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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... guard on board over them . So contrary however is the fact , that fome French sick embarked afterwards at Jaffa , for Damietta , in eight or ten Tartans , having heard of the kind treatment their comrades experienced , stood out to the ...
... guard on board over them . So contrary however is the fact , that fome French sick embarked afterwards at Jaffa , for Damietta , in eight or ten Tartans , having heard of the kind treatment their comrades experienced , stood out to the ...
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... Guards 1st or Royals --- Major General Ludlow . 2 Batts 54th Major General Coote . 92d 8th 13th Major General Craddock . · 90th 2d or Queen's ) 50th Major General Lord Cavan . 79th * Captain Boyle was wrecked in the Cormorant off ...
... Guards 1st or Royals --- Major General Ludlow . 2 Batts 54th Major General Coote . 92d 8th 13th Major General Craddock . · 90th 2d or Queen's ) 50th Major General Lord Cavan . 79th * Captain Boyle was wrecked in the Cormorant off ...
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... 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 Major ...
... 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 Major ...
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... charge them , but were as quickly repulsed . * This little disorder was also occasioned by some of the boats being struck and sinking , when others stopped to save the men . The The boats of the Guards had scarce felt the beach ( 14 )
... charge them , but were as quickly repulsed . * This little disorder was also occasioned by some of the boats being struck and sinking , when others stopped to save the men . The The boats of the Guards had scarce felt the beach ( 14 )
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... Guards had scarce felt the beach , and the men began to jump out , before the same body of cavalry , who had rallied behind the sand hills , charged suddenly upon them . This unexpected attack caused a momentary disorder , but the 50th ...
... Guards had scarce felt the beach , and the men began to jump out , before the same body of cavalry , who had rallied behind the sand hills , charged suddenly upon them . This unexpected attack caused a momentary disorder , but the 50th ...
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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