THE WAR IN EGYPT.
[BY CABLE.]
[bkutkb’s telbgeams.] ALEXANDRIA, August 13. The Coldstream and Grenadier Guards have been quartered at the Royal Palace at Ramleh, near this city. A body of rebel Egyptian troops, commanded by Arab! in person, made an advance to-day against Fort Mex. Their approach was, however, detected by the outposts, and a body of British troops from the fort was despatched against theta. The enemy was repulsed without difficulty, and retreated to the interior. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 13. The proposed military convention between the British Government and the Porte, the draft of which was laid before the Conference by Lord Dufferin yesterday, has not as jet been completed, and notwithstanding the concession which the British Government has offered with regard to the command of the Ottoman troops in Egypt, the Porte is still disinclined to accept the convention, and further negotiations are expected to take place, [“ AGE ” SPECIAL.] LONDON, August 13, 9.30 a.m. It is proposed that the Khedive shall command the combined forces in Egypt. The Conference of Powers will disperse as soon as the convention is signed between England and Turkey. Arabi is reported to be very strongly entrenched. General Ignatieff has been arrested.
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2607, 15 August 1882, Page 3
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