The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-30
Ueneral Graham Attacked by the Egyp
tians He Successfully Puts
Them to Flight with
Small loss.
Inc GreekS Attack the Turks on the
Frontier and are soon Repulsed
by Them.
Ihe Cholera Raging at YokOhoma and
Manila at an Awful Death
Rate.
Three MutinOus Arabs keel-lIauled by
the Egyptians.
The Siberian Plague-Aifairs In japan.
Washington Items.
other Foreign and Domestic News,
Other Foreign and Domestic News


Esypuhn news,
LONDON. August 2.-General Wolsely
telegraphs from Isnailia at l0.4O O'Clock
this morning as follows: l have Just re-
ceived news from the front that
General Graham was neayily attack
ed iast evening by a large force
of Egyptians. The British cavalry from
Momash went to his assistance and
he had q brilliant success, taking eleveu
guns. Only a few British were killed. hut
over 100 were wounded. lam Just about to
proceed to the front.
A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
company from Alexandra SAYS: A slight
skirmlshing has taken place to-day at
Ramleh.
General Wolseley telegraphs from Kas-
sasin as follows: Major. General Graham.
commanding this post. was attacked
yesterday evening by about twelve guns
and eight battalions. Our men behaved
extremely well and inflicted severe loss
upon the enemy. AT first General Graham
had but five guns, two and halt battaliops
and q. small detachment of cavalry
and mounted infantry. Being reinforced
by another battalion, he attacked the enc.
my i'll the front, while the lst cavalry bri.
gade, under Colonel Sir Baker Russell.
charged them in the flank, sabreing con.
siderable number. The cavalry were well
handled by Major General Drury Lowe.
General Graham's dispositions were ali
that they should have been. His opera.
tiens were carried out with the GOODNESS for
which he has always been known, Arabi
Pasha was on the field during the action.
The cavalry charged by moonlight, but
were unable to secure the rebel guns,
which the enemy withdrew dur.
ing the night. They left, how.
ever, al their ammunition. Our killed
We're: Surgeon Nal. Shaw, six marine ar.
tilery aud one infantry sergeant. The
wounded are one major, two captains. two
lieutenants and tifty-siY men.
The Daily News has the following from
Alexandria; Those atloat in the har.
Dor witnessed an unusual sight.
the keel-hauling of three Arab sailors on
board the Egyptian frigate Sanda, for mutt.
ny. They were first ilogged and then tied
to rope and hauled lip to the second ward.
arm, They were then dropped into the
sea, dragged under the keel and hauled mn
to the starboard yard.arm. They were soor
dead: The transport Nepaul has been or.
dered to be soon ready to take on board the
forty-second highlanders tomorrow.
ALEXANDRIA, August D.-The enemy are
still strengthening their left. They sent
out an armOred train again last evening.
General Sir Evelyn Wood has gone TO re.
connoiter Meks.
PORT SAID, August 9.-Last evening a
body of Arabs attacked the British position
at kassasin and were repulsed with heavy
loss. The British lost twenty men, and
eleven OF the enemy's guns were captured.
Sultan Pasha has arrived here. 1t is un-
derstood he will install representatives of
the khediye In districts successfully occu.
pied by the British, as his influence with the
natives is great. Hopes are entertained
that this will do much toward the pacifica-
tion of the country.
LONDON, August "a correspondent of
Renter sTelegram company at Athens. in n
dispatch dated Monday says: Yesterday
morning the Turkish troops attacked the
Greeks all along the frontier from Zerbas 10
Degi. The hghing was continued to-day.
The Greeks lost four men and ten wounu-
ed. The government has dispatched one
thousand infantry artillery and gen d..
armes to the frontier.
The Turkish account of the fighting on
the frontier between the Turks and Greeks
isas follows: Some Greek troops attempted
to take forcible possession OF the disputed
territory Of karolik Dervend, on the Thes.
salian frontier, but were rcpulsed with
heavy loss by the Turks under Ragheb
pasha. There were eight men killed on
the Turkish side. The Greek minister at
Eonstantinople had conference with Said
Pasha, Turkish minister of foreign affairs,
to-day.
CoNsTANTISoPLE, August On. Con.
donriots, Greek ambassador, represented to
Said Pasha that the collision on the Turko.
Greek frontier was provoked by n violation
ofthe Greek territory by the Turks. Said
Pasha replied that last month detachments
OF Greek troops crossed from their terrific.
~ and cut the telegraphic communication
between the Turkish military post and
village. The Turks, requiring supplies,
were obliged to pass through part of the
Greek territory. They were opposed and
fired upon by the Greeks and retaliated,
driving off tho lafter