THE WAR IN EGYPT.
The gunboats and troops have been ordered to 1) mietta, where the rebel troops under Abdullah, who refused to surreii'ler, are posted.—l7,ooo stand of arms Inve been captured at Kafradowar.—Sir Evelyn Wood, on his arrival at X ifradowar. found that the rebel army which bad been stationed there had dispersed, without waili ig to surrender. The place i • now occupied by a British force. Railway communication between Alexandria and Cdro has now been restored. In all. 20 leaders of the National party have been arrested for complicity in the revolt. A decree his liooii issued by the Khedive, wholly disbanding the Egyptian army. The decree further sets lorth that ail the officers of the army who showed sympathy with the Nationalist movement will be tried by court martial in Cairo—Tantah,one of the most important towns in the D.slta, with a population of 80,000, has been occupied by the British troops.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 646, 22 September 1882, Page 2
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154THE WAR IN EGYPT. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 646, 22 September 1882, Page 2
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