Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-03-05
AN ARAB DEF AT.
Victory Of the British Troops in
Egypt.


Ing that The losses of the British were
"a killed aud l42 wounded. The Brit
Isn forces captured tour krupp guns,
Two howitZers and one uiachlne gun.
Tie rebels were repulsed, after des-
perate Resistance, with the loss of d
Thousand men.
On thursday night General Gra-
hams expedition eucamped near Fort
Baker. The Infantry bIvouacked il
front, the cavalry i'll the rear. The
troops were all assembled before sun
eet, except the Sixty-htth Regiment
which arrived at 8. Yesterday moru-
ing hres were quickly klDdled and cot
were formed i'll an oblong square, the
iruuL aud rear OF which were longer
lnan the sides, owing 10 the different
strength VI the regiments. The Cor
uou HIghlandcrs III line formed the
advance, with TWO gattlIDg guns aud a
Gardluer IN The right coruer and Two
GaIuiuers and one Gattllug gun IN the
lett Corner The EIghty-nlnth RegI-
menJ III llue formed the rIgut hand side
of lbe square, the Black Watch Regi
meuL the rear.
Tne whole strength Of the British
forces Was something less than 1000
meu. 1he length vi The front vas 800
Yards The Hussars acted as scouts,
ana advanced ln u seml-cIrcle thou
sand yards ahead, covering the tront
| aud nauks Of the main force. The
truups advanced over sand knolls aud
scluD for d mile from Fort Baker along
| the 1eb road, " ben the rebels opened
ire with their Remington rifles, but
tnt range was too long aud their shots
proved Ineffective The rebels il
swarms occupied tie high ground in
front and on The TANKS Ut the British
army They retir, d slowly AS the Eng
IIsn advanced, keeping within about
200 yards vi The nalu body OF the
Epylish forces The BRUSH cavalry
| followed, covering the rear upon the
left, formed iu three lines aud distant
some 900 yards from the main army.
At $50 the guuboat Sphynx tired four
rounds from rrlnkiLat harbor, but the
rauge was TOO great. The shells burst
a mile short of the enemy's position.
Tue firing Was stopped, ss the shells
were dangerous to the English, The
cavalry aud mounted infantry advanc-
ed ON the left To touch the rebels, who
moved obstinalely, though they were
not injIspused TO fight. The infantry
continued 10 advance steadily. Two
or three times halt was made, in or
der to allow the sailors and artillery
who were dragging the guns 10 resi-
Sne square was well NJ intainrd but
where the ground was difficult the men
marched By fours right in columns of
companies. Tne road toward Teb was
studded with hundreds Of corpses of
Baker Pasha's ili-starred fugitivea,
which filled the air with pollution and
around which swarms of carrion HES
lazily lowered.
Alter I'D advance of three miles had
been accomplished the earthworks OF
the rebels came in sight. Guns were
mounted aud standards were flying in
the sulry air. The rebel fire had now
almost ceased, except on the extreme
right aud left, where it still Continued
to be directed st the scouts The Brit
ish stepped forth rs if on holiday
parade, the bagpipes playing and the
Highlenders footing cheerlly They
advanced until they were within 800
yards Of the rebels position, where an
old sugar mill was standing surround
ed by number of native buts, and
where also stood fort with two guns
Here a halt was ordered and the scyuts
rtjnined the cavalry.
Neither forces seemed disposed TO
open fire. Al last attention" was
called, whereupon the rebels, seeing
the British move, began the battle with
II shell from Krupp gun ca tured
from the Egyptians. The shell passed
wild. o !er the square The next two
shots were aimed with greater accur-
acy aud the shells burst close TO the
British, woundlny several The rebel 4
maintained rattling fu-ilade With
small arms, sending hundreds of bullets
which whizzed around the ears OF tae
BRUSH 4 man OF the Gordon HIGH
landers was first to fall badly wound
ed AS the shots increased The anu
bulauce surgeons were fully occupied
The English advanced steadily in a
square without answering the rebel fire
I'LL they passed the north face of th,
rebel works. AT this poiut piece %
shell wounded Baker Pasha in the face
and twenty men we're hit Af.er al
/. .cnelon Of thousand yards halt wa;
ordered aud the men directed TO lay
/, down. 1t Was now qGGn, the day wa
clear aud the wind dispersed the smoks
Of the rebel fire, disclosing the c1eIs
, movements.
Tnen the British opened fire with gun
;. and Martini rifles, causing the rebel hr'
, TO rapidly slacken aud almost 10 cease
:, AT this The bugles sounded fresh al
vance. The troop5 rose, wheeled
around iu the ceutre of the square an'
appruached the rebel works. The rebe
;, we're in no military order. but scatter
q ed here aud there. 80 as 10 take ad
= vantage of the abundant cover whicI
- the ground afforded They cIGnG L
!, their position with desperate tenaclty
!. There were 1000 rebels directly il
front, while many hundreds hum
, around the Two sides of The -quare.
= As the British moved forward. iirinj
as trey advanced, the rebels arme
: With spears and huge croos-hilte
/, swords, rose within 200 yards of th
q advancing lines and rushed fgaiGst th
:. Britiah at breakneck speed, needles
~ and fearless of death. The rebels ir
= right aud left, though some OF III
. brave fellows reached within five pace
n of the square None of them bolteo
"a they ouly tell back sullenly when The
y were forced
, Having cleared the ground in fr"n
with their Martiui rifles the Brltls