LATEST TELEGRAMS THE EGYPTIAN WAR.
(BY TELEGBAPH.) j • ,■■■..-. London, August 6. . , Tne report of a surprise attack wa.s, contemplated by Arabi on Alexandria, [ . /but has. proved to be a false alarm. r " The 1 "latest intelligence to hand from , Alexandria confirms the previous report" . of heavy losses on the enemy's side in the recent engagement. . It is now ; definitely known that Arabi's . suffered severely , from the ' nglish fire, and that 200 were killed, besides the wounded, and prisoners, of whom, fifteen 'were taken by the English.' The prisonors state that Arabi's entire force amounts ; to 16,000 men of all classes, and that serious discontent prevails among them.
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 16, 9 August 1882, Page 2
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107LATEST TELEGRAMS THE EGYPTIAN WAR. Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 16, 9 August 1882, Page 2
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