Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-09-15
THE EGYPTIAN War.

patch from Gen. WOlsely giving his
report of battle at Tel>el- Kebir:
We struck camp at Kassassin lock
last evening and bivouaked on high
ridge aboAe the camp until 1:30 this
morning. We then advanced upon
very extensive and very strongly for
titled positions held by Arab Pasba,
with 10000 regulars, of whom $500
were cavalry, with 10 guns and 5000
Bedouins and iiregulars. My force
was about 1000 bayonets, 1000 sa
bres and 60 guns. To have attacked
SO strong position by daylight,
with the troops could place in the
field, would have entailed a very
great loss. l resolved, therefore, to
attack before daybreak, marching
the six miles that intervened between
my camp and the enemys position, in
darkness. The cavalry and two bat
teries of horse artillery on the right
had orders to sweep round the ener
mys line at daybreak. The first
division of the End Brigade, under
General Graham, supported by foot
guards under the Duke of Con>
naught; seven batteries of artillery,
numbering about forty>two guns,
with the supporting brigade;
second division of the Highland
Brigade, the leading Indian -con>
tingent and naval brigade on the
railway, advanced. Great emulation
was evlnced by the regiments to be
first In the enemy S works. All went
dt them III full strength. The Royal
Irish particularly distinguished Itself
by It's dasn and manner In which it
closed with the enemy. A Of the
enemy's works and camps are now in
our possession. l d. not yet know
exactly the number OF guns
captured, but it is CON
sldelable. Several trains, with
immense quantities Of supplies were
captured. The enemy ran away In
thousands, throwing away their
arms when overtaken by our cavalry.
In, II loss is very great. General
Wills Is very slightly aid Colonel
Richardson severely wounded. Ma
jyrs Colvllle, Underwood aad Somer-
vile of the Highland light infantry,
willed. Of the BLACK Watch"
Lieut.. MacNeil was killed, and Cap
tains Cumberland and Fox wounded
General Allison s-aid-decamp, Capt.
Hutton, Was wounded Col. Ster
ing and the surgeon of the Cold
stream Guards were wounded. Col.
Balfour of the Grenadnne
Guards, was also wounded
in the leg, and the color sergeant was
killed. The cavalry is now on its march to
BIlbois, and the Indian contingent is on its
way to Beagarcy, to be followed this even
ing by the highland brigade Three Lieu
tenants of the Cameron Highland RS are
wounded. The canal is cut in some places,
but the railway is intact. 1t has been dis
covered that kacheb Pasha and Ali Fehmi
Pasha were wounded in the engagement of
last Saturday.
A correspondent of the Daily News tele-
graphs the following
lsMAILIA, September 13.-The troops for
the attack ON lei el Kebir were arranged in
the following order One troop of the
Indian contingent with battery of noun
tam gums on the extreme left; fourth bri-
gade, under General Ashburnham, High
land Brigade aud General Graham's brigade
III the order named, and a brigade of guards
on the right, III support of General Gra-
ham. A forty-pounder was pushed three
miles up the railway. The enemy fired the
first shot. For half an hour the engagement
was general along the whole Egyptian line
of from four to five miles, after which the
enemy were partly driven from their
entertainments The Rifles, Forty sixth
and Marines had then reached within two
hundred yards, and preparations were being
made to storm the Entertainments.
The enemy's fire at 5. 40 a. m. recon-
menced on the left, but not vigorously. At
$50 there was silence along the whole line.
The entertainments then occupied by the
British troops were between Tel-el-Kebn
proper and koveiu. Col Richardson of
the 46th, was wounded at the beginning of
the engagement. All our troops fought
well, the Indian contingent, on the left,
lefully reservlng their fire.
An eye witness of to days battle tele-
graphs the following graphic account of it
from 1el-el Kebir, 8 a. m.:-The great bat
tie is practically over. The rebels discov-
cred our men when about mile from their
works and opened heavy rifle tire Our
! men paused Tor moment on one of the
! SAND nils, then with a gallant rush they
| were among tne rebels. Acting upon Gen.
| Woiaeleys orders they reserved their fire
and went IN with bayOnets. The slau hter
tor the time Was very great. The
rebels could not stand it and broke
and fed, pursued hoty. l followed the
Royal Irish Regiment into the trenches
before one of .he forts. They were filed
With Arabls followers, dead and dying.
The final rush was made over distance of
zuO yards, the men skIrmlshIng and seeking
cover uutn they reached this point Sew
eral thousand Egg ptans have been taken
prisoners. Our own loss, up to tnis time, l
should compute at 200 killed. The first fire
of the rebels was very wild. 1t came from
both infantry and artillery and passed
over our heads, they being dlscon-
certed by the sudden attack With
day light the enemy's fire improved and
became like hail storm Many men fell,
but not for a second did our advance stop
our covering. The parties lying down fired,
while those in front pressed on. General
Graham's brigade worked with gallantry,
and nothing could surpass their cheer,
viii b resembled a wild yell, and could be
heard above the din of musketry, as they
charged up the steep slopes of the
trenches.
The Egyptians were terror stricken.
Many of them hid in the corners of the
works, while others fled at their utmost
| speed, throwing everything from them.
Our work, however, was not yet
ended. large inner redoubt on Arabi's
I left, well manned and armed, still remained
intact, but the British troops were not to be
denied With another brilliant rush, they
were among the enemies, bayoneting the
gunners at their guns and capturing the
heavy artillery. Thus we captured the kew
of the position. In fifteen minutes from
the first rush, we were its masters. The
rattle of the enemy's musketry died
away, while our men forsook their
1 bayonets and picked off any rebels
who should fight in their retreat. In the
south the enemy stood for few minutes
longer, perhaps quarter of an hour, but
the appearance of our cavalry ON then
right flank soon hastened their movements.
In a few minutes one rushing stream OF