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This Afterroon.
Victory in Egypt.
2,000 KILLED and WOUNDED. A COMPLETE ROUT.
Alexandria, 13th, evening.—lntelligence now to hand shows that the British victory at Tel El Kebir has been complete. Very heavy loss was inifleted on the enemy, their casualties being reckoned at fully two thousand killed and wounded. The British loss is stated to be two hundred, including several officers killed and wounded. Regirnants forming the Highland Brigade bore the brunt of the action, and fought splendidly. Arabi’s troops are reported to be utterly demoralised. His infantry are now flying in the direction of the Desert, and a considerable force of British cavalry is in pursuit.
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Patea Mail, 15 September 1882, Page 3
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