Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 14, 1882, Page 1

. “? ‘\\@"“ \ THE OMARA - DAILY by § BEE. E TWELFTH YEAR. 1 g A We Give the most Careful attention to Orders, and always guarantee satisfaction. We can save you Money ! OMAHA NEB. CTHURSDAY MORNING, SEPPEMBER 11 183 ied by very Merchant and Dealerin the Great Westdi% Invited to Visit the Mammoth Establishment Owned and Occup WHOLESALE DRY COODS, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURL The Brightest Lighted, Best Appointed Jobbing House in America. HAVING BUT FEW ¥QUALS IN 8IZE AND BELEGANCH IN THH WORLD, CONTAING THE LARGEST STODK OF WEST OF THE MISSISEIPPI. THE REBELS ROUTED, After Twenty Minutes’ Fighting. The Hgyptians Driven From Evary Di‘ch at the Point of the Bayonet, The Oavalry Chasing the Scat- tered Remnants of Arabi's Cowardly Army, The Victory Considered a Death Blow to the Rebeilion, Complete Detalls of the Battle, Prop- erly Spiced For British Consumption, Special Dispatcbes to Tiik Brx, TEL EL KEBIR CAPTUKED, Ismaiis, September 12.—Tel El Kebir was carried this morning with a rush, The first shot was ficed at b oclock, The position was taken in twenty minutes, wo having surprised the enemy by a night march, THE REPORT CONFIKMED, ALExaNDRIA, September 13, —The khedive received a telegram from Sul- tan Pasha saying that the British at- tack on Tel El-Kebir commenced at | “# o'clock this morning. Tel El Kebir was carried this morning, forty guns and a large number of prisoners were captured. The cavalry in pursuit of Arabi’s force appears to be quite bro- | ken up, A dispatch from the fron reports that ~ the deworalization Kobir Falls Tato Brtish Hands | of Avebi's army is complete. His in- fantry are flying towards the desert, DETAILS OF THE BATTLE. Kassassiy, September 13, —The Euyptians opened fire when the Brit- ‘ish were within sbout a mile of Tel El Kebir, 7Tho place appear to have been finally captured by a rush, The Indian cavalry are hotly pressing the fugitives on the south and the Liritish cavalry on the north of the ecanal. The enemy’s kilied alone amounts to 2,000. 'The retreat of the encmy on the north is cut off. FROM THE FIELD, | Kassassiy, Soptember 13 —Another { acconnt says that the attack on Tel-el- Kebir began at 4:4) o'clock this morping, The main attack was di- rected against the enemy's extreme left flank, four miles norvh of the rail- way. A heavy artillery aud iufantry fire is now proceeding. The British troops are advancing rapidly, and are evidently turning the encmy’s flank ‘The British armored train, with the forty-pounder Krupp gun, which was captured at Kassassin, and the Gat. lings, have just come into action. The fire of the enemy, opposite to the extreme right of the British, is nearly silenced. THE ENEMY'S LONS, Kassassi, Septomber 13 —At the capture of Tel El Kebir the Evyptian loss is estimated at 2,000 Our loss will probably be 200, including many ofticers. T'ne Highland brigade bore the brunt of the uetion 40Y IN ALEXANDRIA ALEXANDEIA, September 18 —The taking of Tel-el Kebir causes great joy here. An extensive demonstra- tion is organizing for to-night. The Italians and Greeks have taken the initiative but persons of all nationali | ties will participate. WOLSELEY 5 DISPATCH, Gen. Wood has received a dispatch from Wolseley statiog that Tel el- Kebirwas captured after & twenty min- utes’ assault, Three thousand pris- | oners were taken. The enomy is fly- ing and the enemy is pursuing them, FLOODING LAKE MaREOVIS, Tae cut letting the sva into Lake Mureotis has boen eomploted and the water is spreading rapidly. GALLANT CiIARGE, Kenig, ptember 11 o great battls 1w The rebels prace ed r, ) oor | wen when about s mile from their work d opened u heavy riile tira, Oaraoen paused & moment on the lino of gand hills, and then, with a gallant rush, they were among the rebels. Acting on Gen. Wolscley's orders, they reserved their fire and went in with the bayonet. The slaughter for a time wus very great. The rebels could not stand it, and broke and fled, hotly pursued. 1 followed the IRoyal TIrish regiment into the trenches before one of the forts, They were filled with Arabi's followers, dead and dying. The final rush was made over a dis'ance of 200 yards, the men skirmishing and secking cover until they reached thle point. Several thousand Euwyp- killed, A GRAPHIC DESCKIFTION, LONDON, September 13 —A cor- respondent gives the iollowing dossrip tion of the battle: Tel El Kebir, 4:45 3. m.—Walseloy has arrived on the ground and the srtillery has opened fire before the enemy were aware of our presence. The infantry immediately after pressed forward de- ployed aud opening fire from a shel- tered position. At this woment the battle is raging fiercely a8 far as the firing is concerned, but the men have not yet come to close quarters with the rebels. WOLSELEY CONFIRMS THE NEWS Lonpox, September 13, —Wolseley tians were taken prisoners, Our! own loss up to this time I should compute at two huudred | telographs that Arabi Pasha ew on horsoback to Zigazie. Wolseloy’s eport by telagraph to the war ully conhirms the reporis of the d 1ts resuits previonsly tele- DETAILS OF THE FIGHT e, Br Kenik, 8 ptomber 13 —The fiest fire of tho rebols was very wild, {x cams from both rhe inf iy and artillery over our heads, they being disconcertod by the suddeo attack, With day licht the enemy's fire ji- proved and bscame like a hal sworm. Many men fell, but not for a sscond did gur advance stop. Oar covering e lying down fired while and thuse in front prossed on, General Graham's brigado worked with gal- lantry as thoy charged up the steep slopes of the trenches, The Egyp- tians were terror stricken. Many were hidden in the corners of the works, while others fled at their ut- most speed, throwing everytaing from them, Our work, however, was not yet vnded. The large inner re- doubt on Arabi's left well manned and armed stili remained in tact, but the British troops were not to be daunted, With another brilliant rush they were |among the encmy bayonstting the guunners at the guos and capturing the heavy artillory. Thus was captured THY, KEY OF THE POSITION, lo 15 minutes from tho fivst rush, wo wers the masters, the rattle of the oucmy's wmusketry died away, whils | our wmen forsook the bayonet and picked off any rebels who still showed fight in their retreat, On the south the enemy stood a few moments lon- ger, perhaps a quarter of an hour, but the appearance of our cavalry on their right flauk soon hastened their moye- ments. Lo & few minutes one rushing stroam of fugitives was makiog for Zwyezig, fiying out of all their en- trenchments, A little later General McPhereon's Indian brigade burst upon tue Hying foe from the south, pod | and tho rout was completa, Tho ar- | cinl to The Telegram, dated *‘Before tillery, coming up at a gallop, unlim- berad, and sent thoir shot and shell afeer the rebels, ADDING TO THEIR CONFUSTON, The cavalry had got right wround bohind the enemy's flank befora tho fight began. My provious estimats of the the number of rebels c.ptured was under rather than the wmark., It is believed that tho bulk of rebel foros will by csptured and thut 4 eath bloy has neen given Arabi, Al the work was dons by our troops in the fticst line of av tack., The principal fortifications had been carried by the (uards when the Fourth brigade came up. TROOPS FOI THE ATTACK were arranged in the following order: The Indian contigent with & battery of mountain guns on the extrems lefr; Fourth brigade, under Gen. Ashburn- ham; Highlaud brigade and Gen (iraham’s brigade in the order named and the brigade guards on the right, | to support Gon, Graham. The sixty pounder was pushod three miles up the railway, The enemy fired the firat shot, For half an hour the en- gsgement was general along the Egyp tian line from four to five miles, after which the enemy were partly driven from their entrenchments, The rifles of the 4Gth, aud the marines had then reached withio | 200 yerds and preparations were made to storm the entire entrenchments The enewmy's fire at 6:40 . w. recom mencod on the left, but not vigorous- ly. At 5:60 there was silence aloug the whole line of entrehchments, then already occupied by British troops, botwe Tel-el-Kebir proper Korean, sixth, was wounded at the begiuning ot the engagement. All our troops fought well, the Indian contingent on the left carefully reserving their lire, THE HIGHLANDERS' HURRAH, New York, September 13,--A spe- We can save you Freight ! and | Richardson, of the Forty- | | el Ei Kebir, 10:40 . m,," ya: Tho Highland brigade distinguished them- E' K stably at the redoubts of Tel ir, ull of which along the en-| ntire enomy’s line was carri int of the bayonet. At this morning the Highlandoers dashed in on the loft aplotely surprising the enomy. he laster, however, soon rallied from their surprise, aud replied with valloys of musketry, inflicting | | 1oew on there assailants. The following | officers fall: tish offioors kilied, | Major Colvillo, Soventy-fourth High- landere; Lioutenant Somerville, Sev- onty-fourth Highlanders. British officers wounded, Colonel Hutchin- son, Forty-sixth regiment; Captan Keptel, Scventy-fourth Highlanaers; Capt. ~ Cumberland, Seventy-fourth Highlanders, and Lieut, Midwood, Sevonty fourth Highlanders; Lieut. Gordon Cary, Ssventy-fourth High- landers; Lieut, Gordon in the melee killed three Egyptian ofticors with his claymoro, As tho Forty-sixth regi- weont dashed over the entrenchmont, their leader, Col. Hutohinson, was wounded in the mouth and was car- ried off the field, At half past 6 o'clock your corresponlent rode with s statl some three miles T'h Gen, Wolsole behind Ar entrenchments. Kayptisus wer, in full ret sounted three bhundred lying doad upon the ficld, ‘The oheored Gon, Wolcoloy after the bat- | tla. O our right the guards and oifl 8 carricd all before them. Tho full extent of our loss is not yet known. ARABI'S COWARDS, The black Soudan troops on ths Eeyptian side fought plackily and Arabi's artillery was well sorved, but the pure Egyptian regiments behaved vory cowardly, Tho Euglish cavairy is pushing forward right toward Ziza- zig to cut off the retreat of the Esyp- tiaus from Kafrel-Dwar, The enemy GOODS AND INOTTONS We can save you Time ! ! rotreated at full speed toward the des- ert and Cairo. The Highland brigade while in _ac presented tho most martial sight i inable, THE OFFICIAL REFORT Loxvon, September 13, —The war offige received the following ofticial dwspateh from Gen, Wolseley eving his reportof the batile at Tel El Kebir: ““We ntruck the camp at Kassassin locks last evening and bivonaced on the high ridge above the camps until 1:30 this morning, We then ad- vanced upon the very extensive and very stronly fortified position held by Arabi Pasha, with 20,000 regulars of whom 2,600 were cavalry, with seventy guns and 6,000 Bedouins and rogulars, My furce was about 11,000 bayonets, 2,000 sabres and sixty guns, To have attacked so strong & position by daylight with all the troops 1 could place in the fi.ld would have entailed very great loss, 1 therefore resclved to attack before daybreak, marchiry; the six miles that intervened Luiween between my camp and the enemy’s position in darkness, The cay and two batteries of the horse -rl:z lery had orders to sweep around the enemy's line at daybreak,®4Tho first division of the second brigade, under Gen, Graham, was supporied by the foot guards, under the Duke of Connaught, and seven batteries of artillery, numbering forty-two guns, with & supporting brigade, ‘Then thesecond division, the Highlaud brig- ade, leading the Indian contingent, These on tue south side of the canal, with the naval brigado on the rail- way, and 1n the interval advanced. Great rivalry was oviuced by the rogiments to be first in the enemy’s works. All went at them straight, the Royal lrish particularly distin- guisning itself by its desh and the manuer in which it olosed with the e fth Puage.| [Concluded on