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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6483, 28 August 1882, Page 4

- An engagement has bsen-fought between Sir ' Garnet troops atJ^emsea,'^po3itibn. fl ßouth-weßt-of-i ThevenemyJappear .to' have been" in strong force, iipd ,to,.hay.e opposed, a stoutT resistance,- buV after'a brilltant'a!s3iult ll the' position was captured 1 by' 'the 1 British together with fivo guniand a'targe'quffitity of -war material. The Egyptians are,said to Haye'numbered ten thousand,!-whilc?tfre forcd". vu'nller Sir GarnetVVols'eliy jinty''kmouftttcT-' "to (fifteen, hvmdr^d. Ul^xior( _tp^jthe,-assault:, a igOod "d«ii"6f' 'skirmishingAtook 'place, the"; enemy being repulsed on all-sides with, apparently ;little difficulty. v-JThaißritlShtlossea*; arenoT given by Kenter r but a cablegram from anothero source, •,< and- relating seemingly; to this .engagement,,puts t .them.down,afcinine .Elled, and the Egyptian losses at four .. k 1 .0? f«'T ?'< - T^ ( ~ -•> r.~<: JL j a--i ii-'ccs. lit iirrciT ai .v* kiik V :

«Ib; 3ews'of way military ppenitKmsjm-"the pattj tof the Briti«K! c ra s w«atem i ߧSt>ti but Jeadei - ot the rSWI' lorcarS fparing to/quit Kb qfi srters&tTEla&aaowsrl ".Arabi is not credited; with tlio possession oeWch military skill,. Kkpersonal coiiraße is Sid to bej great, S miti .hia' t£e 'science of war.isrepated : to, be jH^ited. -Ho ,13, however,"safficieiiyy up.in/miljtfry itactics to 1 be able'to iance"of i the l ßntjsK'*'p;iaii;of'^tji>^tibns. vi ' He* (sees iheTis prepanng L ';to., ayert4iis_ idoom'So longwthftßritish.,operations were j confined Mediterranean: coast he was )pret^^eed^e;Ot.Safnidp J w;a r /riiJ a the "erant jol-Jieingliareed-io Jabaridon^that-position, _,hadi*'tho Jidelta of OthoJt JSile; Jjto •falL.back.upQnr/i.Thiafria'J evidently t what ihe calculated , upon.- lX H<3:.doesnot appear sto have, movejment by,' Siri ( 6arnet t|l Wds|l|y. ! 'Now that-hais of being snus,up; ;the British "arziiyy lie' is': beginning 'to'realise ?the necessity of doing something.'. He.ia'pow :reported ; to' be striking' his 'Unts afc; Kafntv : dowar, and preparing, to occupy; Heliopolis; •si strongly fortified position about fifteen i 'milaa: from', Cairo.v'i In the' : meahtimeJSir jGarnet Wolseley is' steaHfly_ pusniht; ' ; o"n towa"t^a*''''the'-Egyptiari ,n capital? His iintention evidently to jseizo, -"Cairo Ihefore Arabi has_time toiritercegfc_him,_„o£, no. 'one ' can, entertain anydoulJtT - but fit 'equally the /£ask tbey-tiayaj .undertaken is one beset willf enormous diffi- . culties.ljThe riiaichacross the desert is a feat in ifself, but whehthat ia accomplished fhiro will still remain to""be taken, and it'is one -of -the-beat c defended'"cities; 1 Its : citadel is 'could 'withstand a siegeJfor many months. ' Previouß_. to .t.he, outbreak, of the present ; .trouble .a r hundi-ed"th'ousand'stand'bf Remington rifles were constantlykept stacked beside3;heaYy rifled'prdnianee.' "The «ity"was ; founded-by-thti Arabs in'97o, citadel*, was erected £».*]. 176/> (In"179?!' ihe Pr'eneh ' saoeeeded' m "taking it ( nfEer a toilsome and; trying march across the'desert. . Napoleon.-first -caugUt!,sight "of- the i glittering minarets of the capital, • ; down-the ranks and'stroye to ehcouragKjTua • pieuTiy'telling them that'from tile summitsj Pyramids, forty.centuriea were look- ;! ing down upon them.-v-Tn i -it tottio i Poffe. Within recerifc~years t when improve'mehtis3iavSibferi'e£fected>*ih ; ttie' city, 'wfifcP now possesses many handaome modern buildings and 3paciotis- bottlevdrdsi { ! So far, Sir (Garnet Wolseley; has been completely successful in overooming'all Egyptian and we hope' f that \he may -be similarly fortunate before ' Cairo, .; in', spite i of; its "defence works and its' citadel. ■ It 13 evident that this is destined' to be the ' scene^of^tlie