WAR IN EGYPT.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4224, 15 July 1882, Page 2

WAR IN EGYPT.

AIiEXANDBIA, July 13. Alexandria Abandoned to Anarchy and Pillage. The forts hare been abandoned, and it is reported that the Egyptian troops hare evacuated the city iv a body. The town is now given up to pillage, and lawless anarchy and most fearful confusion prevails. [The following important news was published in the Second Edition last night:—] Alexandbia, July 13. It is now known that the flag of truce was hoisted by the Egyptians merely to enable the troops to withdraw in safety from the forts and intrenched positions. The whole of the army which was in the city has retreated into the interior, and the fortifications hare been entirely abandoned. The city has been set on fire in several places by a body of released convicts, and the whole town is now in flames. The populace have become violently enraged, and have made an attack upon the Europeans remaining in the city. The European quarter has been demolished, and fully one hundred Europeans have been massacred. Most terrible atrocities have been committed by the attackers. Many Europeans succeeded in fighting their way through the mob to the beach where they were rescued by boats from the English ships and conveyed on board. The Khedive has disappeared, and his whereabouts are again unknown.