The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-14
Brave Bri, III Army, Which, With
Thirteen Thousand Men, Make
an Attack At Night
Upon Their Stronghold-The Slaughte,
Horrible For n Short While.
The Egyptians Fire
Wild and Intellectual The Key TO the
Position Held by Wolscley.
The English Loss Nominal Egyp,
lias Loss Very Heavy.
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
War Notes.

LONDON, September l3-The war office |
has received the following dispatch from |
General Wolseley, giving his report of the !
bat'lo al Tel-el- Kebir; We struck camp at |
kassassin Lock last evening and bivouacked |
on the high ridge above the camp
until lao this morning. We then
advanced upon very extensive and
very strongly fortified position held
| by Arab Pasha with seventy thousand reg
ulars, of whom twenty-five thousand were
cavalry with seventy guns and six thousand
Bedouins and irregulars. My force was
about eleven thousand boyonet, two thous-
and sabres and sixty guns. 70 have at
tackled so strong position by daylight with
the troops / could place in the
field would have entailed very great
loss. | resolved, therefore, to attack before
daybreak, marching over the six miles that
intervened between my camp and tine enc.
mys position in the darkness. The cavalry
and two battalions of horse artillery on the
right had orders to sweep round the enc.
mys line at daybreak. Tho First division
OF the Second brigade, under Gen
eral Graham, supported by the Foot
Guards, under the Duke of
Connaught, seven batteries of artillery,
numbering forty-two guns, with support
ing brigades, the second division of the
Highland brigade, leading the Indian con.
tingent, and the naval brigade on the rail-
way advanced. Great emulation was
eyinced by the regiments to be first in the
enemy's works. All went at them straight,
the Royal Irish particularly distinguishing
itself by its dash and the manner
in which it closed with the enen,y. All
the enemy's works and camps are now
in our possession. ! do not vet know
eNectly the number ofguns captured but it
is considerable. Several trains with i'm
mense quantities of supplies were captured
The enemy ran away in thousands; throw
ing away their arms when overtakcn by
our cavalry. Their loss is very great. Gen
ernl. Willis is very slightly and Colonel
Richardson severely wounded, Majors Col
vile, Underwood and Somerville, OF the
Highland light infantry were killed. Lieu
tenant McNiell was. killed and CaptainsCum.
berland and Fox wounded General Allison's
aide-do-camp, ,CaptainHutton, was wounded
Colonel Sterling and the surgeon of the
Coldstream Guards were wounded Colonel
Balfour, OF the Grenadier Guards, was
wounded in the leg and Colonel Orsage was
killed. The cavalry is now on its march to
BilbeFs, and the Indian contingent is on its
) way to Sega2ig to be fol-
: Brigade. Three lieutenantso of the Cameron
Highlanders are wounded. The canal is
cut in some places, butth railway is intact.
II has been discovered that Racheb Pashe
and Ali Fehmy Pasha were wounded in the
engagement OF last Saturday.
The correspondent Of the Daily News
telegraphs tho following from fsmalia:
The troops Tor the attack on Tel-el. Kebr
were arranged in the following order: one
troop 1.-THE Indian Contingents, with the
battery of mountain guns on the extreme
left, the Fourth brigade, under General
Ashburham. the Highland Brigade and
General Graham's brigade, in the order
named, and brigade of the Guards
on the right, In support of General
Graham forty pounder was pushed
three miles up the railw v
The enemy fired the first shot, For halt
an hour the engagement was general along
the whole of the Egyptian line of from -four
to five miles, after which the enemy wer,
I partly driven from their intrenchments
l The Rifles, the Forty sixth Regiment and
+ the Marines had then reached within ty,
hundred yards, and preparations were he
v ing made to storm the intrenChments
The enomy'S tire at $40 in In,
I morning recommended on tn,
left but not vigorously. At $50
there was u silence along the whole line
The entrenchments then already occupied
by the British. The troops were between
Te.cl.Kebir proper and kirein. Colone
Richardson could not stand 1t and brok,
Royal Irish regiment into the
c trenches before one of the forts
They were filled with Arabi's followers
Z dead and dying. a final rush was made
a over distance of 200 yards, the men
: skirmishing and seeking cover until the,
2 reached this point, Several Thousand
Egyptians have been taken prison
d. ers. Our own loss up to thi,
. time should compute at 30,
l killed. The first fire OF the rebels was very
Z wild. II came from both infantry and ar
tillery and passed over our heads they be
r ing Disconnected by the sudden attack. The
ensign of the Forty-sixth was wounded a;
{, tho beginning of the engagement. All oui
troops fought we'll, the Indian Contingent
on the left carefully reserying their FIRE.
1 An eyewitness OF to-day VS. ba,tlo tele
graphs the following graphic account of Il
|. from Telel.Kebir: The great battle /.
practically over. The rebels discovered ou,
i men when about u mile from their works
and opened heavy rifle fire. Our mer
paused for n moment on line of sand
c hills, then with n gallant rush they
were among the rebels. Acting on Genera
: Wolseley's orders they reserved their Fir,
u, and went In with bayonets. The slaughter
y for q time was very great, the rebel fire lin
= proved and became like hail.storm
Many men fell, but not for sec
ond did our advance stop Gu
covering parties lying down, fire Will,
those IN iront pressed on. General era
hams brigade worked with gallantry
Nothing could surpass their cheer whicl
resembled q wild yell and could be hear,
above the din of musketry as they charged
up the steep slopes OF the trenches
The Egyptians were terror stricken Mat,
Of them hid in the corners of the work
while others fled at their utmost speed
throwing everything from them. Ou
work, however, was not yet ended. Tn
large inner redoubt on Arabi's lett, wei
J, manned and armed, still remained intact
but the British troops were not 4
be denied. With brilliant rush
they were among the enemy bayonetin
the gunners at their guns and cspturin
heavy artillery. Thus We have capture,
the key OF the position; In fifteen minutes
from the first rush we were It's MASTER
r. The rattle Of the enemy's muskets die