Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-21
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. VOL LSELEYS PLAN, A Series of Flank Move ments Intended. CAIRO THE OBJECTIVE POINT. Arabi Forced to Fight or Retreat. THE LATTER'S FORGE AT CAIRO, Strong Enough to Bother
 the British.
THE LATTER'S FORCE AT CAIRl
Strong Enough to Bother
 the British.
EGYPT


 Reconnofterins the Enemy-A Sharp Skirmish with Arabt's Ferces-Wolse- ley's Campaign of Flank Movements Arabt tn Strong Force at Cairo - In League with the False Prophet The Relations Between Turkey and Eng land-A Highly Critical State of Affairs ALEXANDRIA,, Aug. 2o.-Yesterday Sir Eve lyn Wood made sharp reconnaissance of
 seven companies of the Forty ninth within seven hundred yards of the earthworks of
 Arabi Pasha. Sir Evelyn rode across the canal and examined the earthworlzs carefully for six hundred yards. He found that the works were made in an excellent manner.
 Arabi opened brisk fire of Armstrong shells
 and musketry, deploying squadron of cav
 airy against the English left. I accompanied
 Captain Rathbones company, of the Forty
 ninth, sent against the cavalry. Arabi got
 our exact range. Eight shells burst in the midst of the company. At the same time the enemy's bullets whistled by, cutting the long grass over our heads but. thanks to the soft ground, although we were covered with mud,
 only four were wounded. The ironclad train
 of blue jackets, steaming up on our right, fired half 8 dozen shells into our earthworks.
 Two falling short burst harmless. The ene- my threw four shells within thirty feet of the ironclad train, which, finding that the enemy was getting it's range, retired. Arabi's caval ry retired under the sharp and accurate fire of Captain Rathbone's company A few shells were discharged from Wa
 terworks Hill, and we rode back at seven o'clock. The Khedive
 watched the skirmish with field glass from the top of hill within range of Arabi's
 heavy guns. The reconnaissance proves the exec lence of Arabi's earthworks and the &C., curacy of Arabis artillery, which is nearly
 equal to that of the English. His musketry practice was wretched. Sir Garnet Wolseley is now to the east of Aboukir landing Guards and Rifles to take Arabi in the rear. It looks as if Wolseley were trying to finish the whole business before the Indian troops can get to work. Reports from the interior show that Arabi is making the whole popu- lation work at the earthworks and declares that Kafr el-Dwar will be another Plevna.
 Generals Willis and Graham and the Duke of Connaught have gone to Aboukir. Of the whole fleet the ironclads Invincible and Inconsistent alone remain. The Forty ninth, Seventy fifth and Seventy ninth regiments at RanIleh will probably support the movement at Aboukir by an attack on the left flank of the enemy. The German gunboat Habicht, the Russian man. of-war Eriklik and several other foreign vessels are preparing to put to sea
 General Wolseley has determined to make 1smailia the basis for an advance on Cairo by way of Tel el-Kelri and Zagazig. It is now evident that his plan of the cam paign includes series of flank movements menacing Arabi's lines of communication and designed to compel the rebel leader to abandon his strongly intrenched positions and either confront the British advance in the open field or fall back on Cairo, which is General
 Wolseley's objective point. Arabs who seem we'll informed in regard to Arabi's army state that he has men enough to hold Kafrel
 Dwar and Damanhour against strong force and at the same time concentrate a large army at Cairo, keeping sufficient corps to hold his lines of communication open and employing numerous body of Bedouins to harass the British troops on their line of march by flank attacks. The demonstration made by Sir Evelyn Wood on Saturday before Arabis outposts between
 M1halla Junction and Kafr el-Dwar WAS designed merely to develop the position and resulted in ascertaining that Arabi's en-
 trenchments are excellently constructed and
 heavily armed with artillery, which was ad-
 mirably served during the skirmish the fire
 of the Egyptian gunnsrs being fully as accur- ate as that of the English.
 The Khedive has dismissed the ministry headed by Ragheb Pasha and appointed Cherif Pasha to form new ministry. CoNsrANr1NoPLE, Aug 2O-A special Cabi- net council was held yesterday, at which Assym Pacha was present. It is understood that the Porte is willing to modify the Turk ish draft for the military convention by the 1 addition of the following three clauses First-An English general shall be attached to the Turkish camp to facilitate the inter- change of communications between the Turks and the British. Second-The manosuvres of the English and Turkish forces shall be mutually carried out in such manner as to avoid the interference of one with the other. Third-A date shall be fixed for the evacu- l ation of Egypt by the English forces. It is believed that England has also agreed to cer- tain notifications in her draft for the con vention, and an understanding between the ! two governments is therefore regarded as
 probable. It is stated that Said Pacha, the Turkish Prime Minister, intends to resum-
 mon the conference shortly.
 Lord Duferin, the British ambassador, has rejected the new draft proposed by the Porte
 for the projected Anglo-Turkish military con
 ventiop. The situation here is regarded as critical. the relations existing between Tur-
 key and England being highly strained. PORT SAID, Aug. 2O.-The British forces are in full possession of the Suez canal, hay
 ing occupied Ksntara and Ismailia large force of marines was landed at both points
 and disarmed the natives, who offered no re- sistance. A feet of seven ships IS now en-
 tering the harbor. It Is reported that Ad-
 miral Seymour has again ordered a cessation of all traffic on the canal. The cable to con-
 meet Port Said with Alexandria was landed from the telegraph steamer to-day and
 
 Your correspondent, in an interview with a native well posted in regard to the situation of affairs, learned that before the occupation of Ismailia and Kantara all the military stores, provisions, breadstuffs, etc., were shipped into the interior, and that Arabi has for some time been prepared to surrender all the cities, towns etc, within the reach of the guns of the fleet, knowing the utter inn possibility of making successful defense l against the heavy guns of tho fleet. He
 states that Arabi is well prepared to give the
 British troops warm reception the moment he gets them well from tho cover of the guns
 of the fleet, that Arabi expected the British would immediately occupy Kantara and Ismai- lia, but that it in no way alarmed him, he having received assurances from the false prophet that ere the British could muster sufficient force to march on Cairo he would form 8 junction with Arabi's troops, and
 was now making forced marches in that di- rection. His force is estimated at forty
 thousand to sixty thousand men, which is
 being considerably recruited from the natives of the country on his line of march.
 M. De Lesseps has addressed protest to Admiral Hewitt against the action of the lat | ter in closing the Suez canal to general traffic
 during the passage of the British troops to Kantara and 1smailia.
 Am Attack on tho American Consul. LONDON, Aug. 2O.-Mr. Long, the American consul, was attacked inside the Gabarri Gate, | at Alexandria, by about forty natives Some soldiers arrived and dispersed the crowd. The ringleadsr of the assaiants was arrested.
 It appears that the Aatives had attempted to
 stop MT. Long as he was driving. He be-
 came annoyed and urged on his horse, in
 ficting injuries on some of the party. NEW YORh.
 What Obrieght Proposes to De.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-Upon his arrival in
 this city from the Middletown Insane Asylum
 yesterday morning, Samuel Obrieght pro-
 ceeded to his home in East Ninety second
 street with his wife, who had waited at Mid
 dletown all the previous night in anticipation
 of her husbands release After few hours