Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1882 — THE WAR IN EGYPT. [ARTICLE]

THE WAR IN EGYPT.

A wour fled Arab officer states that hardly had the British cavalry swept through the Arab ranks recently when a horde of Bedouins poured in and began to strip and rob the dead and wounded of both sides, killing any of the wounded who were unable to resist. Dispatches of the 4th inst. state that the Bedouins continued to intrench on the Aboukir side of Alexandria, in close proximity to the British outposts. The Khedive had given permission to cut the dykes at Meks, preventing an attack by the enemy from Meriout lake. The populace at Cairo continued to menace the few Europeans remaining, and there were fears that the Prefect of Police would be unable to maintain order. The British man-of-war Minotaur shelled a force of Egyptian infantry and cavalry between Ramleii and Aboukir. ' The Khedive’s envoys at Ismailia arranged with Bedouin chiefs to bring over a considerable number of their people. Gen. Wolseley has telegraphed the Government at home that it would not be necessary to mobilize a third army corps for Egyptian service, as, with a few reinforcements to fill up gaps, his present force was ample for all purposes. De Lessens declares that Arabi Pasha has the whole of Egypt at his back, with a force of 25,(X oto 30,UU) Arabs, and arms for 200,000. The Khedive, he says, is a prisoner, and will never be able to govern the country. The British War Office has determined to strengthen Gen. Wolseley’s forces in Egypt by sending him three additional battalions of infantry. Alexandria dispatches of the sth inst. state that sensational rumors were afloat in the city, creating excitement among the Europeans. The British authorities have divided the city into telephone districts. The Khedive has forbidden the importation of petroleum. English außents have arrived in Odessa to purchase 5s,()00 head of sheep and cattle for the array in Egypt. The Khedive has sent an Aide to the Red sea ports to encourage operations against Arabi Pasha. England has given her consent to the landing of 2,000 or 3,000 Turkish troops at Port Said. The Anglo-Turkish military convention has been signed, and the Sultan has issued his proclamation declaring Arabi Pasha a rebel for disobeying the orders of the Khedive, and causing British intervention. Four thousand additional troops have been ordered to proceed from Woolwich to Egypt Alexandria dispatches of the 6th inst state that 8,000 Arabs were fortifying Salihiyeh, and numbers of Bedouins were prowling on the banks of the canals befcveen Ismailia and Port Said. Victor De Lesseps reports that Gen. Wolseley accepted for the British Government the responsibility for damage to the traffic of the Suez canal Lord Dufferin is dissatisfied because the Sultan’s proclamation against Arabi simply asserts that he deserves to be declared a rebel Alexandria dispatches of the Bth inst. represent that a general movement to the front of the British forces had been ordered. The army numbered 15,000 men, with fifty guns; Arabi's strength was estimated at 100,000 men and 150 cannon, one-half of whom were rated as fighting men. British troops at Alexandria burned a house on the left bank of the Mahomoudieh canal, from which the enemy had been signaled with lights. Gen. Wilkinson, with a body of cavalry and mounted infantry, advanced to within a mile of Tel-el-Kebir. and took sketches of the enemy’s position, not being seen until he was retiring. An Egyptian, who murdered two Englishmen at Alexandria, was hanged by the native police, in the presence of hundreds of spectators. An Arab mob at Alexandria overpowered the police in charge of the corpse of the native hanged for murder and carried it off, together with the rope, intending to have the body embalmed as that of a saint. A reconn > s'sance by the British from Kassassin on i io 7th inst. caused a brisk exchange of ; ots between the opposing forces. The ed issue I stringent orders to ston the ■tuj t and il'-tre itment of prisoners at <ai -i.i The fresh-water canal was < <v i Tel-ei-Kebir, thus floodi i.c iow lands in that section. Gc i. Wolseley arranged with the Water

Company to give Port Said 500 tons of water daily and furnish Ismailia a sufficient amount The Colonels of three English cava'ry regiments were in the hospital at Ismailia. Arabi Pasha was reported to be suffering from dysentery.