Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-28
LATEST NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS.

| shows the intimatiOn already contained IN
| the dispatch that Arabfs forces repulsed
/ Gen. Wolseley at Mohutta on the fresh wa
ter canal dam during the engagements OF
both Thursday and Friday, and compelled
the British to retire at dusk on Friday,
were more than true. Arabi had erected
this dam for the purpose OF cutting off the
fresh water supply of Ishmalia, the present
base for British operations. 1t was abso-
lutely necessary for Gen. WOlseleY to dis,
lodge Arab from this dam before proceed
ing toward Carlo, and the British advanced
on the dam for that purpose.
They Secured the Dam,
but before it could be destroyed they had
to retire on Friday evening. The firing of
Arabi's troops turns out to have been
almost perfect. II is understood the Egyp-
tian rifemen devoted their energies aS far
a. possible to picking of British officers.
The fighting FOR several hours was so des- |
persts that General WolSeley was compell- |
ed TO assuIue on the field a personal COM |
mand Of operations. Once matters were so |
very critical that he rode forward and near |
" lost his life. One report says that shell |
passed over his head so near him as to stun |
him for the moment. The war office re- |
ports state LNlS smell IeAl NlLnlu u lew lCcl |
of Gen. WOlseley's horse, and that when 1t |
exploded it took off the hind legs of the |
horse. carrying one Of WOlseley's aid. Pri- |
yste reports alleged that this explosion
Killed the Charger
Of Gen. Wolseley, and that he fell to the !
ground. and was quite badly shocked. This |
latter report makes itapparent il was Ow- !
ing 10 the mishap to their General that the |
British had TO retire. Gen. WOlseley, when |
the retreat was successfully accomplished |
on Friday role TO Isnalia and ut once put |
himself into communication with the war |
office.
The entire force OF British troops was put |
forward to-day. The enemy did not give |
anv indication of an iRtentiOn TO attack. !
Il l. understood that Fridays attack has |
convinced the war office that the British |
fore along the canal is insufficient for an |
advance, even as far rs Tel ell kehir.
Further Particulars of the Situation. |
LuxpoN. August 26.-Hopes of WolSeley's |
Sleedy advance upon Arabi and the con-
quest of Egypt have been dispelled by what |
is known Of Thursdays operations at Tel FL |
MObrata and MaksaRa. Despite the war |
office retiCenCe and the censorship of the |
press dispatches from the field, it is now |
known that Wolseley's private dispatches |
show that the result of Thursdays action |
Wa serious British reverse with much |
greater loss than yet reported. All Arabi's |
recent tactics has been to draw WOlSeley on |
into the interior to get the latter away !
from his base Of supplies and retreat at Is |
MALTA and Suez canal At Tel FL Kebir or |
Zagazig, Arab would have a decided adj |
vantage in his having control OF the rail- |
WAYS enabling him to
Rapidly Concentrate
troops against the British. and il is not inn |
probable but what he will make a decisive |
stand at one or the other of those places. j..
Military authorities here now believe his |
strength has been much underestimate. !
lis now thought that he may be able to |
muster sixty thousand, On the line of the !
railway WOlSelcy's effective force does not |
exceed $3.50 men, and his urgent demand |
for speedy reinforcement is very significant |
OF the encmy'~ strength. Ii Is recognized |
here that the situation i a critical one, and |
the next fOrty.eight hours news is awaited |
with cagcrnesS and not Il little apprehen- |
sion.
Climate. Fever and Flood.
The annual rising of the Nile, which is |
said to have already overhowed several of |
the lOw-iying spots IN the delta, threatens |
10 make Sir Wolseley's military march |
againct time" a close one indeed. By a |
curious turn OF fortune the hero of Burmah |
and AShantre EOw finds himself once more |
in a difficulty which he has twice encoun-
tered already, viz the opposition of foe /
whose military resources are indeed utterly |
contemplate, but whose resistance is so |
fOrmdably supported by the influences of |
position and climate as To make the sue !
cess OF q campaign against them literal |
question ot now or never When Sir |
Garnet almost at the outset of his public |
career. took part in the British attack upon |
the StOckade fort of the famous Burmese |
guerrilla, MyattOOu, in 1852, he ran u Face |
with the.
Deadly Climate
OF the Irrawadaddy Valley. and escaped the |
hand OF the disease only TO be struck down |
by wound So severe rs to completely dis !
able him for more than a year. In the ad- |
vance upon COOmassie in 1851, to pun |
iSh the marauding AShantces, the military |
operations were brought TO a close barely a |
fortnight before the commencement of the |
fever season, which is So deadly in that |
tainted region that an officer Of proved I
courage Is reported to have said on land |
ing: III we have to stay here until Feb |
ruary We may as well blow our brains ont |
at once On this third occasion Sir Gar |
net NOlSeley is running 4 race with the |
Nile. and should the river overflow com. |
pletely before the work is done, the o5vi- |
Gus impuS>ihility of moving troops and ar |
ullery through a region flooded several |
yards deep bids fair 10 prevent its being
done at all.
Snnday's Incidents.
ALEXANDRIA, August u Evening
About O'Clock this afternoon, two heavy
guns, recently placed beyond Water Works |
Hill, opened fire on the enemy on the left |
bank Of the Mahmondich Canal. About
twenty rounds were fired. Several shells |
exploded in the midst OF the enemy's en-
n Ia do
The enemy replied freely.
About o'clock a conAagration was OBJ
served in the rear OF the enemy's camp,
about ten miles beyond Ramleh.
The British man of war, Minotaur, ,shelled
the enemy'S OutpOrts in the direction OF
Aboukir this afternoon. The shells APP
Peared to burst in the midst OF the enemy's
position. The Minotaur fired with in
creased rapidity until sunset. The enc
my's reply was weak. There was altogether
very little activity in the rebel lines, and
the impression gains ground that the bulk
OF Arabl PaSha'S men have been Withdrawn
from kafre El-Dwar.
ALEXANDRIA, August 27.-The British
forty-pOunderS at Ramle cnnnonaded the
enemy's lines to-day. The native, who
wounded the Manchester merchants, Rich
ardSon and Dobson, and three other per
sons, on the llth Of June, has been identi-
! fed and rrrested
PoRr SAID, August 27.-DeLeSSeps en-
/ barked for MaISeilles.
lSNAILGA, August 27.-All is quiet at the
front The British cavalry has advanced
/ TO haSsaSsin Lock. Locomotives have ar
| rived at Suez from Bombay.
ALENANERlA, August 27.-The commsn-
/ der OF the British ironclad Achilles re-
| ports that the Aboukir Garrison is making
an intrencbed camp on which several
thousand lsborers are working.
ALEXANDRIA, august 27.-News of the
success Of the British troops on Thursday
was placarded in town and caused excite
ment and rejoicing.
The men belonging to the Austrian
/ irlgate. Nautilus, who were captured, saw
Araoi Pashs at Kafre FL Dwar The pris.
oners were only released after giving their
word OF honor not to disclose anything
they saw.