WAR IN EGYPT!

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1188, 25 September 1882, Page 2

WAR IN EGYPT!

1? ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.

Reoter'b TeLEORAMB. Beceived September 23,1 p.m. Albxandria, September 21. The British ironclads have commenced to shell Fort £hemeleh at Damietta. Later. Major-General Sir Evelyn Wood has been ordered to prooeed with three regiments to Damietia, to co-operate with the fleet in the assault on, that place. The latest reports to hand state that Abdellad has left Damietta for Oairo, and that the rebel garrison has now yielded. - ,;Amxandbia, September 28. Damietta was yesterday occupied by British troops. under Sir Evelyn Wood. The bulk of the rebel Harrison had previously deserted, and had made their way to Tantahj.where they submitted to the British,* The'remainder fled before the arrival' 6f the' troops, but only after they had looted .and plundered the town in The commander of the gaifaaon,Abdellad,., yielded to Major- . General Wood'nn the entry of the British, .A grand parade'of the British cavalry took plaot to-day at Cairo, Since this display;'the attitude of the populace | (previously most insolent, towards the i troops), ;haß tiew become most abject, the parade,having had a very overawning effect oh these people, ■ .Constantinople, September 22 A t the instance of the Russian Governnienti a conference of European envoyß ■isto be held here for the : settlement of the, difficulty ; which has arisen between tbe Turks and Greeks at Arta. regarding the frontier, line. , '