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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Page v
... English History . When your Royal Highness assumed the command , abuses had disordered the service . Your judicious regulations , im- partially executed , instantly checked their pernicious influ- ence , ence , and soon recovered to the ...
... English History . When your Royal Highness assumed the command , abuses had disordered the service . Your judicious regulations , im- partially executed , instantly checked their pernicious influ- ence , ence , and soon recovered to the ...
Page xi
... English- men . There was a vanity justly indulged in reflecting , that a Frenchman could never venture to pass through the same dis- tricts , even when the French army ruled with uncontested do- minion , unless guarded by a force ...
... English- men . There was a vanity justly indulged in reflecting , that a Frenchman could never venture to pass through the same dis- tricts , even when the French army ruled with uncontested do- minion , unless guarded by a force ...
Page xiv
... English squadron before Acre having had the barbarity to em- bark on board a vessel which was infected with the plague the French prisoners made in the two Tartans laden with ammunition , which he took near Caiffa ; having been remarked ...
... English squadron before Acre having had the barbarity to em- bark on board a vessel which was infected with the plague the French prisoners made in the two Tartans laden with ammunition , which he took near Caiffa ; having been remarked ...
Page xv
... English commander , a conduct which is very opposite to the honours which have been paid to English officers and soldiers found upon the field of battle , and to the at- tentions which have been shewn to wounded and to prisoners . " The ...
... English commander , a conduct which is very opposite to the honours which have been paid to English officers and soldiers found upon the field of battle , and to the at- tentions which have been shewn to wounded and to prisoners . " The ...
Page xvi
... English Gazettes , and General Hut- close in to the shore , and saw a body of the enemy filing into the town . Immediately he can- nonaded what he supposed was an enemy , and his shot evidently did considerable execution : at last by ...
... English Gazettes , and General Hut- close in to the shore , and saw a body of the enemy filing into the town . Immediately he can- nonaded what he supposed was an enemy , and his shot evidently did considerable execution : at last by ...
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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