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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... THERESA . Dicam insigne recens , adhuc indictam , Ore alio . HOR . Carm . LONDON : Printed by C. Roworth , Bell Yard , Fleet Street , AND SOLD BY T. EGERTON , MILITARY LIBRARY , WHITEHALL . 1802 . AVOL 10 24 FEB 192 ! NOV 15 '21 univ.
... THERESA . Dicam insigne recens , adhuc indictam , Ore alio . HOR . Carm . LONDON : Printed by C. Roworth , Bell Yard , Fleet Street , AND SOLD BY T. EGERTON , MILITARY LIBRARY , WHITEHALL . 1802 . AVOL 10 24 FEB 192 ! NOV 15 '21 univ.
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... yards , apparently inaccessible , ) had looked down with wonder at the preparation , and since confessed that they could not believe the attempt would even have been made ; but when they saw the boats moving with extraordinary rapidity ...
... yards , apparently inaccessible , ) had looked down with wonder at the preparation , and since confessed that they could not believe the attempt would even have been made ; but when they saw the boats moving with extraordinary rapidity ...
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... yards wide , and was made about eighteen years since by the sea breaking down the dyke , which had been built ages back to recover from the ocean that country now Lake Maadie . D about about half a mile in breadth , and to which ( 17 )
... yards wide , and was made about eighteen years since by the sea breaking down the dyke , which had been built ages back to recover from the ocean that country now Lake Maadie . D about about half a mile in breadth , and to which ( 17 )
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... yards of the sea . The breadth of this promontory , as it may be called , of sand hills and old ruins was not more than three hundred yards ; it gradually sloped down ; an intermediate valley of an equal distance lay between it and the ...
... yards of the sea . The breadth of this promontory , as it may be called , of sand hills and old ruins was not more than three hundred yards ; it gradually sloped down ; an intermediate valley of an equal distance lay between it and the ...
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... , and the 26th . The marines and 92d had marched to Aboukir , and the Queen's replaced them . On the right , and within a hundred and fifty yards of the shore , were were stationed four cutters . Alexandria . The fleet cruized ( 24 )
... , and the 26th . The marines and 92d had marched to Aboukir , and the Queen's replaced them . On the right , and within a hundred and fifty yards of the shore , were were stationed four cutters . Alexandria . The fleet cruized ( 24 )
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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