The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-09
FOREIGN.
Foundering of the British
Bark Conomel, Grew
Lost.
An Artillery Duel now Co.
ing on.
Wolseley's Report of the
Ruction.

IsHNAIIA, Sept. 9.-As the water IN the
fresh water canal is still falling the lock
cate cannot be opened to allow a boat to
anter Two steam launches have been
dragged bodily from the lake oyer the
sand hills and placed in the canal by the
Highlanders, two hundred of whom man
ned each rope. The second division is now
in the harb0r awaiting an order to disem-
bark. A Russian general is to-day in one
of the imperial yachts to witness oper-
ationS
KAssAssIN, Sept. $3.50 a. m.-After
six O'Clock this morning the Bengal Lam
GERS and scouts came in with the news that
the enemy was approaching in great force
on the north side of the railway. Our
army was at once put in motion and by
seven o'clock an artillery duel began.
.Arabis troops of all arms are spread over
the entire ridge and mile and half up
the line. A train, heavily armed. had APP
peared close to where | stand. Our forty
FOUNDER and krupp guns are placed and
are shelling the enemys right. There
are also twenty five Founders a few hun
dred yards off playing on the same posi-
tOn. We have enemy's range exactly.
One of our shells burst right over enemy's
ranks.
The Egyptian artillery have got our dis
tances very well, and their shells are
dropping steadily in our camp. We have
horse artillery extended along line half
a mile in length on the north side of the
railway They are firing rapidly, and at
present the Egyptians are slowly retiring
Up to this moment 70 causalties have Oc-
Cured Renforcements are just coming
up from Mahsameh. A Krupp gun recently
captured from Arab sent a shell nearly in
front of his train. Our infantry are slow
ly advancing, and the enemy is lowly re-
treating.
KAssAssIN, Sept. 9.-Noon-The attack
of the enemy has been repulsed, but the ac-
ton still continues alone the front, which
extends distance of three miles. All the
troops are out from the British camp and
the wounded are now being brought in; but
the total casualties are not yet exactly
known and the British loss is roughly eSti-
mated at 100 killed and wounded. Many
shells fell in the British camp before the
enemy was repulsed.
DUBLIN, Sept. 9.-Marwood, the hang
man, arrived in Ireland last evening to su-
perintend the execution of Francis Hynes.
Marwood is guarded by police and num-
of Irish detectives viii escort him to Linn
erick.
LONDON Sept. 9.-The British bark
Clonmel from Sunderland for Java, found
cred The crew, numbering 20 were
drowned.
ALEXANDRIA, Sept. 9.-During the night
a small party of Arabs whose object is sup
posed was sincendiarism, attempted to scale
the ramparts between the Ramleh and Ro-
setta gates. One of the party was bayo-
netted by the sentry and the remainder fled
LONDON, Sept. 9.-Gen. Wolseley tele-
graphs the war office: Sept. g. noon-The
enemy accommodated our advanced posts
with considerable force of all arms at day-
break this morning. Gen. Willis adyanc-
ed and attacked them driving them back
with loss. We have taken four guns.
Our loss is very trifiing. The enemy have
retired into their works, from which they
are now firing.at 5000 yard range I shall
return to camp at Kassassin shortly with
all the force | have removed my camp
there as railway. canal and telegraph are
now working fairly We have found and
buried the body of Lieut. Gribble
LONDON, Sept. "a dispatch from
Pekin of the 5th states that the Chinese
authority intervened boldly in Corea and
seized the father of the King and brought
him to China. The King has been rein
stated by Chinese troops and ships