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 xii
... actions immediately connected with the expedition were to be recorded , * still the navy is intitled to the highest ... action , as they did not happen on the coast of Egypt , were not within the confines of my history . tinguishing ...
... actions immediately connected with the expedition were to be recorded , * still the navy is intitled to the highest ... action , as they did not happen on the coast of Egypt , were not within the confines of my history . tinguishing ...
Page xvii
... action . It is true , he represents the English force as much more considerable than it actually was ; but when military men learn that the British army which landed amounted only to 15,330 men , including 999 sick , they will judge for ...
... action . It is true , he represents the English force as much more considerable than it actually was ; but when military men learn that the British army which landed amounted only to 15,330 men , including 999 sick , they will judge for ...
Page 17
... action , unworthy altogether of Bonaparte's fame . Policy may excuse the gasconade of his dispatches , but not the wanton storm of a city , for the sake of striking terror , and fix- ing an impression of the French name throughout Egypt ...
... action , unworthy altogether of Bonaparte's fame . Policy may excuse the gasconade of his dispatches , but not the wanton storm of a city , for the sake of striking terror , and fix- ing an impression of the French name throughout Egypt ...
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... action , the army employed itself in digging to find water , as Sir Sydney assured the troops that wherever date trees grew , water must be near . The fact proved so , and the Commander in Chief found himself relieved from an anxiety ...
... action , the army employed itself in digging to find water , as Sir Sydney assured the troops that wherever date trees grew , water must be near . The fact proved so , and the Commander in Chief found himself relieved from an anxiety ...
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... action had been highly creditable to the gallantry and discipline of the British , whose movements were executed with the same steadiness and accuracy as if at a review in England . The con- duct , exertions , and animating example of ...
... action had been highly creditable to the gallantry and discipline of the British , whose movements were executed with the same steadiness and accuracy as if at a review in England . The con- duct , exertions , and animating example of ...
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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