History of the British Expedition to Egypt: To which is Subjoined, a Sketch of the Present State of that Country and Its Means of DefenceC. Roworth, 1802 - 317 pages |
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Page 10
... Nile was fought , for the Foudroyant chafed her cables against the L'Orient's wreck , whose anchor she afterwards fished up . The melancholy intelligence of the death of Major Makarras , and capture of Major Fletcher , of the Engineers ...
... Nile was fought , for the Foudroyant chafed her cables against the L'Orient's wreck , whose anchor she afterwards fished up . The melancholy intelligence of the death of Major Makarras , and capture of Major Fletcher , of the Engineers ...
Page 49
... Nile . After the losses of the British it was im- possible to detach away any considerable force , but the 58th regiment and the 40th flank companies , with a detachment of Hompesch's hussars , consisting of thirty men and eight H ...
... Nile . After the losses of the British it was im- possible to detach away any considerable force , but the 58th regiment and the 40th flank companies , with a detachment of Hompesch's hussars , consisting of thirty men and eight H ...
Page 52
... Nile , to the south- ward of Rosetta , on which was an old tower ; but as Colonel Spencer approached , the greater part passed across the Nile in dgerms , ready for the purpose , and the remainder retreated towards El Hamed : that body ...
... Nile , to the south- ward of Rosetta , on which was an old tower ; but as Colonel Spencer approached , the greater part passed across the Nile in dgerms , ready for the purpose , and the remainder retreated towards El Hamed : that body ...
Page 53
... Nile , the level of the country forming their bed , and the banks being raised above it . They may properly be called canals of irrigation . * When the army first arrived on the banks of the Nile , a dgerm was seen sailing up it from ...
... Nile , the level of the country forming their bed , and the banks being raised above it . They may properly be called canals of irrigation . * When the army first arrived on the banks of the Nile , a dgerm was seen sailing up it from ...
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... as being now , during the whole year , navigable from Lake Bourlos to the Nile , and descanted on the advantages to be derived from this great work ; whereas whereas there has not been a single improvement made by ( 55 )
... as being now , during the whole year , navigable from Lake Bourlos to the Nile , and descanted on the advantages to be derived from this great work ; whereas whereas there has not been a single improvement made by ( 55 )
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Aboukir advanced guard aid de camp Alexandria amongst Arabs arrived artillery attack battalion batteries Belliard boats Bonaparte brigade British Cairo camels camp capitulation Captain Pacha cavalry Colonel Stuart column Commander in Chief conduct considerable corps Cossir Desert detachment dgerms dispatches ditto dragoons duty Egypt embarked encamped enemy enemy's English exertions fire flank force formed France French army front garrison Giza Grand Vizir gun-boats guns head quarters honour horses hundred Hutchinson infantry JOHN HELY HUTCHINSON killed lake landed Lord Keith Major General Coote Mamelukes Marabou Menou ment miles morning musquetry neral night Nile o'clock obliged officers passed picquets pieces of cannon plague position pounders quarter master rear redoubt regiment Regnier Rhamanieh Rosetta sent ships shore shot Sir Ralph Abercrombie Sir Sydney Smith soldiers surrender thousand tion troops Turkish Turks Upper Egypt vessels whilst whole wounded yards