EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1004, 14 September 1882, Page 3

EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.

Alexandria, Sept. 8. " An Arab mob to-day attacked and --overpowered the guard, and forcibly rel. moved from the gallows the bodies of r th« murderers of Messrs Do'ison and ~, llichardspn, who were publicly hanged here-yesterday. London, Sept. 9. A despatch has been received to-day t 'i" -from-Sir Garnet Wolseley, timed noon, tri - regarding the engagement fought this "% near Kassassoun. Sir. Garnet j£S3-->reports that tlft; enemy in great force were observed reconnoitering the British outposts at daybreak. The order was oncp giren for them to be attacked, and_ after a somewhat brief engagement, they were repulsed with Tery heavy loss, and four guns were captured. The loss s** ! ■■' on our side was slight. After their defeat the enemy retired to their lines" at !;.>> Tel-el-Kebir, their artillery meanwhile firing at long ranges upon the British " "force. The latter hare since returned to Kassassoun, where the headquarters of the army now are. 3jard Dufferin distrusts the wording of the convention as suggested by Turkey, as well as certain phrases in the proclamation calliag on Arabi to surrender, and, before signing, he has referred r the matter to the Home Government. * Arabi's forces at Tel-el-Kebir seem to be acquiring courage, and they hare no* taken poisesiion of and occupied a ~.; village Rear the British position at Kassassoun . It is reported th»t a number of Irish officers have joined the rebel forces. 8.35 p.m, «•" Tlie reinforcements of the Guards are Jo embark for the seat of war on Tuesday next. *■■-■•.■.. * Sepfc ' 10 ' The firing ceased at 3 o'clock. i"- : Arabi's forces retreated to Tukibu, and reached it in a perfectly ©rderly manner. The enemy's casualties were heavy, but there was no panic or rout. The British loss was 80. ;The Ralakuk contingent, with their battery of Krupp guns, attacked our right flank in a splendid manner. Arabi's best forces were employed i» the engagement. «s - ' Mut'ny is rampant in Arabi's camp * "at Kafradowar. Four officers, who have deserted, have reached the British lines. | Bsker Pasha and Dervish Pasha, with the Turkish troops, have been ordered not to advance from their camp „..at Port Said until the Convention between England and Turkey is absolutely signed. Arabi is expelling all Turks and Circassians from his camp. fij ..,,; sept. IJ, '4.4 a.m, The Highland regiments are being • linrried to the front, but hundreds are being disabled by sunstroke, and the * deaths are numerous. Sir Garnet Wolseley h«s abandoned .. as his headquarter?, and the base of his operations, and is pushing on '-- to Cairo. '"'* The Khedive has, in deference to forcible remonstrances from Sir E. •..Mnlct, the British Consol-General at Alexandria, consented to abolish the V of torture. Had the Highland regiments reached * I tl\e front in 4ime, a dash on Tel-el-Kebir v would have been made on Saturday, but . - in their absence it was not deemed ** prudent to follow the enemy into their stronghold. An official despatch from Egjpt, dated last evening, has been published. - * In it Sir Garnet Wolseley reports that ' all has been quiet in the neighborhood of Kassassoun since Saturday afternoon. He further states that Arabi's force employed during the engagement which took place that day numbered fully -15,000 men, all armsd. They made a plucky and determined stand against the British troops, and their losses amounted (o several hunclre Is. The ox act. eit«iit of thdir casualties cannot be a£-

certained. An official statement of the British loss g:\on 2 killed and 54 wounded. • :; • •■: • > ■ -,, 8 p.m. A force of Bedouins oh Saturday surprised and- fu.rcad.an entrance into Fori Mex, but wero quickly drivan out at the point of the bayonet. Lord Granville, in a decisive communication with the Porte, insists that the Turkish troop,-shall be disembarked at some port on the Suez Canal, to be determined by Sir Garnet Wolseley. It is reported that Arabi has diverted, the course .of the. Fresh ,'W ; a tec Canal. t< > Ismailia, by; constructing moats tp lead the water to Tel-el- Kebir. - Later. The Egyptian forces have advanced on both sides of the canal, driving the Bengal Lancers before them. The J enemy have also been shelling Kassassoun with thirty guus. A stampede oc curred among the animals in the camp, resulting, inj- some damage;. General Lowe's cavalry of the First Bivision. succeeded 'in defeating a very dangerous" flanking, movement, attempted: by- the enemy, who advanced, in spite of artillery fire, until the 60th Rifles, Royal Marines, and 84th Regiment advanced, when they retreated in good order. The Soudan troops bore tho brunt of the battle, and lost 200- men. Armored locomotive trains were engaged on both sides.