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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... Menou at 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 ...
... Menou at 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 ...
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... Menou . Let it not be objected that this knowledge was only acquired at the subsequent surren- der of the city . Had not the appearance of that ground , from the nitrous salt upon the surface , and partial sappiness , been deemed ...
... Menou . Let it not be objected that this knowledge was only acquired at the subsequent surren- der of the city . Had not the appearance of that ground , from the nitrous salt upon the surface , and partial sappiness , been deemed ...
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... Menou having given orders that any one detected in the attempt should instantly be shot ; notwithstanding which the Auri sacra fa- mes overcame the strong sensation of fear even in the most timid and abject wretches in the world , for ...
... Menou having given orders that any one detected in the attempt should instantly be shot ; notwithstanding which the Auri sacra fa- mes overcame the strong sensation of fear even in the most timid and abject wretches in the world , for ...
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... Menou , whose patroles had fallen in with and killed several Arabs bringing sheep . On the 21st a column of infantry and cavalry was perceived passing over the ground adjacent to Lake Mareotis into Alex- andria ; and an Arab chief sent ...
... Menou , whose patroles had fallen in with and killed several Arabs bringing sheep . On the 21st a column of infantry and cavalry was perceived passing over the ground adjacent to Lake Mareotis into Alex- andria ; and an Arab chief sent ...
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... Menou finding that every one of his move- ments had failed , and that the British lines had suffered no se- rious impression to justify the hopes of an eventual success , determined on a retreat . His lines retired in very good order ...
... Menou finding that every one of his move- ments had failed , and that the British lines had suffered no se- rious impression to justify the hopes of an eventual success , determined on a retreat . His lines retired in very good order ...
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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