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 xi
... conduct of that army has exalted her fame on a foundation more durable than victory , erecting her monuments of honour upon the gratitude and admiration of mankind . It was impossible to travel through a country ( unattended by any ...
... conduct of that army has exalted her fame on a foundation more durable than victory , erecting her monuments of honour upon the gratitude and admiration of mankind . It was impossible to travel through a country ( unattended by any ...
Page xiii
... conduct in the several instances referred to are imprudent , and improper at this moment to be brought forwards , I must premise , that if they are concerned only for the character of that general , I am happy to afford them an oc ...
... conduct in the several instances referred to are imprudent , and improper at this moment to be brought forwards , I must premise , that if they are concerned only for the character of that general , I am happy to afford them an oc ...
Page xiv
... in the sortie which took place on the 18th , and the English flag having been at the same time flying over many towers in the place , the barbarous conduct which the besieged who can have no similarity of character with the first ( xiv )
... in the sortie which took place on the 18th , and the English flag having been at the same time flying over many towers in the place , the barbarous conduct which the besieged who can have no similarity of character with the first ( xiv )
Page xv
... conduct which is very opposite to the honours which have been paid to English officers and soldiers found upon the field of battle , and to the at- tentions which have been shewn to wounded and to prisoners . " The English being those ...
... conduct which is very opposite to the honours which have been paid to English officers and soldiers found upon the field of battle , and to the at- tentions which have been shewn to wounded and to prisoners . " The English being those ...
Page xvii
... conduct . Is there an officer in the French service bold and wicked enough to say , that on the day of landing the British troops lay down in the boats ( the folly of which assertion is palpa- ble , except they were packed as old ...
... conduct . Is there an officer in the French service bold and wicked enough to say , that on the day of landing the British troops lay down in the boats ( the folly of which assertion is palpa- ble , except they were packed as old ...
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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