The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-09-21
THE EGYPTIAN WAR.
Gen. W0lseley Says 1t Is Practi-
cally Over.
Brilliant Victory at Tel-el-Kebir---
Arabi Captured.

Wednesday, the 18th Of September, was
great day for the British armS in Egypt.
Gen Wolselcy, at day -hreak, advanced upon
Tcl-cl-Kebcr, the Egyptians opening fire
when the British were one mile distant.
The place was captured by charge, the
struggle lasting on'y twenty minutes. The
loss ef Arab pasha Is estimated 4. 1000 men,
beside forty gums and ::tNn prisoners The
nambcr kill,,d on the British side was about
IN Arab is said "a have escaped ON
horseback to Zagazg while his men
lied toward the desert hotly pursued
by the Indian cavalry on the south and the
British cavalry on the north. The Egyptian
eyimcats are credited with cowardly bcha-
vior while the black troops from the So,itan
fought hravcly. and the rebel artillery was
well served The khediyes band headed Il
procession ut Alexandria which iiranigea in
Jubilee over the victory of the British
Gen. McPherson pushed forward and occu-
pied Zagazig capturing five railway
trains Dispatches from Tel-cl ksbcr give
the following particulars of the hattic: Tie
rebels discovered our men when about n
mile from their works. and opened a heavy
rifle fire. Our men paused for 4 moment on
the line Of the sand hills, and then. with 4
gallant rush. they were among the rebels.
Acting on Gen. Wolscley's orders, they re-
served their fire and went III with the bavo-
net The slaughter for a time was very
great The rebels could not stand 1t, and
broke and fled. pursued hotly The
final rush was made over distance
of aN Yards, the men skirmshing and seek
ing cover until they reached this point Sew
eral thousand Egyptians We're taken prison
ers Our own loss up to this time | should
compute at ahl killed The following OH
GERS fell British officers killed-Maj Col
vile, of the Seventy fourth Hi.hanlcrs.
Lieut. Somervell, Seventy fourth Highland
ers British officers wounded:col Hutchinson
Of the Forty sixth regiment; Capt, kephcl,
of the Seventy fourth Hiyhlanlers. ca,s
Cumberland of the Seventy fourth High
landers; Lieut.. Wildwood. OF the Sereatv-
fourth Highlandcrs; Lieut.. Gordon Cary, Ut
the Seventy fourth Hi.hlanderS. Lieut.
Gordon in the melee killed three Egyptian
officers with his claymere.
The English advance guard reached Cairo
on the evening Of the 18th inst. by rail, aa'l
at once took possession Of the city. Arahis
were scattered in all directions over
the deserts. and were coming forward rs
fast rs possible with oilers To surrender.
Arab himself was virtually prisoner III
.aira where on his arrival after the disaster
oi IL, -ei- kehr. he Was greeted with stones
~ the same ponulace that would havc hailed
n.m Us the d,livcrer of Egypt and the
conancrer of her foes had the
tide OF battle turned the ether
way Ii Was stated that he
would he held hy the local authorities sub
lecl tu the Demands ot the khcSlsve aud his
English allies The Sultan tele2raphed Gen.
MolSc.v his congratulations. ut the same
TIME prefcrrin. Il request that the march al
the British any further into the interior ei
Egypt he stepped To this cool proposition
| ten Malscley returned a brief reply refer
rim. the sultan to the British Government
L
ordering his forces onward To Cairo
| Numerous delegations arrived ut AleSaniria
| to express the LOYALTY and suhm'ssivencss VI
| the people To the khc,t,ve. The rebel forcs
| at Tel a kebir comprised $4,000 regulars, !,
ON Hctlonins. and a.on volunteers Til,
| British loss was fifty-tour killed and 81
/ wounded The following account af the bat
/ tie ut Icl-cl kehir was tele
graphcd by cable to the New
York Herald. .The attack began oi
the left Nothing could he imagined fine
than the advance of the Highland brigade
/ The Fourteenth We're next the canal Mex
| were the Gameronians, and the Gordon High
lanaers continued the line, with the Rlael
| Watch upon their flank. The Forty siNt
| and SiNtic;h regiments formed second lint
swiftly and silently the H,ghlanders moNe'
forward to the attack. No word Was spoken
no shot fired. until within NM wards Of II
enemy's earthworks. nor up 10 that time di
any sound in the Egyptian lines hetoke
that they were aware of the presence 9
their aSSaiants. Then suddenly tcrriii
tire flashed along the line ot sand heaps,
storm Of bullets whizzea over the heads I
the advancing troops. a wild cheer hras
from the Highlanders, and in response II,
pipes struck shrilly up hayonefs Mere hN.s
and at dnnhlsauick time they dashed f.i
ward The first lin. IF intrenehmsns
Was carried, the enemy scarcely nHel
inr any resistance But trem anatl
er line of ntrenchmsnts. benin
which In the still dim light one could scare
iy see, burst of muskeirs broke out For
few minutes the Hi.hland.rs poured III
| heavy fire hut i, w.ss probably Is innocuel
! as that ot the unseen enemy whose hulie
whistlei h:limicsslN overhead The delay
the advance Was hut short. Then the ord
was given. and the brigade again wen, I'll
illN forward Soon IA portion af the Tor
had passed between the enemss redoui
and opened tiankin- fire. This "
too much for the Egyptians. who .to'
Ia their heels and fairly ran. suffering. as /
crowded masses rushed across the open Il,
, ert. very heavily from our fire, being ilt'
ally h4aMed down by hundreds Meanwh
! fightin. began upon the other flank.
horse artillery shell.d the enemN's eNtrel
left Here the Egyptians We're more III
pared than on theii right. For time th
r kept up steady lire. The ROYAL lfi
4 were sent to turn the enemss lett
. the word They dashed at the trenches 4
\ carried them ar the hayonets point, SO tul
q in. the Hank of the defenders of the p.
J. ton Next came the Eighty eighth regime
, then the Eighty fourth, the Guards bel