The Comet Again.
Atlas in the "World" writes :—Jhaye the following story on tUs"Vetfy^bßsV authority. Oo the morning s |pf.,,the intended attack on Tel-el Kebir~itbeibig above all things necessary tlidt the surprise should be effected before dawnSir Garnet Wolseley, while waiting for the completion of preparations, Held in his hand a repeating chronometer, given him by the late Lord Airey, which "from time to time, he kept striking. #Jt; had warned him of half-past four, and he thought he had yet an hourV datk^irhen he saw a ray of light rise above the horizon. Turning 4o Major Butler, he said, in almost despairing tones, "~^b are done this time—there'sthe dawni^y^ttt the light did not increase; on the oontrafy in a few minutesjit.vanished. And Sir Garnet afterwards found that what he had seen was the tail of the new comet— it's first appearance in Egypt! i
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4381, 18 January 1883, Page 2
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146The Comet Again. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4381, 18 January 1883, Page 2
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