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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... Turks . The abusive part is too low to be noticed , but I will exalt the victorious adversary of Buona- parte even higher than his character has yet reached , by relating , that when Sir Sydney found the French had raised the siege of ...
... Turks . The abusive part is too low to be noticed , but I will exalt the victorious adversary of Buona- parte even higher than his character has yet reached , by relating , that when Sir Sydney found the French had raised the siege of ...
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... Turks certainly altogether must not be excluded from a share in the triumph ; but General Regnier exagge- rates their numbers ; and although they did contribute greatly to the success , still we must remember that this is the first oc ...
... Turks certainly altogether must not be excluded from a share in the triumph ; but General Regnier exagge- rates their numbers ; and although they did contribute greatly to the success , still we must remember that this is the first oc ...
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... Turks , six thousand being killed , two thousand taken , and the re- mainder drowned , whilst there were but eight thousand alto- gether , as the reader will afterwards find . Such a perverson of fact , by a man of Mons . Denon's ...
... Turks , six thousand being killed , two thousand taken , and the re- mainder drowned , whilst there were but eight thousand alto- gether , as the reader will afterwards find . Such a perverson of fact , by a man of Mons . Denon's ...
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... Turks , from the influence of their religion on the inhabitants , was highly essential , and that they had moreover promised to fur- nish gun - boats , horses to mount the cavalry , and troops under the immediate command of the Captain ...
... Turks , from the influence of their religion on the inhabitants , was highly essential , and that they had moreover promised to fur- nish gun - boats , horses to mount the cavalry , and troops under the immediate command of the Captain ...
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... Turks for the reception of the English , had not been able to procure a suf- ficient supply of fresh provisions to ... Turkish market - place is sufficient to generate a plague . It is never cleaned , and blood flows on blood until a ...
... Turks for the reception of the English , had not been able to procure a suf- ficient supply of fresh provisions to ... Turkish market - place is sufficient to generate a plague . It is never cleaned , and blood flows on blood until a ...
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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