ALEXANDRIA.
September 21
The rebel ganison at Damietta have finally refused to surrender, and show no sign of yielding. It is expected that an at'ack by the British troops and gunboats will be made forthwith. A further arrest of members of the National party and Arabi's partizans are daily being made, aud a large number of prominent persons have been made prisoners. The British ironclads have commenced to shell Fort Ghemeleb, at Damietta. Later. Major-General Sir Evelyn Wood has
been ordered to proceed with three regiments to Damietta to co-operate with the fleet in the assault on that place.
Latest reports to hand state that Abdellad has left Damietta for Cairo, and that the rebel garrison has now yielded.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3499, 23 September 1882, Page 3
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