Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-10-07
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THE RGYPfihN WAR ENDED.
Arab Pasha assumed the offensive on the
9th Of September attacking the English posi-
ton with 5, ooomen. Ills troops fought wen In,
were repused with severe loss. The British
troops suffered greatly from the hca, .... The
most severe, and decisive battle Of the war
was Tough, on September 18th. The Egyp.
tians were surprised by night march and los,
their first position before sunrise. The battle
was hotly contested, but a gallant charge by
the English decided the day. Many Of the
enemy were taken prisoners, and the army
routed. The Egyptians re,rcatcd towards Gag.
a,ig pursued by the English cavalry. The loss
in the capture Of Tel El.kcbcr, Arabs posi-
ton, is estimated at 1000 Egyptians and 200
English. Arab Pasha, when he saw the re.
suit Of the battle, boarded train and rode off
at full speed. The following is General VOL.
seleys official report OF the fight: We struck
camp at assassin Locks last evening and
biyouackcd on high ridge above the camp
until $50 this morning. We then advanced
upon the very extensive and very strongly fort-
fed position held by Arab Pasha with twenty
thousand regulars, of whom twenty-five hun.
dred were cavalry, with seventy guns and six
thousand Bedouins and ircgulars. My force
was about eleven thousand bayoncts, two hun
dred sabres and sixty guns. To have attacked
50 strong position by daylight, with the
troops ! could place in the field, would
have cntailcd very great loss. resolved,
therefore, to attack before daybrcak, passing
the six miles which interviewed between my
camp and the cnemys position in darkness.
The cavalry and two batteries Of horse artillery
on the right had orders to sweep around the
enemys line at daybrcak. The first division
OF the Second Brigade, under General Graham,
was supported by the foot guards under the
! ltl al
artillery numbering fory.two guns, with sup
porting brigade; then the second brigade the
Highland brigade and the Indian contingent.
These were on the south side Of the canal with
the naval brigade on the railway. Great en-
ulation was evinced by the regiments to be
FIRST in the cncmy's works. All went at them
straight, the Royal Irish particularly distin-
gushing itself by its dash and manner as II
closed with the enemy. All the cnemy's works
and camps are now in our possession. I do
no, know exactly the number Of guns captured,
but 1t is considerable. Several trains, also,
with immense quantities Of supplies were cap
tured. The enemy ran away, thousands throw
ing away their arms when ovcrtaken by the
cavalry. The loss is very great. 49,. Many OF
the Egyptians officers are anxious to submit to
the Khedive When Arab Pasha entered
Cairo, where the people were led to believe he
had been victorious, he was stoned by the peo
pie. Arab, it is said, surrended to Gen
eral Nc Pherson with companion saying, 81
am Arab Pasha; this is Toulba Pasha.".
A late dispatch says: Regarding the Egyp
tian loss in Wednesdays engagement no com
putation approaching accuracy has yet been
made, but including what has been accounted
for by the cavalry, it cannot be short OF 1880
to 5000. In several places the bodies of the
Egyptians were lying in heaps Of from thirty to
fifty. They lay in dense rows where the Forty
Second, getting on the flank, enfiladcd Arabs
lines, while they were holding the position
against an attack in front. The dead extended
for over a mile behind the position, as our pur.
suing troops fired after the mass of fugitives.
Altogether the field Of Tel.el- Kebir presents a
terrible and CHASTITY sight. Fifty guns have
fallen Into the hands Of the British. The chief
commissariat of the prisoners states that rations
were issued the day before the battle for s, 600
regular troops and 1000 irregulars.
General 'Wolscley and Admiral Seymour are
concertinp plan for simultaneous attack ON
Damictta by land and by sea. .Abdallah
and many other chiefs have surrended
The British cavalry marched through Cairo on
the a,d September for the purpose of making
a demonstration to intimdate the natives and
prevent disorders in the Arab quarters
The Khedive has issued manifesto declaring
that ENGLAND has great interest in Egypt, both
in regard to finance and traffic through the
Suez NAL: that Tor protection of those inter.
cs,s she was compelled to interfere and that
she has no intention Of annexinc the country.