THE WAR IN EGYPT.
[BY CABLE.]
[BEtTTER’a THLBOBAMS-] LONDON, September 4. A further number of regiments is now under orders for service in Egypt, and will be despatched at an early date. It has transpired that this force, which consists of about 5000 men, is intended to occupy the positions now held in the neighborhood of Alexandria by Sir Evelyn Wood’s brigade, and to enable the latter force to join the main body of the British Army under Sir Garnet Wolseley in the projected operation against the enemy.
ALEXANDRIA, September 3.
The British Engineers are engaged in catting a passage for the sea into Lake Mareotis. This step is being taken in order to flood the dry bed of the lake and marshes to the south-west of this city, and thus to prevent a flank attack by the enemy.
News to hand from Cairo reports that the native populace are menacing the Europeans who remain in that city, and their position is considered critical. The British force at Kassassin, on the fresh water canal, is throwing up entrenchments, with a view of strengthening the position of the camp.
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2625, 5 September 1882, Page 3
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188THE WAR IN EGYPT. Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2625, 5 September 1882, Page 3
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