LATEST WAR NEWS.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2589, 25 July 1882, Page 3

LATEST WAR NEWS.

AFFAIRS IN EGYPT. [eeuteb’s telegrams.] LONDON, July 22. Instructions have been issued by the War Office for men of the Army Reserve to join the various military depots on the 2nd of August. . July 23. It is announced that the Duke of Connaught, Sir Arch. Alison, and Sir Evelyn Wood, have been appointed to the command of brigades of the English army in Egypt. The British force now being despatched to Alexandria consists of 10,000 officers and men. The extraordinary war credit to be asked for by Mr Gladstone in the House of Commons to-morrow will be for an amonnt of £2,300,000. Germany and Austria are holding aloof from all questions affecting Egypt at the present juncture.

[“Age” Special]

LONDON, July 24, 6.5 am,

Arab! Pasha is now menacing Abonfcir, but that he intends to destroy Cairo is not considered certain.

LONDON, July 21, 4.50 p.m. Arabi Pasha has issued a manifesto maligning the Khedive. A refugee has reported that 200 Europeans have been massacred at Cairo. France has furnished an expeditionary force of 15,000 men to protect the Canal. Sir A. Alison is exploring the neighborhood to prevent any obstruction. Colonel Lawrie has offered to raise a regiment in Nova Scotia. LONDON, July 23rd. 9.10 a.m. Italy is mobilising to co-operate in the control of Egypt, Europe concurring. Arabi Pasha has a plenteous supply of provisions and ammunition. It is reported that Saltwater Canal condensers are sufficient for the troops only. Dervish Pasha has returned to Stambonl. McPherson is in command of the Indian contingent. Ramlet and Abonkir are occupied. July 22, 5.23 p.m. ■ The French contingent consists of 40,000 troops. Earl Granville has urged M. Freycinet, Minister of War, to hasten their despatch. Arabi Pasha’s strength is said to be

12,000. A Stamboul mailer has been embargoed at Alexandria, having been suspected of carrying letters to Arabi. July 24. The following additional appointments are announced in connection with the despatch of the British army to Egypt: — In command of the First Division of the Line, Major-General F. A. Willis ; Second Division, Major-General Sir E. B. Hamley; Cavalry, Lient.-Colonel A. S. H. Lowe ; Artillery, Lient.-Colonel W. H. Goodenough; Engineers, Colonel O. B. P. Nugent. The Infantry now under orders for Egypt will sail on the 4th of August, and the Cavalry on the 9th. ALEXANDRIA, July 2& One thousand one hundred British troops arrived here co-day from Malta. 1 “ ’ [“ ABO U 8 SPECIAL J i LONDON, July 22. ’ Arabi Path a denounces the Khedive as

being in leagne with foreigners against the country and religion. Arab! Pasha is strongly entrenched at Kafradowor, seventeen miles from Alexandria, and has taken up a position between two lakes, which can only be approached by means of a causeway, defended by earthwork. Ho has advanced his outposts to within eight miles .of Alexandria. Skirmishes have taken place between his troops and the advanced guards of the British. The Europeans remaining in the country are in most dire peril, and throughout the interior are hunted down and murdered. Thirty-six were massacred in Arabi’s presence. The horrible details of the outrages have in England excited a great outcry. The Government are blamed for insufficient preparation. The vote of credit asked is considered to be altogether inadequate. Arab! convoked the Assembly of Notables, and compelled the Chamber to issue a decree declaring the deposition of the Khedive. Port Said is crowded with fugitives who fled from Alexandria, Cairo, and the interior.

An attack upon the European town is greatly feared, and precautionary measures are being taken.

Italy is mobilising her army with a view of possible intervention in the Egyptian difficulty.