The Worthington advance., 1882-09-21
ENDOF THE WAR,
GEN. WOLsELEY's ACCOUNT.

ENDOF THE EGYPTIAN WAR.
GEN. wo1sELEY's ACCOUNT.
LONDON, Sept. 13.-The war Office has re-
ccived the following official dispatch from,
uen. Wolscley giving his report of the battle
at Tel ell Kekir: - .'=@s- -. -1&7
I'VE struck camp at Kassassin lock Last
evening and bivouacked' ON . high ridge
above the camp until 1:3O this morning.
We then advanced upon the very extensive
and very strongly fortified position held by
Arab Pasha with 1000 regulars, Of whom
$500 were cavalry, with seventy guns, and
6,0O0 Bedouins and irregulars. My force was
1900 bayonets :, 900 sabres and sixty guns
To have attacked so strong . position bv
daylight with the troops l could place in
the field would have entailed very great
loss; resolved, therefore, to attack before
daybreak, marching the six miles that in
teryened between my camp and the enemy's
position in the darkness. The cavalry and
two batteries of horse artillery on the right
had orders to sweep around the enemy's
line at daybreak. The First division, the
Second brigade, under Gen. Graham. sun
ported b. foot guards under the duke of
C0nnaught and seven batteries Of artillery.
numbering forty-two guns, with . support.
ing brigade. Then the Second division.
Highland brigade, leading the Indian brig.
ade contingent; these were on the south side
of the canal, with the naval brigade ON the
|. railroad, and advanced.
Great emulation was evinced by the regi-
ments to be the first in the enemy work.
All went ut them strait ht. The royal Irish
particularly distinguished itself by its dash
and the manner in which it closed with the
enemy. All the enemy's works and camps
are now IN our possession. l do not vet
know exactly the number of guns captured,
but it is considerable. Several trains with
immense quantities of supplies were cap
throwing away their arms when overtaken
by our cavalry. Their loss vas very great
and Gen. Willis b very slightly and Col.
Richardson severely wounded. Majors
Colville, Underwood and Somerville
of the Highland light infantry
were killed. Of the Black
watch, Lieut.. Mcneil was killed and Capts.
Cumberland and Fox were wounded. Gen.
Alliscn's aide de camp Capt. Hutton was
wounded: Col. Sterling and the surgeon of
the Coldstrealn guards were wounded. Col.
Balfour of the grenadier guards was wound.
ed in leg and the color sergeant killed.
The cavalry is now on the march to Belbecs
and the Indian contingent is on its way to
Zagazig to be followed by the Highland
brigade. Three Lieuts. Cameron of
the Highlanders were wounded. The canal
is cut in some places. but the railway is in
tact. 1t has been discovered that kacleb
Pasha and Ali Fehmy Pasha were wounded
in the engagement last Saturday.
OCCUPIED zAGAz1s.
Maj. Gen. Mcpherson tclegraphs from
Zagazig to the waroftice that he made forced
march after the capture Of Tel el Kebir and
occupied Zagazig at "A that afternoon. He
seized five trains with the engines. The
governor came in and surrendered to the
British. The people are submissive.
AaHAsrtY SPECTACLE.
Many dispatches are received from Tel el
kebir. L0ng-continued cheers went up
when the enemy's works were seized. The
sight below was ghastly one. Hundreds
Of dying, Egyptians, camels and
horses were lying mangled on the ground.
The English dead and wounded were mixeC;
with those of the enemy. The English
troops were splendidly handled and marched
over rampant after rampant, leaving behind
them traces in blood of the work which they
had accomplished. The Egyptians were
taken by surprise in almost every direction.
The negro troops and Arab artillery fought
well. Gen. Woolseley watched the night in
the thickest danger, and the duke Of Con-
naught exhibited extreme GOODNESS. Gen.
Wolse;ey ordered his soldiers to ,narc, with
unloaded rifles, and if possible, storm the
encmy's entertainments without fir
ing 4 Shot. The Highland brigade OH the
left carried the first line of Entertainments
without firing shot at the point of the bay
onet. The guards followed, behaving splen-
didly. Half of the Egyptians opposed to us
I'M oft ]
to Cairo without delay. Arabs troops are
evidently delighted ut the prospect of al
end to the war. Immense stores of amlnu-
milton and 200 tents were captured. No
doubt Arabi Pasha was completely sur
priscd. The disposition of the English
forces during the darkness of the
night was really beyond praise
Col. Harrison with great difficulty
saved Ragheb Bey's life as the English SOL
diers were excited and in no mood to give
quarter. Detachments of troops from Ka-
Cairo. Another dispatch says the encmy's
earthworks were quite insufficient to check
the advance of our troops. The works were
certainly Of an immense extent and sur
rounded by ditch four feet deep and four
feet wide. The parapet was about six feet
and eight inches high, but the works put
out so abruptly into the plateau surrounding
almost at any point it was possible to Ell
filadc the enemy. As soon as the English
troops reached the enemy's entertainments
Arab Pasha got on board train and or
dered it to steam offthe scene
Another eye witness gives the following
! account of the battle: Never did body ol
14,OOO men get under rms more gu ietl v.
The very orders appeared to be given il,
lowered tones. The silence was broken
only by m occasional clash of steel. There
were frequent halts to enable the regiments
to maintain the touch. When the
troops arrived within 1.1OOO yards
ofthe enemy's lines, they halted to allow
tians fled in q confused rabble. Two trains
filled with flgitives managed to get away
before the English came up. The engine Ct
another train just about starting was blowI
| up by one of our shells, and Lieut.. Gordol
Carey, who had been wounded, killed will
his claymore three Egyptian officers VIII
set upon him.
ALEXANDRIA, Sept. 14.-Arabi Pasha an
Toulba Pasha arrived at Cairo last night
They are both virtually prisoners.
The first news of Wednesdays battle tha
reached Cairo reported great Egyptial
victory, and subsequently, when it was an
nounccd that Arab Pasha was on his wa,
to Cairo, it was rumored that he brough
with him Admiral Seymour's head. II,
people of Cairo had never heard of Ger
Wellesley, and imagined that Admiral Sey
mour commanded the British forces. Whe1
Arab Pasha arrived alone the populac
stoned him.
Negotiations for the surrender are proceed
ing satisfactorily. The British will prob
ably occupy Kafr el DwAr tomorrow. It j
stated the surrender will be unconditional
Butras Pasha has arrived at Kafr el Dwar e,
route for Alexandra, as delegate of the in
habtants of Cairo charged to declare thci
loyalty to the khed;ve.
The English troops are now enterin
Cairo. Gen. Wolsely recently in . reply t
a deputation of chiefs from Tel el Kebir VIII
asked that the country be spared the humil
iation of further advance of the British,
said he would occupy Cairo tonight, an
that in a few hours lie would dispatch tn
first train there with troops. This has sine
been done.
The London Times, in an article on til
attack on Telel Kebir says:
It is impossible to conceive Of an opera
ton more successful and executed in NOR
mastery manner. The whole plan of Il,
campaign was settled by Gen. Wolsele
with the concurrence of his superiors AM