That rush ended the war. Arabi fled early to Cairo
by train, arrived there alone, and went to his own house. His men, de- serted and helpless, never attempted to rally, and Sir Garnet kept up a fierce pursuit. The Indian Contingent occupied Zagazig, the Cavalry seized Belbeis, and Sir Garnet Wolsoley himself, with the Guards, started. for Cairo. He halted at Benha, only to hear that Arabi had been arrested by the police, and that the remaining military, 10,000 in number, had decided to place the.city at his disposal. Cairo was immediately occupied by General Lowe, and thus, within forty-eight hours of the final order to march, the Egyptian Plevna had been taken, the great mutineer arrested, and the capital securely garrisoned. It was found quite safe, except that the statue of Ibrahim Pasha had been thrown down, statues being forbidden, by the Koran, as by the Book of Exodus, and Mahommedan divines interpreting the order literally. The Khedive returns at once with his Ministers to the capital, and the old routine of life will recommence next week.
