EGYPT.
[Special to Auckland. Stab.]
London, September 5. A portion of the Turkish troops have ar rived at Port Said and disembarked there.
Itjs reported that i a plot against* the lives of the Europeans has been discovered in Alexandria, and the information given led to the finding of a stock of three thousand rifles and six thousand bludgeons concealed in a mosque. < ■ •' Some Greek spies have been arrested.
An armed force of 40;000 Tripolians is stated to have left on the way to Egypt to reinforce Arabi. The Turkish forces will endeavor to intercept their advance. ; The commanders of Arabi's forces at Mehallet-e'l-Kebir are meditating desertion. ■ :'-'-'.'.';" -;! '.;:' ' r"
The health of th? troops' at Kassassain is: improved.
Sir Garnet Wolseley is taking every precaution to guard against the effects of sunstroke, which have heretofore seriously interfered with the 1 efficiency of the transport service. : , ; - ,
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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4270, 7 September 1882, Page 2
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