On the next day the Turkish Government, instead of accepting at once the Military Convention, began to make efforts to get it laid before the Conference. These failed, however, thanks to Lord Dufferin, who contended that the engagement was one between England and Turkey alone. The foregoing brings the narrative of events down to the eve of Sir Garnet Wolseley's sailing for the Canal. CHAPTER XVII. WOLSELEY'S MOVE TO THE CANAL. On the 7th August the Khedive issued a Proclamation against Arabi and the rebels generally. The same day the Khedive addressed a letter to the President of the Council of Ministers, announcing his intention to indemnify the sufferers by the recent events. At this period the European population was flocking back to Alexandria in such numbers that Mr. Cartwright, the British Consul-General, deemed it necessary to make strong representations on the subject to the representatives in Egypt of the several Powers. A system of examination of passports was now established, and people of suspicious character, or who were unable to show that they had some employment, or other means of subsistence, were forced by the authorities to re-embark. Alexandria was now fast filling with British troops, and fresh detachments were disembarking daily. On the 10th August, Sir John Adye, Chief of the Staff, arrived at Alexandria with the Duke of Connaught. The whole of the Brigade of Guards arrived two days later, and astonished the people by their size and martial appearance as they marched through the town to Ramleh. The Duke of Connaught rode at their head. Egypt in the present generation had never seen such soldiers before, and loud were the expressions of admiration on all sides. The stalwart pipers particularly impressed the natives. The brigade consisted of the 2nd battalions of the Grenadier and Coldstream Guards, and the 1st battalion of the Scots Guards. The force was encamped on a piece of desert land at Ramleh, near the sea, between the stations of Bulkeley and Fleming on the Ramleh Railway. Sir Garnet Wolseley reached Egypt on the 15th in the _Calabria_. He had made the voyage by sea on account of his health. Major-General Sir Evelyn Wood arrived the same day. Transports were coming in rapidly, and everything pointed to an immediate advance upon Kinje Osman and Kafr Dowar. The following is a list of the principal officers in the expeditionary force:-- General-Commanding-in-Chief: Sir Garnet J. Wolseley. Chief of the Staff: General Sir John Adye. Officer Commanding Royal Artillery: Brigadier-General W. H. Goodenough. Officer Commanding Royal Engineers: Brigadier-General C. B. P. N. H. Nugent. Command of Base and Lines of Communication: Major-General W. Earle. 1st Division: Lieutenant-General G. H. S. Willis. 1st Brigade: Major-General H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught. 2nd Brigade: Major-General G. Graham. 2nd Division: Lieutenant-General Sir E. B. Hamley. 3rd Brigade: Major-General Sir Archibald Alison.