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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... FIELD MARSHAL HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK , COMMANDER IN CHIEF , & c . & c . & c . SIR , PLACED in the army , and honoured by your protection , I have ever considered that the utmost ener- gies I was capable of exerting should ...
... FIELD MARSHAL HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK , COMMANDER IN CHIEF , & c . & c . & c . SIR , PLACED in the army , and honoured by your protection , I have ever considered that the utmost ener- gies I was capable of exerting should ...
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... field of battle , and to the at- tentions which have been shewn to wounded and to prisoners . " The English being those who defend and provision Acre , the horrible conduct of Dgezzar , who caused to be strangled and thrown into water ...
... field of battle , and to the at- tentions which have been shewn to wounded and to prisoners . " The English being those who defend and provision Acre , the horrible conduct of Dgezzar , who caused to be strangled and thrown into water ...
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... field ; " the insinuation is also his , that the merit of the landing was due only to the navy . The events of the cam- paign will refute the first charge ; and the British sailors will not accept his compliment , for their fame does ...
... field ; " the insinuation is also his , that the merit of the landing was due only to the navy . The events of the cam- paign will refute the first charge ; and the British sailors will not accept his compliment , for their fame does ...
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... field could not be therefore , at the highest computation , above twelve thousand ; and indeed that number , within two hundred , was the return given in to the Commander in Chief . Guards 1st or Royals --- Major General Ludlow . 2 ...
... field could not be therefore , at the highest computation , above twelve thousand ; and indeed that number , within two hundred , was the return given in to the Commander in Chief . Guards 1st or Royals --- Major General Ludlow . 2 ...
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... field artillery . The Tartarus and the Fury bomb vessels were placed in their proper situation , to cover with their fire the landing ; and the Peterell , Camelion , and Minorca were moored with their broadsides to the shore . At nine o ...
... field artillery . The Tartarus and the Fury bomb vessels were placed in their proper situation , to cover with their fire the landing ; and the Peterell , Camelion , and Minorca were moored with their broadsides to the shore . At nine o ...
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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