THE CRISIS IN EGYPT.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1063, 8 September 1882, Page 3

THE CRISIS IN EGYPT.

■:( p rom our contemporaries ) Alexandria, September 2. Jt Inn been asaertaiiie I tha h j. the enemy ar; forming a cvnp at Se’tihijeh a few miles nurtli of the r iilway between Ismailia and Cairo, an 1 that the work of entrenching is bein ' vigo ously proceeded with. The B itish Engineers are engaged in cutting a pi sa,o from the seainto Lake Mireotis. This step is being taken in order to flood the dry lied of the hake and marshes south west of this city, and thus to prevent a flank attack by the enemy Nt ws to hand from Cairo reports that the native populace m e menacing the Europeans who remain in that city, and the position of latter is considered critical. The British force at K ssassin, on the Fresh-wa’er C uial, is throwing up entr. nchm nit-*, '\vii hj a view of strengthening the .position of the camp. September 4. A further number of regiments are now under orders for service nr Egypt, and will b; despatched at an early date, it has transpire dithat thi- f .roe, wnich consists of about 5000 men, is intended to occupy the positions now held in the neighbourhood of A'exandria by Sir Evelyn Wood’s brigade, to euab'e the la ter force to join the main b dy of the British army un ler Sir G'niet Wolseley in the projected operations against the enemy. The work of cutting the channel to ad mit the sea into the bed of the lake is being actively proceeded with. H.MS. Minotaur the flagship of the Channel squadron, is now daily encaged in shelling the enemy’s lines at Aboukir. London, September 4. An armel force o f 50,'’00 Tirolians is stated to have Sift on the way i.n Egypt ;o> reinforce Arahi The Turkish forces will endeavour to intercept their advance. The commanders of Arabi’s force at Tcl-el Kebir are mediating desertion. Sir Garnet Wolesley’s supplies at the front and the means of transport aro now• otKcially announce 1 to he amplo. A force of the enemy aro advancing on • Mendesin (?). H.M.S. Minotaur is engaged in shelling the .position. The health of the troops at Kaa-ass’n is i-r proved. The quarantine regulations at Suez have been relaxed in consequence of the protests made by the British Government.