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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... brigade was composed of the 18th , 79th , and 90th regiments , and General Doyle's of the 2d , 8th , and 30th re- giments , read General Craddock's brigade was composed of the 8th , 18th , 79th , and 90th regiments , with the 12th ...
... brigade was composed of the 18th , 79th , and 90th regiments , and General Doyle's of the 2d , 8th , and 30th re- giments , read General Craddock's brigade was composed of the 8th , 18th , 79th , and 90th regiments , with the 12th ...
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... brigade of Guards under Major Gen. Ludlow , and part of the 1st brigade , composed of the Royals , 1st battalion of the 54th , 200 of the 2d battalion , the whole amounting to about five thousand five hundred men , under the command of ...
... brigade of Guards under Major Gen. Ludlow , and part of the 1st brigade , composed of the Royals , 1st battalion of the 54th , 200 of the 2d battalion , the whole amounting to about five thousand five hundred men , under the command of ...
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... brigade , run from all points of their position , but in the rear sand hills maintained for about an hour and a half a scattered fire , when they were finally obliged to retreat , having lost three hundred men , eight pieces of cannon ...
... brigade , run from all points of their position , but in the rear sand hills maintained for about an hour and a half a scattered fire , when they were finally obliged to retreat , having lost three hundred men , eight pieces of cannon ...
Page 19
... brigades of infantry , and a regiment of cavalry from Cairo , and other corps from Rosetta , making their total force about six thousand men , of which six hundred were cavalry , with between twenty and thirty pieces of cannon . Their ...
... brigades of infantry , and a regiment of cavalry from Cairo , and other corps from Rosetta , making their total force about six thousand men , of which six hundred were cavalry , with between twenty and thirty pieces of cannon . Their ...
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... brigade , who executed the manœuvre , notwithstanding the heavy fire they were now under , with the most regular ... brigade moving in the rear of the left , in column . In this order the army pushed on with the greatest vigour , preserv ...
... brigade , who executed the manœuvre , notwithstanding the heavy fire they were now under , with the most regular ... brigade moving in the rear of the left , in column . In this order the army pushed on with the greatest vigour , preserv ...
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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