The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-08-28
NO DECISIVE BLOW
STRUCK BY THE BRITISH FORCES,
The opposlns Armies Keep up aSlirmlsh Plrs--Ar
Abi Strengthening his Posltlon-The Narrow
D.. Escape OF ten. Noi,sley-Arabl v Thinks
Dc Lenepx has been foollns Him.,

ALEXANDRIA, August cU.-Large num-
ben Of Egyptians nre intrenching south.
ward Of Mcks, apparently with the object
Of preventing Il flank movement by the
British. .e.
A small reconnaissance was made last
evening in that direction, whereupon the
enemy withdrew through the shallow parts
OF Lake Mareotis. Two bat,alious OF the
enemy's infantry withdrew yesterday IRON
Aboukir to occupy the isthmus between
Lake Aboukir and Lake Edko. a
This is IN important position, rs, II
Aboukir was once captured, kafr.elD war
could be turned by force travesing the
is.hmus.
Advices from the interior represent the
cotton crop rs having suffered considerably
owing to n want Of irrigation.
1t is stated Arab Pasha's Governor at
Port Said has arrived here, but not rs n
prisoner.
The water supply is again restricted.
Arrangements Tor condensing have been
made, by which each inhabi,ant will be
supplied with one gallon OF water daily.
Arabi Pasha's armored train left the po.
sition Of the enemy at King Osman at 6
o'clock this evening, and advanced about
three hundred yards. when two heavy
guns on the water works hill fired five
rounds against The train. One shell fell in
the eneny's trenches. The train retired
without replying to the fire. ,l1
1t is stated OIL good authority that two
thousand Albanians have been enlisted for
service in Egypt in the quarantine and
other departments, as it is feared the
native troops can not be trusted. The
troops are urgently required at the duaraa.
tine station near Moses Well, near Suez,
US the attitude OF the Dedouins there is
threatening. A blockade OF the Egyptian
coast was established yesterday. ~
The report telegraphed last evening to
the effect that Arab Pasha had set Il price
upon the head Of NJ. De Lesseps, and ur.
cised the latter OF having made him de.
ceitful promises with the object Of selling
the canal to England, throws some light on
the relations which have for some time
been believed to exist between the rebel
leader and the French engineer. There can
be but little doubt but that Arabi has been
encouraged by delusive assurances to be.
lieve that the neutrality OF the canal would
certainly maintained, which would have
restricted the British commander to q
single line OF operations, Alex andria tc
ka,r.el.Dwar. The seizure OF the canal BY
the English, and the consequent discovery
that he had been misled, undoubtedly ex.
cited Il feeling OF bitter hostility toward De
l.csscps whose recently friendly attitude
toward the British has been full; reported
TO Arab.
The Austrian boats crew OF the irisate
Nautilus, captured by the Egyptians, has
been liberated.
AT 1:30 this morning the enemy ap
preached the lines, apparently cndeayorin1
to cut off the. British outposts near tt
Mahmoudich Canal, but retired on the
alarm being given.
Two Tunsan merchants, who escaped
from kafr.el-Dwar, arrived here. The,
declare the country generally thorough,
1iscontented with Arab Pasha, and anx
ious Tor peace. This applies particularly t.
Cairo.
CoSsrASTISorLE, August 2G.-Ahmet
Mukh,ar Pasla has been selected BY tn,
Porte to command tho Turkish forces de
signed ior operations in Egypt. The ap
polntment is regarded favorably by til.
Turks, but will hardly prove satisfactory t.
England, in the by no means certain even
OF Turkey sending troops to Egypt, con
tingcncy which now seems less likely t
occur than at any other time during III,
negotiations. Mukhtar's well known atlil
iatlons with the Ultra.Afoslem party rende
his appointment significant, particularly il
view OF the procrastinatng policy OF th'
Porte in its treatment OF the Egyptia,
question. :. p. ".I gN. rs
LONDON, August 26.--The Standard to
day says it has reason to believe that tien
Wolseley has applied for more troops
This, it adds, probably means Il third di
vision OF the army corps now mobilizinl
at Aldershot.
lsMAlLiA, August o6.-Thc enemy's los
in the fighting Thursday with Genera
Wolseiey is estimated at 400. The iirs
shell fired by the enemy passed few fee
over Genera Wolseley's head, and tool
off the legs OF a horse ten yards behint
him. The enemy throughout the fight de.
clined TO come to close quarters.
The two gunners killed we're struck b,
shrapnel near Woiseley's position. Thu
troops behaved well. They were all da,
without water or food, after making ter
miles through heavy sand. The enemy.
cavalry swept around the British righ
flank, but did not come within striking dis
tance. Egyptian fire was too hot for the I.iit
Guards to cross the open field towards
them. The British infantry passedthe da,
lying down behind the banks and il
bitches. After the engagement Genera
Wolseley rode TO 1smalia, and returned
late in the evening. Reiniorcements ar
rived during the night, but the guns di,
not arrive until next morning, having hat
great difficulty in getting through the sand
At daylight it was found,t to the great disap
pointment OF our men, that the main bod,
OF the enemy had withdrawn:
The Egyptian artillery fought well, ant
fred much more accurately than at Katr
el.Dwar. The infantry were contemplate
and the cavalry little better. Many O
both OF those arms were observed breakin,
from the ranks and dispensing under ou
fire OF shell. .ig .I!!5l-'l
All the troops except the Irish iusiecr.
and three batteries OF artillery have .rons
to the front. Two squadrons OF Inda1
cavalry have arrived and also gone for
ward. ,
| On Thursday the British gunners wer,
so exhausted, after some hours continuou.
work that they were obliged to lie down
while the drivers worked the guns.
| ALEXANDRIA, Angus, 27.-Abou, o'clocl
this afternoon two heavy guns, recent,
placed beyond the water works hill opened
fire on. the enemy on the left bank Of th,
Alahmoudich canal. About twenty round
we're fired Several shells exploded in th,
midst OF the enemy's entertainments 'ca,ls
ing considerable damage. The enemy n
Piled ieebly. About o'clock connagra
ton was observed in the rear OF the enc
my's camp, about ten miles beyond Ram
leh. ....-..,I, ... ..o.Ig
The British man.of.war Alinatour shelle,
the enemy's outposts ia the direction q
Aboukir this afternoon, The shells SCENE,
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