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 xii
... power of distributing the laurel crowns ; and secondly , an aversion to those frequent honourable mentions which ori- ginated in a perusal of the Gazettes , published during the Irish Rebellion , has not since been removed . Yet where ...
... power of distributing the laurel crowns ; and secondly , an aversion to those frequent honourable mentions which ori- ginated in a perusal of the Gazettes , published during the Irish Rebellion , has not since been removed . Yet where ...
Page xiii
... power to do justice to that most gallant officer Ge- neral Doyle , for in page 182 I have said , that " General Doyle , who although very ill at Rosetta when notice of this movement was sent to him , mounted his horse , & c . " instead ...
... power to do justice to that most gallant officer Ge- neral Doyle , for in page 182 I have said , that " General Doyle , who although very ill at Rosetta when notice of this movement was sent to him , mounted his horse , & c . " instead ...
Page xiv
... power , but the pen of the historian ? What can guarantee man- kind from the atrocities of a licentious despotism , but an as- surance that the memory of great crimes is perpetuated in the records of history ? If the charges are not ...
... power , but the pen of the historian ? What can guarantee man- kind from the atrocities of a licentious despotism , but an as- surance that the memory of great crimes is perpetuated in the records of history ? If the charges are not ...
Page xv
... powers , and his proposals in all the communications which have taken place , and his conduct since the time that he has been cruizing here , having been those of a madman ; my desire is , that you order the different commanders on the ...
... powers , and his proposals in all the communications which have taken place , and his conduct since the time that he has been cruizing here , having been those of a madman ; my desire is , that you order the different commanders on the ...
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... the mountains at the back of the camp in the intervals , whenever the thunder ceased . It is not in the power of language to convey an adequate idea of such a tempest . On On the 16th of February General Moore , who had ( 5 )
... the mountains at the back of the camp in the intervals , whenever the thunder ceased . It is not in the power of language to convey an adequate idea of such a tempest . On On the 16th of February General Moore , who had ( 5 )
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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