Daily Republican., 1882-08-28
THE FIGHT WITH ARAB.
LARGE sLAUaMTER OF THE
ARABS-sPLENDID CON
DUCT OF THE TROOPS.

Ism AILIA, Aug. 26-The enemy's loss
in the fighting on Thursday with GEN
eral Sir Garnet Wolseley is estimated
at 400.
The very first shell fred by the enc
my passed few feet over General VOL
seley's head and took off the leg of A
horse ten yards behind him. The enemy
throughout the fight declined to come
to close quarters.
The two gunners who were killed
were sErncG down by shrapuels near
General w l'e ey,s position The troops
behaved well. They were all day
without food or water, after marching
ten miles through the heavy sand.
TIE onemys cavalry swept around
the British right flank, but did not
come within striking distance. The
Egyptian fire was too hot for the Life
Guards TO cross the op5n space towards
them.
The British Infantry passed the day
lying down behind the banks and in
the bitches.
The Life Guards captured eight pri5.-
ouers, who Were dressed as ordinary
peasants, but carried arms. Two of
them had long Arab muzzle-loadersT
the others carry ing Remington rifles
The enemy's scouts displayed great
boldness. The enemy were much
stronger than the British expected.
They had cavalry, and were spread out
In semi mi.circle. We soon perceived
train after train of reintOrcements ar
irving. The English guns commenced
firing at II o'clock. At first the fire
was very weakly responded to, but in
the afternoon the rebels threw six shots
to our one. They produced, however,
very little effect.
A launch has been sent up the canal
with two guns. A siege train will
probably be ready tomorrow will O 40
FOUNDER. The Thirteenth Bengal Cav
airy will land tomorrow.
After the engagement General Wolse-
ley rode into Ismailia and returned late
in the evening. Reinforcements arriv-
ed during The night, but the guns did
not come until early next morning,
having had great difficulty in getting
through the sand. At daylight it was
found, to the great disappointment of
our men, that the main body of the enc
my had withdrawn. The Egyptian
artillery fought well, and fred much
more accurately than at Kafr-el-Dwar.
The infantry were contemplate, and
the cavalry little better. Many of both
were observed breaking from the ranks
and dispensing under our fire OF shell,
The British gunners were so e. ,}.U
ed after some hours of continuous Work
that they were Obliged to lie dow n
while the drivers ked the guns. Bus
altogt ther men and horses withstood the
heat of the sun fairly vel.
LONDON, August ga despatch to
the News from ISmalia says "OnlY
six dead Arabs were found on the field
of battle, but inside Ramse3 we're found
several small pyramids of stones, fresh
ly erected, beneath which dead natives
were probably buried. Though the en-
ga9ement was not serious, so far as
hard fighting is concerned, the soldiers
acted splendidly. The difficulties of
the ground were fearful, while the heat
of the sun detes exaggeration. General
| Wolseley's object has been achieved,
and we have gained 30 much more fresh
water, for the canal had been carefully
drained at Ramses. We lost good
many horses and mules. The remain
der are fatigued and sadly need a few
days rest. The railway has he n re-
paired as far as RamseS. Naive cav
airy have arrived AMI gone to the front.
At about 5 o'clock coDh1gration
was observed in the rear of the enemy's
camp, about ten miles beyond Ramleh.
The British man-of.war Minotaur
shelled the enemy's outposts in the di-
rection of Aboukir this afternoon. The
shells appeared to burst in the midst Of
the enemy's position. The Minotaur
fred with increased rapidity until Sun
set. The enemy's reply was weak.
There was altogether very little activi-
ty in the rebel lines.
The impression gains ground that the
bulk of Arab Pasha's men has been
withdrawn from Katr .el-Dwar.