THE EGYPTIAN WAR.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2642, 25 September 1882, Page 3

THE EGYPTIAN WAR.

<► Br Emotbtc Telbqbaph—Oopybight. CAIRO INFURIATED. CONFISCATIONS OF THE K as DIVE. OCCUPATION OF DAMIETTA. EEVIEW Oi? THB TROOP J. rBBTTTEB'fI TKLEGBASt.] Received September 25, 12.45 p.m. ALEXANDRIA, September 22. Damietta was yesterday occupied by the British troops under Sir Evelyn Wood. The bulk of the rebel garrison had previously deserted, and had made their way to Tantah, where they submitted to the British. The remainder fled before the arrival of the troops, but only after they had looted and plundered the town in every direction. The commander of the garrison, Abdallah, yielded to Major-General Wood, on the entry of the British. A grand parade of British cavalty took place to-day at Cairo. Since this display the attitude of the populace (previously most insolent towards the troops) has become most abject, the parade having had an overawing effect on the people. [/'Argus" Special, pub United Pbbss Association] Received September 25th, 11.40 a.m. LONDON, September 24, 7 38 a.m.

The Khedive has issued a proclamation declaring that he has received a satisfactory assurance that England has no intention of annexing Egypt. Both English soldiers and European civilians have been stoned in the streets of Cairo by the native mob, and the bazaars have refused to sell anything to foreigners. It is considered probable tlat the Khedive will confiscate rebel property to the value of a million, in order to compensate the sufferers of the rebellion,