Show THE SEAT OP WAR further details of the dreadful Dread fal D destruction e st of alexandria Alexandr 14 arabi pasha tried to have the khedive killed by W U Telez mph to the LONDON july 13 the correspondent on the invincible tells a harr assing tale how the bedouins Bedou ins in alexandria massacred all the christians the thy y could find finland fin dand and bet set european quarters quarte on tire lire from parts they vero defending in europeans could hear the shrieks and cries and reports of pistols and duns guns scores of fugitives were cut down or beaten to death in their sight the european quarter all in flames and the great square is a mass of ruins all public buildings were destroyed and nothing not liing european seems talave ta have escaped the tile ra rago rao o of tb the e fanatics several shells were fired within the last two hours into that portion of or tile city where the conflagration broke out in the hopes that they ma may y the pill pil villagers pillagers lagers nl gers that many pillagers villagers pil lagers remain is evident densby by the fact that several fresh fires have broken out in n the last three hours A british gunboat is lying close to Ram leb two approaching the palace an officer just returned from the telegraph ship chiltern reports the scene of carnage on the shore appalling for some hours after the troops left it was a veritable pandemonium there is a suspicion that the boits arc are undermined and will be carefully examined before any largo bod body of troops aro are allowed to enter th them em aboukir is as yet untouched A thousand men are known to be in trenched there no a have yet been made of the rosetta and DI damietta mietta forts I 1 fugitives say the loss of tho the E egyptian artiller artilleryman artillerymen artillery men n during tho the first days bombardment was very serious the infantry suf buffer fier washington july 13 secretary Freling huysen says in answer to in inquiries as to the safety of our officials and countrymen at alexandria we lve have no consul in that city but a vicc vice consul a resident israelite one oneff of the members of the court at alexandria judge batchelder is in this country on leave and lie understands that the other two american judges have gone into the country about a month ago one ves sel from the mediterranean squadron was sent to alexandria for the tile protection of the american residents As the difficulty increased two other ships were sent thither from the same squadron about ten days ago inquiry bavin having g been beeh made by ali the hiuer ican board of foreign Missi missions ions secretary freling huysen telegraphed to the vice canul asking as to the safety of the missionaries he ile received answer to the effect that they were all safa safe on our vessels or had gone to the interior ho ile trusts therefore that the tile american residents at alexandria have suffered none official communication from admiral nicholson states that there has bas been jeen some destruction of property in alexandria belon belonging gring to americans but no loss of life among them BO so far as lie has yet been able ta to learn LONDON july 13 adother correspondent at alexandria telegram telegraphs I 1 s I 1 went ashore I 1 today to day and founTA found arabi rabi pasha had gone to Kepel dewar about an hours journey from alexandria the entrenching ing troops have blown up the railway between himself and alexandria gen stone an american formerly a great friend friend of arabi pasha es escaped capeL with the khedive but left his family at cairo A gunner on inboard onboard board the alexandria performed a gallant deed A light shell fell on the main deck the gunner un picked it up and immersed immers t the le bur burning n ing fuse in a bucket of water this is described as wonderful de dayo yo tion more gallant than anything of the sort ever before chronicled the gunner will be recommended for the victoria cross I 1 interviewed the khedives Khe Klie dives private secre secretary Lary after the Klie khedive dive got afloat he ile informed me that on the morning after the tile bombardment arabi pasha pash a 6 suddenly iud denly ordered a detachment of sul soldiers diers to surround the palace where the khedive and Der pasha were awaiting the issue of events arabi pasha at first pretended they wera only meant forthe for the protection of the khedive but at the bast last moment he actually told the men to kill the khedive the soldiers however hearing bearing the english approaching de sorted their posts everywhere LONDON july 13 A dispatch from alexandria says the refugees are chiefa chiefly y greeks reeks and italians only one english tw twenty enty seven of these came from the egyptian bank whence they made an attack on the mob and drove them away the manager pave gave shelter to his friends from the vanque banque generale generate and from tho the credit lyonnais therewith these with the manager marched in a bod body Y to the marina at 4 in the morning after the mob satiated with butchery had bad retired the soldiers and the mob joined by hundreds women sacked eve every shop entered the houses of the europeans and murdered the in mates the tile marines who landed took rations for a day A party detailed for spiking the puns guns landed at fort buebe and dismantled the large smoothbore pieces admiral seymour wished the landed marines to tale take possession of fort napoleon and march to Cam eldik but on learning the fort was mined and a large body of soldiers stationed at Cam eldik the operations were postponed the condor has gone to port said the american admiral performed a graceful I 1 act on tuesday ho he steamed around the fleet and his men cheered each ship in succession the queen has telegraphed to seymour a dispatch of congratulation on his success bordo LONDON july 14 the yeu s this morning sa says s there is reason tobe to believe that if turkey ey declines or hesitates to restore order in E egypt t the conference will summon E england to land a force for that purpose germany and austria have telegraphed gra plied to tzi gladstone their approval of the tile action of the tile fleet A corre correspondent dent at const constantinople anti nople says tho the ministers ini consider that tu turkish rk troops and ironclads iron should g go to ti egypt at once cc tho the sultan considering the pro project ct NEW YORK 01 K july 13 I 1 tho the heralds alexandria special bays says col long and party entered the town this morning nin and were told the town was in in the hands of the bedouins Bedou ins and the european quarters had been fired tile they i 1 roc ceded up the bior to tl ti a palace and found the whole central and european quarter of the city in flames one wing of the tile palace was badly damaged by shells and the neighboring building in the arab quarter were badly injured but not altogether burned down all european streets leading from the grand square were burning it is estimated the ered cred ft a mile in area the bedouins Bedou ins entered the city last night sacked it and set it on clr tire natives were nowhere to be seen we were told aliey had fled toward the canal egyptian soldiers in considerable force arc are in the n neighborhood cig Ilbo of mo huran bay and in it theoster lie the outer part of the city and suburbs soldiers in in their retreat did nothing not liing to check the c conflagrations the sacking was left to the bedouins Bedou ins to do what they pleased p leased our firm opinion is the whole european quarter was doomed to destruction not a soul to arrest lie the career of the devastation the english church in alexandria is is said to have been destroyed by a chance shell during the bombardment |