THE WAR IN EGYPT.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2947, 5 September 1882, Page 2

THE WAR IN EGYPT.

REINFORCEMENTS FOR EGYPT

NEW ENCAMPMENTS OF THE ENEMY. FLOODING LAKE MAREOTIS. EUROPEANS THREATENED IN CAIRO, (ReUTBB’S A(JBN(3T.) London, Sept. 2. • Earl Granville has made a protest against the quarantine regulations at Suez. , Sept. 4. A further number of troops are 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 positions now held in the neighborhood .of Alexandria *by Sir Evelyn Woo'd’s brigade, to enable the latter force to join the main body of the British army under Sir Garnet Wolseley, in the proojeted operations against the bnemy. ' , Alexandbia, Sept. 2. It has been ascertained that the enemy is forming a camp at Saltihijeh, a few miles north of the railway between Ismailia and Cairo, and the work of intrenching is being' vigorously proceeded with. Sept. 3. British engineers are engaged, in cutting a passage for the sea into Lake Mareotis. This step is being taken, in order to flood the dry bed of the lake and the marshes to the south-west of the city, and thus prevent a flank attack by-the enemy. ; News to hand from Cairo reports that the native population are menacing the Europeans who remain in that city, and their position is considered critical. The British force at Eassassoun, on on the Fresh Water Canal, is throwing up entrenchments, with a view of strengthening the position-of the camp.