel
Dwar. Tantah had been occupied by the
British, and service on all the railroads
had been resumed Natives with torn and
! bloody clothing had been paraded in the
streets of Cairo by Asabis orders repre-
senting brutal treatment by the English
| Gen. Wolseley claims TO have good reason
| for the belief that the resistance at DamieGta
was inspired by the Sultan, who has quite
| recently been in communication with Aram
Pasha One of the participants in the June
massacre was hanged at Alexandria