 At Tell El Kebir a field telegraph office was established in a saloon carriage, which Arabi Pasha had travelled in the day before.At 8.30 am (13 September) after the victory at the battle of Tell El Kebir, Wolseley used the telegram to send messages of his victory to Queen Victoria; he received a reply from her at 9.15 am the same day.Once they had got connected to the permanent line the Section also worked the Theiber sounder and the telephone.