[REUTERS TELEGRMAS.] Severe Fighting at Kassassin.— The Enemy Defeated.
Alexandria, September 9. At an early hour this morning Arabi menaced the British position at Kassassin with a strong force, and opened fire with his field-pieces upon the entrenchment, 'and a heavy cannonading was maintained on both sides for some time. At 9 o'clock the British were advancing, and the enemy were falling back. Later. Subsequently the- enemy made an attack upon both flanks of the British position at Kassassain simultaneously, and sharp fighting took place, At noon the enemy had suffered a severe repulse. The fighting was, however, continued. The main body of the troops under Sir Garnet Wolseley is now at Mahuta, and is rapidly pushing to the front. An attempt was made last night by a party of Arabs to surprise the British garrison here, and obtain possession of the city, Nothing, however, came of the affair.
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Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1590, 12 September 1882, Page 2
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149[REUTER'S TELEGRMAS.] Severe Fighting at Kassassin.—The Enemy Defeated. Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1590, 12 September 1882, Page 2
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