History of the British Expedition to Egypt;: To which is Subjoined, a Sketch of the Present State of that Country and Its Means of Defence. Illustrated with Maps, and a Portrait of Sir Ralph AbercrombyC. Roworth, Bell Yard, Fleet Street, and sold by T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall., 1802 - 354 pages |
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... Cairo as the epoch when the country was reduced , and which must be so consi- dered , were those who originally landed under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby , to whom , independent of 1000 men who came from Malta at the latter end ...
... Cairo as the epoch when the country was reduced , and which must be so consi- dered , were those who originally landed under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby , to whom , independent of 1000 men who came from Malta at the latter end ...
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... Cairo . The death of Major Makarras was , as well as the se- verest private loss , a public misfortune : his ability justly ob- tained the greatest confidence , and placed him in the high sta- tion he held in the army . His former ...
... Cairo . The death of Major Makarras was , as well as the se- verest private loss , a public misfortune : his ability justly ob- tained the greatest confidence , and placed him in the high sta- tion he held in the army . His former ...
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... 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 on very commanding ground , the approach ...
... 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 on very commanding ground , the approach ...
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... Cairo , as he knew General Kleber was to evacuate that city immediately on the faith of that treaty ; thus preferring the maintenance of his own and na- tion's honour to a temporary advantage . The messenger arrived a few hours before ...
... Cairo , as he knew General Kleber was to evacuate that city immediately on the faith of that treaty ; thus preferring the maintenance of his own and na- tion's honour to a temporary advantage . The messenger arrived a few hours before ...
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... Cairo , he would join him , but observed that he dare not make a decisive movement previously ; and in a letter to Sir Sydney he wrote , “ How can I be attached to the French ? Have they not deprived me of my sovereignty , my honour ...
... Cairo , he would join him , but observed that he dare not make a decisive movement previously ; and in a letter to Sir Sydney he wrote , “ How can I be attached to the French ? Have they not deprived me of my sovereignty , my honour ...
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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