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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... infantry ; but the nature of the service the army was about to be employed on , rendered even such more desirable than none . However , out of several hundred horses , finally only two hundred were left for the cavalry , about fifty for ...
... infantry ; but the nature of the service the army was about to be employed on , rendered even such more desirable than none . However , out of several hundred horses , finally only two hundred were left for the cavalry , about fifty for ...
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... infantry . The moment they gained the height , two hundred French dragoons attempted to charge them , but were as quickly repulsed . * This little disorder was also occasioned by some of the boats being struck and sinking , when others ...
... infantry . The moment they gained the height , two hundred French dragoons attempted to charge them , but were as quickly repulsed . * This little disorder was also occasioned by some of the boats being struck and sinking , when others ...
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... infantry was advancing with fixed bayo- nets through a hollow against the left flank of the Guards . The French on seeing them hesitated , then firing a volley , retreated . This moment of exultation cannot be described , but the most ...
... infantry was advancing with fixed bayo- nets through a hollow against the left flank of the Guards . The French on seeing them hesitated , then firing a volley , retreated . This moment of exultation cannot be described , but the most ...
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... infantry laid down in the bottom of the boats , whilst the sailors , indifferent to the French artillery , rowed with vigour to the shore . What kind of boats must those flats have been , which would have allowed of such an exten- sion ...
... infantry laid down in the bottom of the boats , whilst the sailors , indifferent to the French artillery , rowed with vigour to the shore . What kind of boats must those flats have been , which would have allowed of such an exten- sion ...
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... infantry , and a regiment of cavalry from Cairo , and other corps from Rosetta , making their total force about six thousand men , of which six hundred were cavalry , with between twenty and thirty pieces of cannon . Their position was ...
... infantry , and a regiment of cavalry from Cairo , and other corps from Rosetta , making their total force about six thousand men , of which six hundred were cavalry , with between twenty and thirty pieces of cannon . Their position was ...
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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