The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-22


his artillery. Reports from the interio
show that Arab Pasha "a working the
} entire population on his esrthworks,
, Port Said, 21.-At 9. As o'clock on Sun
day evening the feet and transports en-
tered the canal. Before their departur,
General Wslesely posted a proclsmati
written in the Arab tongue, decIsrins
J that those who respected the authority O
the Khedive would not be molesied, bu
those who resisted would be trested q
rebels. The British have evacuated th,
offices of the canal company. The trafi,
OF the canal will be only temporarily sus
pended in order to allow the British yes.
sells to pass. The company refused tc
send pilots on board the men-of-War
The British occupy Refch. The Arab:
have abandoned Ghe;hileh and with.
drawn to Damietts. The transport Gal.
s3rls, from Aiexsndris, with cavalry,
has arrived.
The transport Catalonia is aground in
the canal, but does not stop traffic.
3p.m.-The last transport has entered
the Suez Canal. The vessels are stes m
ing slowly for Ismalis.
The occupying force numbers six hun
dred. Two hundred and ifty-two Egvp-
tan soldiers were disarmed without re-
sistaGce. The government of the Khedive
has been reinstated. Commanders f the
Egyptian troops are prisoners in the Offices
Of the canal company, and three tele-
graph offices are occupied by British.
The canal has been closed to merchant
vessels and the dredges in it have been
seized. The bonn bardment of the Chem
| ileh Notifications will probably take
place to-day, The French dispatch boat
Aspic left yesterday to take the place Of
the corvette Forbin st Suez. The For
ben has gone TO Massowah to protect
French subjects. The English man-of-
war Tourmsline entered the canal this
morning, with the gunboat Dee, and
cleared for action.
The iroAclAds InVincible, Ferpsrire.
Agincourt, Monarch, Penelope. two gun
boats and twelve troopships are still
lying in the hsrbor off here. Marines
and sailors occupy the town. The fleet is
about to enter the canal.
The British admiral commanding has
granted permission to land the shore end
Of the cable, which has hitherto been
worked from on board the chip John
Fender. The Germ an gunboat Hsbicht
returned yesterday.
London, 2l.-Admiral Hewitt tele.
graphs from Suez at 4 O'Clock this morn
ing, as follows: Yesterday Captain
hastings, IN command of the seamen
and marines Ofthe gun boats Sea Gull and
Mosquito. assisted by 200 HighlAnders,
under Major Kelsey, proceeded to |
Shaluf by way of the Msritime Canal, |
and found 800 of the enemy strongly en-
trenched behind the station. The Eng
lIsh forced landing sHd defeated them, |
taking forty-fve prisoners, small can
non and a quantity of ammunition aud |
stores. Our loss was two HiRhlanders |
drowned and two seamen wounded. The !
enemy's loss was about 100 killed and |
wounded. The bank of the Freshwater
Canal, at Shaluf, is cut by the enemy,
but it has been repaired now. A brigade |
reconnoitered in force at the same time
and in the same direction. The transport |
Merton Hall, with the Seventh Bengal
Infantry, has arrived at Suez. The |
French troopship Shamrock entered the
canal this morning.
Suaz, 2l.-Genersl Mcpherson, COM
mander of the Indian contingent, and !
hia staff, arrived here this morning. The |
carried the Entertainments |
at Shsluf a. the point of the bsyonet.
Paris. 2l.-Government has sert De |
Lesaers word to employ more prudence
in his protest.
Ismalia, 21:- Nefsh was occrpied
without opposition. The enemy had fed. |
London, 20.--The Eastern Telegraph
Company announces that Port Said was
at 3 O'Clock this morning By the
English forces. At $50 this afternoon
earthworks had been thrown up between
the European and Arab quarters of town
Seventeen transports and five men-of-wAr
are at Port Said, and Admiral Seymour
and General Sir Garnet Wolseley are
both there. This morning Ismalis was
also occupied by British AMI he rebel
troops were driYen from Nefi.k. The
British have possession of the telegraph
line from Port Said 10 Suez.
From Port Said: Egyptien soldiers
are doing duty with the police H. town.
which is perfectly quiet. The KheiiVe'~
governor has addressed the Egyptian
troops, telling them those who W re for
the Khedive auld remain snd not be
but those for Arab Pashs had
better 90 and suck to him. Two officers,
we'll known partisans of Arab Pa.ha,
nave been arrested and sent on board a
vessel of the feet. A commander Of the
Egyptian troops, fanatic of the lr-t
,lass, who has been acting as vice-gnv-
amor. escaped to Fort Gehmel with 100
soldiers. Arab Pasha's governor left
or Ismalis three DAYS ego
A dispatch from Port Said, at a. m
Gays the sailors are landing and dissrm-
ing the natives, who offer no resistance.
Several transports and men-of- war are
here, and a feet mum bering
even is coming in. The gunbosts Dee
nd Deon have entered the canal. Rear
Admiral Hewitt has stopped canal traffic.
A dispatch from Constantinople saws
lord Duferin, in an interview to-day
18th Said Psshs, declared that he was
nsble to accept the Turkish proposals
Dr. q military convention, even 10 their
ew form. Said Pssha and Assym Pasha
re understood to be strongly in favor of
4 understanding with England.
A dispatch from Alexandra says it's
lmored that Arab Pssha's eu!renct-
lents will be attacked ca Monday morn
ig at 6 o'clock. =
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