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 ix
... tion and good nature of the learned will in this instance pro- cure him their indulgence , since he does not presume to rank himself in their numbers , nor can the writings of a soldier affect the credit of literature . As none of the ...
... tion and good nature of the learned will in this instance pro- cure him their indulgence , since he does not presume to rank himself in their numbers , nor can the writings of a soldier affect the credit of literature . As none of the ...
Page xv
... tion with the English fleet actually cruizing in these seas . ( Signed ) " BUONAPARTE . " Such accusations many perhaps will think too contemptible to be noticed ; but there are others who infatuated with Buonaparte might find in ...
... tion with the English fleet actually cruizing in these seas . ( Signed ) " BUONAPARTE . " Such accusations many perhaps will think too contemptible to be noticed ; but there are others who infatuated with Buonaparte might find in ...
Page xvi
... tion cannot be too strongly expressed , and the maxim urged , which General Regnier should have known better to appre- ciate , “ that the calumniation of an enemy is no evidence of courage . " When an officer writes , he should remember ...
... tion cannot be too strongly expressed , and the maxim urged , which General Regnier should have known better to appre- ciate , “ that the calumniation of an enemy is no evidence of courage . " When an officer writes , he should remember ...
Page xx
... tion of the antiquities of that country , and which consequently was a labour warmly to be encouraged . Unfortunately , the philosopher proves himself a most obsequious courtier , using that bombast in the relation of the battles he was ...
... tion of the antiquities of that country , and which consequently was a labour warmly to be encouraged . Unfortunately , the philosopher proves himself a most obsequious courtier , using that bombast in the relation of the battles he was ...
Page xxi
... tion of this voluminous and extensive work , for the benefit of all the artists who contributed to its formation : Nouút gives the astronomical part ; Redouti the natural history , and nothing can exceed the beauty of his drawings ...
... tion of this voluminous and extensive work , for the benefit of all the artists who contributed to its formation : Nouút gives the astronomical part ; Redouti the natural history , and nothing can exceed the beauty of his drawings ...
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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