WAR IN EGYPT!

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1157, 21 August 1882, Page 2

WAR IN EGYPT!

iMPARTICULffI jF v : mi OF THE ''W' {

(fey an Eye witness.)

il The Herald's special, dated ou board tile Inrinoible, has these details:At half-past six a quiet order was passed round the deck to load with common shell, and a gleam |of satisfaction shone on the men'B facos. At seven o'clock a signal ffasraa.de to the AleX' ■andria to open the ball by firingone gun. ■ A| heavy jJMfiSifi ao&MtheJ watSr, and theffl 'Wcfold the Egyptians answer, or would they evacuate the forts?.' "Bui at the batteries i.obpositfi.fwe could pee imeti loading, the frTOeyiffili fift ! v Mier Mjas RW;;fe^ , ;lmng, and the signal wis run up ror'the wholefleut to begin.a.general engagement. A deafening salvo from five 91 Ivjhile overheadiitenjjNordenfeldtjgqns in the' i fbrthVfrbin Ull .fltebaiibuf Bm-6Ke , Wii6y , aFonce , lf6B-'eiik^'a , -'#alli f ra)^ fi !^P# edw f r°ra ? Seb!ng' the <b ; pVit : J jasaeen that the tMIVM itrdfethef J .lpw^dnU. IhWslghiß'lWrV) rdihed)'ifro'a; . 850 and , .Penelope had both been at work close'at Hand, and the foaAT'M'heavy guns and 1 tliHSaliHleSß ■ rafcTeMlgallirigs" M&< Nordenfoldt machines and. shriekß of rockets, whioh the 'Monarch was discharging, adfod to the aounda.of our own *euos, made up a'diSep tbrttiniQi^s f die, impossible to describe and bewildering l» ■ hear. In any' imomehtary'.'inteMvalsii sounds) 'of divisions of j the" hard at i a m K . ;Hft%Y ! a' l midßhip'tna"'n'3poßtedt'iri i ! : 'hts^!?' to PP,HgH le W! direoliotl of s ,the flhelft, and IheacouVacy of the fire im- £ proved. Meanwhile4¥'enehvyV shots' i' W*Afeßi a M t^[aim beingjtrec'ted chiefly against theTene ■ h*m}n}s™tte< They were firing principally found shot. Twenty minutes . itfter the first shot was fireWoV the' " immediately after a slint penetrated her , tyrwb wounding the stoker rather severely. Just about, thja. time thev. appeared %W£ ftjt : M;Mm OTttyjicp^atelfo^^ndlJiiid-cnniciil . sho|s .whistled' between the masts. I went)l(OU|fl|thß ship and found the men fighting at the main,dejikguns, all stripped.to the waist. "Betweeni eacVshot they ; hadj,tio.sitldp,wn|indJwy|intil)the|sm(Jke f) .cleared. Thee wero anxious to know ths, result of their work,, and asked eager , questions of me as to what could be seen • above, but I couldrtejl them Jittle, for the , smoke being likfeiaWeil'be'twien usan.i the shore. The events of the day showed that the deternijnatjim expressed, by Arabj 1 rtb p rls?l° OPBWO. taie'ifleet,- to-,the< .'■ ideatU,(nasWßi c iaY.4>eeft'al vajh'boastf. : They fought their guns io the iast, but theifirV.pfithifleet was so crushing, and ,j the metal ao superior as to make their j{ resistance ineffeotive.-They appeared to 'possess uo shells vhiob. was fortunate for round shot, -the 'okWtieVwduia f liaU ; been much larger,>"a"'i| Ms our success | although not 'bloodless,' has been achieved at a much smaller cost thau " (jouhJlfavebM) expacfcbd frdm!#ie,f<R ' midiblenatWoftheMbfis tfeiYd hflflJ' ~ tack The mjisft ititerestirig" inoident, was the fight' WeerT' the Gunbort Condor, Commander Lord Charles • 'Beresldrdi'toh-Agorjii Po)'t! 'His 1 little :': vessel went tlose uh'd'e'rVlie guns of fons " unable tp, sHei/cd; ■l£ i WA&nnrhl then , signalled ift other gunboats' to 'assise in c the engagement. A correspondent who ; was aboard the Condor sends the follow- :! jn K aoooujit p£ the p|ucky feat..performed J bythelittliglib})itir4(BM.Wk the Temeraire got afloat, and the Condor , then made ihe. second i 'strongest f.jrL which' is called' the :'. MatdbburioiThe Condor only carries " three guns, two 64 pQundjßrs, o and 1 , l one- 7 inch WooMoh, rifle 'gun. The fort had i; at.lfealt fetir- very heavy pieces of artili Ijery whioh were aunnyjng,the ,Eenelope, ' Monarch, K?4 Iwncible, in 1 B J lo M n b# h WM JWBjrank.har, the poodM managecf-b'elQfe'-'tlle eigrtal was . L given to cease firing j at M} lo'olqok/,) .to silence two, if not three ,of these great ." gunsr The^Adnnr'al»ran up M 'signal, i ;and later on sent i to assist . ; .inthßjwork. The fire.ftnm.Maiabont.Fort I/ wig'Sßy no means coinpeinptible." Our I' vessel was a Bmall object on the water, ■: fS2UP ## once b y ft round shot, , but heavy'inisailes fell thick and close all j. round ns. The Inflexible was enabled to slMtMex's Forts with one of; her turrets, whiMhe pounded Raseltin with theother. i The accurate practice whioh she was maki ingjiwitl) her four nritostßHagUnsiatUhis i. timd: v oalled forth repeated bursts of \ jipplauße from everyone aboard this vessel. ' jEvefosbell seemed eitheiltodb.urst.over '.! Easeltin Fort, or to pitch on every | parapet of Mbx'b Fort. Upon the ■ lighthouse ihas/.inot! escaped I unscathed ; one shell I' saw burst » halfway up the tower, and two large noles,aro now visible to the naked r eye at Wo miles distance. The ranges at which ( the Inflexible fired varied from 5,000 t» _ 3,000. yards. According to \, accounts of } persohs who remained in the city bands r of murderers, during and after the bom- | bailment of the! forts, made: their way into ( almoßt every house, plundering and [ burning. They began en the 12th, and scarcely any^EuropeartOdwelliug.^was [■ spited. Stores'" of petroleum wore sent v to Alexandria a.week before the bombardment specially to be-rot fire. The town J incendiaries state that they received in[A second Visit to m lown Showed' l!tat / many houses which were yesterday intact are . to-day in ashes;"amohg r them the British b i soldiets anpTptners, after plundering the . puses, bedding with i pßtnJleumajijiJhjnpetjthe pile on fire. , The sisier of the Khedive's v wife died roraprein.^ure A confineinelii'' I durmg' , the bombarMhtjßUluring the massacre , soldiere set fire to the house of a timber , merchant." A maid""servant "escaped ;■ surrounded by«rifir.e f> 'jthe soTdiers ! hnghing at and firing at her, but of is by fatal injury, preferring to see her i' burn to death. Filially she rushed ! |httnghit||BfllameMnd,fthoMb^oundea ■P jjouiing; r refuge in jvji.e,rej«hej was di's- -, W the Aker|cji|i|. lilong* the liW W Arnbi PashTs retreat'Tro'm "Mexandria ', several villagesj the people in which ttre starving.. The so)diers robbed them " of everything. The entire route is lined j- wi th dead .horses and carriages, It is re- [; )orted that jihe Bedouins' harassed the ' soldiers durint; their retreat, killing 2QQ i of them. Several huge pits have been . dug as graves, and into these most of the 1 .... ;\ \, ■'■''>■' ■

dead b^Bte,n ? |hrQwn as they fell. It tl is forts alone Avabi i] lost M men. j AU.sorrs of reports were vOlfoullftsd as to the]number of Christians b Med;' from 200 to $ WO'Mt there doep to be any ut HJb'abje, data, J The fort? were in a com- o IJM'jkte'of effect of the ex- ni iJosfon' of &r|atx«lie]lr rniSat have been ir terrible. had crum- ti , Wed and it ia marvellous how.the Egyp- 8 | tians fought with their guns ao long. The n wK«.dwe^»- : -PakM,.,.-lyinis"..,|)ehind.„Fji i d Isabo, is badly kriooke'd : "ab'oatV seveTui ti toomß being destroyed, while fragments ti 'bf. »hellß«.w.ere» ,seatte,rjd „ braadjM. In g the court yard, near the entrance"oFTthT "c gate of the fort, whose magazine first ex- ,tl pfoded, we found a sentry lying'deHd. ! li The first battery we entered contained t l(|-niohl rifled( gunsf wfiiolb pre |dis- 4 mounte'd by our fire/tho ground-torn up, i walls shattered,-and the whole place dis- 1 njantled. 'A gun which had been dia- v mocnted ; Jbad. and. 1 made a ' " and crushing: the "wtfo'stift fay- 'J| underthe'gun/ ; .-. /y*. ■»" < T V v '■ : * ''-'' '* ' I /:.i■■; V* i (Reuter's Telegrams.) ii; 'f ""~ ij r, il.!-('i'().[;'i'i.i' ; . 1 1 r( f ALEXANDRIA, August 8. t According, to'astnen'tio /inFotmatioi' } whioh has transpired, Sir Garnet Wpjsdey wjill personally command the forcelwhioh' : i Is, being despatohedto land at Abot&hV ' Majdr : Creneral 'JBamley!twill Jcpmmand; ■ the Becnnd divißiiih, andrwitr cn'operate; I iwith Sir Garnet at RamleHothe'junotion; \ fi\ the two forces ultimately being' k {effected at Kafrdawar. * .j The whole ot the British fleet now-in I 'Egyptian waters with two exceptions in ihe'bbmbardnient'of. • j Aboukir,' which commences on Sunday ■' next, OoHsiAHTi.MiPLE, August 18; : ' ■ Negotiations ;beu.oen < the ■ Porte, and ] :t le British Ambassador for the conclusion j of a military convention have been re- i s|im'ed. i^ipr,dl l)uf|erifl l ,tjt has. transpired, J h,aa tt^een )I ,,B,uthurißad .the'.'British ' to make[farther slight' con-' | cession with'a view of 1 inducing'the Porte' -j i :tp agree to the joint operation : of troops of > the two powers in Egypt. , ll'j' Alexandria,- August 18,.', j The whole of the First Division of the .Ijlritish force about to be despatched to op-operate- : w,itp the fleet, in the attack 3 'pou Aboukir, and to land at "that, place, as now been embarked on board the transports, which are ready to'sail) 'j' V ~ 1 Three regiments of British troops re- { main here as a garrison for tho city. ' ■'l ■• '',;,-': TV.; ■'"'Auijust 19,'"'' : Sir Garnet Wbl6eley and Sir John - Adye Chief of the Staff, ha* e emb.rlced on board the troopship Salamis for Aboukir. The former will control the,operations for the attack upon that pla'ce r 'Admiral Sir Beauchamp Seymour does not accompany the fleet, but remainajtn Alex- • andria. I The transports with the British First Division have left the port, and are now steaming to lo the eastward, bound for Aboukir.' 1/ . ,'.'' j ■ ,•'"' : I Cherif P.isha lias been chained by the Khedive with the (urination-of a [New' piiftry, in which he will hold the Premiership. ',, ' .'•" ■]' I ••: / Later. j A continuous arid heavy cannonade haß' been distinctly heard since this afternoon in direction of the Mahmouilieh, Canal, but'the came of-' the firing s is asi yet unknown. ■■'./'■•■. '•;