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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... manner of it , threw a melancholy over the army . To alleviate these regrets , how- ever , on the same day Aboukir Castle surrendered , and the Capitain Bey , with two sail of the line , several frigates and small Turkish vessels ...
... manner of it , threw a melancholy over the army . To alleviate these regrets , how- ever , on the same day Aboukir Castle surrendered , and the Capitain Bey , with two sail of the line , several frigates and small Turkish vessels ...
Page 35
... manner or appearance that he had been wounded , and many only ascertained it by seeing the blood trickling down his clothes . At last his spirit , when exertion F 2 was was no longer necessary , yielded to nature ; he ( 35 )
... manner or appearance that he had been wounded , and many only ascertained it by seeing the blood trickling down his clothes . At last his spirit , when exertion F 2 was was no longer necessary , yielded to nature ; he ( 35 )
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... manner of conducting it . General Regnier , whose history is from beginning to end a tissue of untruths , attempts to insinuate “ that General Hutchinson improperly remained a tranquil spectator of the action , with 6000 men opposed to ...
... manner of conducting it . General Regnier , whose history is from beginning to end a tissue of untruths , attempts to insinuate “ that General Hutchinson improperly remained a tranquil spectator of the action , with 6000 men opposed to ...
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... of the troops who stormed , in as pompous a manner as if another Ismael had been taken ; whereas this village had not even the mud wall which surrounds all the others in Egypt . As a proof of of the resistance , 150 men , women , and ( 46 )
... of the troops who stormed , in as pompous a manner as if another Ismael had been taken ; whereas this village had not even the mud wall which surrounds all the others in Egypt . As a proof of of the resistance , 150 men , women , and ( 46 )
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... and his courage was their pride and example . His age , combined with his services , exertions , and manners , rendered him an object of enthusiastic admiration ; but every eulogium him ( 47 ) of the resistance, 150 men, women, and ...
... and his courage was their pride and example . His age , combined with his services , exertions , and manners , rendered him an object of enthusiastic admiration ; but every eulogium him ( 47 ) of the resistance, 150 men, women, and ...
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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