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 xvi
... enemies . The English Gazettes , and General Hut- close in to the shore , and saw a body of the enemy filing into the town . Immediately he can- nonaded what he supposed was an enemy , and his shot evidently did considerable execution ...
... enemies . The English Gazettes , and General Hut- close in to the shore , and saw a body of the enemy filing into the town . Immediately he can- nonaded what he supposed was an enemy , and his shot evidently did considerable execution ...
Page xviii
... enemy , and whose feeble resistance could not have been anti- cipated . If the English had maintained their armies as the French have done this war , by robbing , pillaging the inhabi- tants , and never paying for a single article ...
... enemy , and whose feeble resistance could not have been anti- cipated . If the English had maintained their armies as the French have done this war , by robbing , pillaging the inhabi- tants , and never paying for a single article ...
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... enemy in landing . The cavalry were kept on shore to receive the horses expected from Constantinople , and officers were partially employed in the purchase of others . * The quarter - master general of the army , Colonel Anstruther ...
... enemy in landing . The cavalry were kept on shore to receive the horses expected from Constantinople , and officers were partially employed in the purchase of others . * The quarter - master general of the army , Colonel Anstruther ...
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... enemy he was preparing to attack , that he rated their force , at the greatest calculation , at only ten thou- sand French , and five thousand auxiliaries , then exceeding the number stated in the official information sent from home ...
... enemy he was preparing to attack , that he rated their force , at the greatest calculation , at only ten thou- sand French , and five thousand auxiliaries , then exceeding the number stated in the official information sent from home ...
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... enemy , that to attack with such a force the possessors of a country , strengthened by the advantages of strong fortified posts , a numerous cavalry , powerful artil- lery , and a perfect acquaintance with those few points where a ...
... enemy , that to attack with such a force the possessors of a country , strengthened by the advantages of strong fortified posts , a numerous cavalry , powerful artil- lery , and a perfect acquaintance with those few points where 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