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Bombardment of Alexandria.

> . - '■■,'' Incidents. A gumier on board the the Alexandra performed a gallant deed. Alighted sh<>ll fell, upon the. main deck. The gunner picked ifc up, and etnersed the burning fuse in a bucket of, water. This is described as a wonderful piece of devotion, and, as a more gallant action than anything of the sort ever before chronicled. The gunDer will be recommended for the Victoria Cross. • There is with Arabi Pasha a Swiss ad* j venturer named Ninet. It is notorious that he has :done more than anybody to bring about the recent disasters. When caught he will be dealt with summarily. A few days before the bombardment be was ejected from the French consulate as a spy. A person who has had 20 years' experience jn^Egypt said that in the same train in which became from Cairo were two German, artillery officers who assisted in the defence, and are now at Alexandria. Lord Northbrookj>: has expressed his sense of the excellent manner in which the gunboat Condor, Lord Charles Beres* ford, was handled at the bombardment of Alexandria. Beresford was to receive special recognition. Thirteen hundred Christian refugees were' saved by taking refuge in the Coptic Church, during the massacre. The fires in the town were undoubtedly directly instigated by the principal supporters of Arabi Pasha, if not by himself. After the looting commerced the soldierg attacked the original plunderers,* and robbed them of their prey. Arabi Pasha, 'during the engagement, was at Fort Napoleon, which neither fired nor received a shot. , After the firing bad ceased he rode throiigli the ,town, accompanied by Mahmoud Tamy and other Ministers., It isexported, that a number of Arabian :sheikhs will support him. Subsequently a party of Boldiers deliberately set fire to. vthe:French. Consulate.. Another party proceeded, in the same.systematic manner to'set fire to the other Jside of the great' square. The whole district is so ruined that even the street openings are indistinguishable. ■ " - On the evacuation qf Alexandria, Arabi Pasha issued the following proclamation to the mudits or tax-gathers :—" Mudirs —at thelLbedive's instigation the English killed with the sword and. shot in revenge theTEgy'ptioiis who were left to guard the city. The Khedive remains at night with his woman afloat among tbeTEDglisj? and returns to ;the shore in the day time to order a continuance of the slaughter. Therefore I issue my order to continue rising soldiers." . , . ' The foreign naval officers witnessing the combat express.the opinion that, with the exception of the Temeraire and the gunboats, the English ships have not distinguished themselves very much as artillerists, many shells from the Monarch, Invincible, and Superb falling serieusly short. Nearly half the missiles seemed to fall in the water. The guns were likewise served very slowly, giving the Egyptians time to. recover from surprise and to regain courage. -The foreign officers think lighter guns [more quickly served would have ended the action sooner. They gave the palm to Lord Charles Beresford, of.the Condor, who, under a heavy fire, manoeuvred admirably, inflicting heavy loss.

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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4268, 5 September 1882, Page 3

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Bombardment of Alexandria. Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4268, 5 September 1882, Page 3

Bombardment of Alexandria. Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4268, 5 September 1882, Page 3

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