The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-21
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END OF THE EGYPTIAN WAR.
GEN. WOLSELEY'S ACCOUNT.

GEN. woLsELEY''s ACCOUNT. e.
LONDON, Sept. 1S-The war office has re-
ceived the following o t1icial dispatch from
zen. Wolscley giving his report Of the battle
at Tel el Kekir: e -
"We struck camp at Kassassin lock last
evening and bivouacked on high ridge
! above the camp until 1:3O this morning.
We then advanced upon the very extensive
and very strongly fortified position held by
Arab Pasha with 10000 regulars, of whom
$500 were cavalry, with seventy guns, and
| 5000 Bedouins and irregulars. My force was
II 900 bayonets 1000 sabres and sixty guns
| 10 have attacked so strong position by
daylight with the troops l could place in
| the field would have entailed very great
loss resolved, therefore, to attack before
daybreak, marching the six miles that in:
tervened between my camp and the enemy's
| position in the darkness. The cavalry and
two batteries of horse artillery on the right
had orders to sweep around the enemy's
line at daybreak. The First division, the
Second brigade, under Gen. Graham, sup
ported b. foot guards under the duke of
/ Connaught and seven batteries of artillery,
numbering forty-twQ guns, with a support
ing brigade Then the Second division,
Highland brigade, leading the indian brig
ade contingent; these were on the south side
of the canal, with the naval brigade on the
railroad, and advanced.
Great emulation was evinced by the reci-
ments to be the first in the enemy's work.
All went at them strai 4ht. The royal Irish
particularly distinguished itself by its dash
and the manner in which it closed with the
enemy. All the enemys works and canps
are now in our possession. l do not vet
know exactly the number of guns captured,
but it is considerable. Several trains with
immense quantities Of supplies were cap
tured.. The enemy ran away in thousands
by our cavalry: Their loss was very great
and Gen. Willis Is very slightly and Col.
Richardson severely wounded Majors
Colville, Underwood and Somervville
of the Highland light infantry
were killed. OF the Black
watch, Lieut.. Mcneil was killed and Capts.
Cumberland and Fox were wounded Gen.
wounded. Col. Sterling and the surgeon of
the Coldstream guards were wounded. Col.
Baltour of the grenadier guards was wound
ed III leg and the color sergeant killed.
The cavalry is now or the march to Belbecs
and the Indian contingent is on its way to
Zagazig to be followed by the Highland
brigade. Three Lieuts Cameron of
is cut III some places. but the railway is in :
tact. It has been discovered that Kacheb
Pasha and Ali Fehmy Pasha were wounded
in the engagement last Saturday.
OCCUPIED zAGAz1G
Maj. Gen. MCPHERSON telegrapls from
Zagazig to the warot1ice that he made q forced
march after the capture ofTel ell kebir and
occupied Zagazig az 4:14 that afternoon. He
seized five trains with the engines. The
governor came in and surrendered to the
British. The people are submissive.
AGHAsTLY SPECTACLE
Many dispatches are received from Tel 81
Kebir. Long-continued cheers went up
when the enemy's works were seized. The
OF dying Egyptians, camels and
horses were lying mangled on the ground.
The English dead and wounded were mixcc'
with those of the enemy The English
troops were splendidly handled and marched
over rampant after rampant leaving behind
them traces in blood Of the work Which they
had accomplished. The Egyptians were
taken by surprise in almost every direction
, The negro troops and Arab artillery fought
we'll. Gen. Wolseley watched the tight in
the thickest danger, and the duke of Con-
naught exhibited extreme coolness. Gen.
Wolseiey ordered his soldiers to march with
unloaded rifles, and if possible, storm the
enemy's entertainments without fir
ing shot. The Highland brigade on the
lett carried the first line Of entertainments
without firing shot at the point Of the bay
onet The guards followed, behaving splen-
didly. Half of the Egyptians opposed to us
i'll the attack were rabble. Wcwill push on
to Cairo without delay Arabi's troops are
evidently delighted at the prospect of an
eud to the war Immense stores Of ammu-
milton and 200 tents were captured. No
doubS Arab Pasha was completely sur
forces forces during o the darkness P s's Of a"stse the
night was really beyond praise.
Col. Harrison with great difficulty
saved Raghcb Bey's life as the English sol
diers were excited and in no mood to give
quarter. Detachments of troops from Ka-
tarel Dwar were reported fleeing toward
Cairo. Another dispatch says the enemy's
earthworks were quite insufficient to check |
the advance of our troops. The works were
certainly ofa immense extent and sur |
rounded by ditch four feet deep and four
feet wide The parapet was about six feet |
and eight inches high, but the works put |
out so abruptly into the plateau surrounding
almost at any point it was possible to en- !
fladc the enemy. AS soon as the English !
troops reached the cllenly's entrenchme1its !
Arabi Pasha got on board train and or |
dered it to steam ffthe scene.
Another eye witness gives the following !
account Of the battle Never did a body Of |
A,000 men. get under rms more, qu ietly |
The very orders appeared to be given in |
lowered tones. The silence was broken |
only by an occasional clash of Steel There
were frequent halts to enable the regiments
to maintain the touch. When the |
troops arrived within 11OOO yards |
ofthe enemy's lines, they halted to ALLOW |
the fighting line to be formed., The Egyp- /
tians fled in aconfused rabble. Two trains |
filled with fugitiyes managed to get away |
before the Englishcame up. The engine CT |
another train just about starting was blown |
up by one of our shells, and Lieut.. Gordon
Carey, who had been wounded, killed with |
his claymore three Egyptian officers who
set upon him.
ALEXANDRIA, Sept H-Arabi Pasha and
Toulba P,sha arrived at Cairo last night
They are both virtually prisoners.
The first news of: Wednesdays battle that
reached Cairo reported a great Egyptian
victory, and subsequently, when it was an
bounced that Arabi Pasha was on his way
to Cairo, it was rumored that he brought |
with him Admiral Seymour's head The
people Of Cairo had never heard of Gen.
Wellesley, and imagined that Admiral Sey-
mour commanded the British forces. When
Arab Pasha arrived alone the populace
stoned hlm.
Negotiations for the surrender are pro cced-
ing satisfactorily. The British will prob.
ably occupy katr el Dwar Tomorrow 1t is
stated the surrender will be unconditional.
Butras Pasha has arrived at Kafr el Dwar en-
route for Alexandria, as delegate of the in
habitants of Cairo charged to declare their
loyalty to the khedive
The English troops are now entering
Cairo. Gen. Wolsely rccently'in a reply to
a deputstion Of chiefs from Tel Ell Kebir who
asked that the country be spared the humil-
iation Of a further advance of the British,
said he would occupy Cairo tonight, and
that in a few hours he would dispatch the
first train there with troops. This has since
been done
%The London Times in an article on the
attack on Telel Kebir says:
It is impossible to conceive of an opera
ton more successful and executed in more
mastery manner. The whole plan of the
campaign was settled by Gen. Wolseley
with the concurrence of his superiors and
hearty acquiesence of his advisers before he
left England. There never was amp question
about the canal being the basis ofoperations.
RafOre he left Enp1an1 he mt his finppr IVY. |