|92nd Gordon | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Highlanders |- | -| -| - | -|11|19|110| -| 2| 3| 37| -| -| -| - | +----------------+--+--+--+---+--+--+--+---+--+--+--+---+--+--+--+---+ EGYPT, 1882. The following regiments have been authorized to add the above honour to their colours and appointments: 1st Life Guards. 2nd Life Guards. Royal Horse Guards. 4th Dragoon Guards. 7th Dragoon Guards. 19th Hussars. Grenadier Guards. Coldstream Guards. Scots Guards. Royal Irish. South Stafford. Cornwall Light Infantry. Royal Highlanders. Royal Sussex. Sherwood Foresters. Royal Berkshire. Royal West Kent. Shropshire Light Infantry. King's Royal Rifles. Manchesters. York and Lancaster. Highland Light Infantry. Seaforth Highlanders. Gordon Highlanders. Cameron Highlanders. Royal Irish Fusiliers. 2nd (Gardner's Horse). 6th King Edward's Own Light Cavalry. 2nd Queen's Own Sappers and Miners. 13th (Watson's Horse). 7th Rajputs. 20th (Brownlow's Punjabis). 129th Baluchis. Royal Malta Artillery. In the year 1882 the chronic misgovernment in Egypt led to serious disturbances, which culminated in the assumption of power by the military party, and an organized attack on all Christians. So critical was the situation, that it was considered necessary to send the fleets of the allied Powers to Alexandria; and after an Arab mob had wreaked its vengeance on the city, the British fleet bombarded the forts and sent ashore landing parties to restore order. The British Government now determined to employ armed force to uphold the authority of the Khedive, and an Expeditionary Force, under the command of General Sir Garnet Wolseley, was organized for this purpose. The Egyptian army, which had thrown off all allegiance to the Khedive, had taken up a strong position at Tel-el-Kebir astride of the railway, barring the advance on the capital. Sir Garnet, on landing at Alexandria, took steps to secure the safe passage of the Suez Canal, and on August 21 he was able to land the bulk of his troops at Ismailia, the halfway station between Port Said, the Mediterranean terminus, and Suez, the Red Sea terminus of the canal. After one or two minor actions at Kassassin and Tel-el-Mahuta, Sir Garnet advanced on Tel-el-Kebir. The casualties sustained by the troops at the few engagements that took place during the operations (apart from those at Tel-el-Kebir) were insignificant: