Ten thousand men submitted in Cairo, and 5,000 in Kafr
Dowar. Roubi Pasha, commanding in the latter place, on hear- ing of the capture of Tel-el-Kebir, begged permission to sur- render at discretion, and as an earnest of his sincerity restored to Alexandria her fresh-water supply. When Sir Evelyn Wood, in command at Alexandria, scarcely able to credit such pusil- lanimity, rode out himself to Kafr Dowar, he found the General quite sincere, and resistance at an end. All had depended on Arabi, and with his flight all ended. The defences on the Alexandria side were thirty feet high, and deeply moated, but in the rear they were far less complete. All who submit are received as prisoners of war, but in all cases terms have been refused. It is not believed that any further resistance will be offered, though the Correspondents say the Bedouins, who made an attack on Kassassin Lock after the departure of the troops, but were promptly repulsed, will give some trouble. That is improbable, though their audacity and habits of plunder will furnish one main reason why Egypt cannot dispense wholly with an army. They number 60,000 men, and will neither pay taxes, break up their tribal organisation, nor disarm.
