ALEXANDRIA.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3488, 11 September 1882, Page 3

ALEXANDRIA.

September 8. Latest news from head-quarters is to the effect that the concentration of troops under Sir Garnet Wolseley is to be completed at Kassassin by Monday night, and that an advance in force against the enemy will then be made. An Arab mob to-day attacked and overpowered the guard, and forcibly removed from the gallows the bodies of the murderers of Messrs Dobson and Richardson, who were publicly hanged here yesterday. September 9. At an early hour this morning Arabi menaced the British position at Kassassin with a strong force, and opened fire with bis field pieces upon the entrenchments, and heavy cannonading was maintained on both sides for some time. At nine o'clock the British were advancing, and the enemy falling back. Later. Subsequently the enemy made an attack upon both flanks of the British position at Kassassin simultaneously, and sharp fighting took place. At noon the enemy suffered a severe repulse. The fighting was, however, continued. The main body of troops under Sir Garnet Wolseley is now at Mahuta, and is rapidly pushing to the front. An attempt was made last night by a party of Arabs to surprise the British garrison here and obtain possession of the city. Nothing, however, came of the affair.