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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... carry on a ninth campaign , the force which composed the Egyptian army ; an army which , whilst manifesting so conspicuously that national valour , which your Royal Highness has so often witnessed , and , animated by your presence ...
... carry on a ninth campaign , the force which composed the Egyptian army ; an army which , whilst manifesting so conspicuously that national valour , which your Royal Highness has so often witnessed , and , animated by your presence ...
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... carried dispatches , preferred going alone , as by great exertion they could then force their horses about seven miles an hour ; but in crossing the Delta I had a very fine horse , given me by the Vizier , die , after a journey of ...
... carried dispatches , preferred going alone , as by great exertion they could then force their horses about seven miles an hour ; but in crossing the Delta I had a very fine horse , given me by the Vizier , die , after a journey of ...
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... carried out the important succours of troops and ammunition , had not at that time escaped into Alexandria . But it is to be answered , that the co - operation of the Turks , from the influence of their religion on the inhabitants , was ...
... carried out the important succours of troops and ammunition , had not at that time escaped into Alexandria . But it is to be answered , that the co - operation of the Turks , from the influence of their religion on the inhabitants , was ...
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... carry outside a top gallant sail , were now sud- denly becalmed , and obliged to be towed up the harbour by the boats of the fleet . The sick were immediately landed and encamped ; for the little town at Marmorice , at the head of the ...
... carry outside a top gallant sail , were now sud- denly becalmed , and obliged to be towed up the harbour by the boats of the fleet . The sick were immediately landed and encamped ; for the little town at Marmorice , at the head of the ...
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... carry off se- veral ; and a French lady , taken on her way to Egypt , had a very narrow escape . + It is but too characteristic of the French , that on board of these ships , amongst many other fantastical packages , was a cargo of fans ...
... carry off se- veral ; and a French lady , taken on her way to Egypt , had a very narrow escape . + It is but too characteristic of the French , that on board of these ships , amongst many other fantastical packages , was a cargo of fans ...
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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