THE WAR IN EGYPT.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2976, 9 October 1882, Page 2

THE WAR IN EGYPT.

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[Rbuteb’s Agency.]

| Received, Oct. 9,1882, 11.15 a.m.]

SIMULTANEOUS SUBSIDENCE OP TERRORISM AND PAY. V «• Alexandbia, Oot. 6. ; \ ; The increased emoluments which were accorded to the officers of the Egyptian army under , the terrorism .which proceeded the rebellion has now been revoked and the ; former rates of pay will alone be granted. , THE COMMANDER RESIGNED; '*■ Cawtowit, Oct; 6.'"- *’• . Colonel Gordon (Gordon Pasha), has resigned his position as Commandant of the Cape forces owing to a difference with the local Government. (Per s.s. Mauapouri at the Bluff.) Bluff, Oot. 8. The following items of news were brought by the Engish mail, per R.M.S.S. Verona, at Albany : London, Aug. 25. The military operations in .connection with the Egyptian campaign have proceeded hitherto with smoothness, promptitude and succss, so far gratifying this country, and , eliciting the admiratibn'bf foreign critics; On the 17tb, two days after hia arrival, Sir

j Garnet Wolseley had matured his plan, and in the afternoon of the 18th the whole of the First Division, comprising two brigades under the Dpk p of Connaught and General Graham, steamed off in transports escorted by ironclads, from Alexandria in an easterly direction, their destination' being stated to be Aboukir. They did steam right into Aboukir Bay, but at nightfall started again and sailed direct for Port Said, where they arrived on the morning of the 20th. The transports afterwards proceeded to Ismailia, where the disembarkation was completed, in accordance with the prearranged plan. Admiral Hoskins had previously seized Port Said, and Admiral Hewitt occupied Suez. The British forces thus controlled both ends and the whole length of the canal. Ho opposition worth mentioning was offered by Arabi’s troops. The progress of the transports between Port Said and Ismailia was retarded owing to the grounding of the Catalonia, which, however, subsequently got off. Sir Garnet Wolseley arrived at Ismailia on the 21st with the greater portion of the force. General Graham, covered by a fire of shell from the fleet, had already landed, and pushed on to Nefich, the next station to Ismailia on the Cairo railway, and occupied it with the' 46th Light Infantry after a slight skirmish with the enemy. Admiral Hoskins’ squadron was occupied on the , l9lh in seizing Fort Said, Kantara tmd Ismailia. Admiral Hewitt sent the gun i boats Seagull and Musquito to the Chalouf station, five miles beyond Little Bitter lakes, where Captain Hastings landed a detachment of Blue Jackets and two companies of Seaforth Highlanders, who immediately attacked six hundred of the enemy who were entrenched behind the station. The seamen and Highlandersbehavedsplendidly and charged the position with the point of the bayonet, driving out the enemy, capturing one gun, and making a hundred prisoners. One hundred and sixty-eight of the enemy were killed, the British loss being two killed and two wounded. There are many reasons for the operations being carried out swiftly,the chief being the wish to save Cairo from the destruction, which befel Alexandria, but Sir Garnet Wolseley is hampered by want of means of transport, which may make the advance slow. The British losses in the campaign hitherto- is trifling. The climate is cooler than usual, the men’s health is excellent, and there is no sign of any weakness in the force. The soldiers display great readiness to work, and the commanders in every instance acted with great professional capacity. The opinion *of German correspondents accompanying the expedition is favorable as to the physique,. coolness, discipline and temperance of the English soldiers.