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 xviii
... . of dragoons 500 Marines 2000 British artillery with the Vizier , includ- 500 ing artificers Sailors doing duty ? 500 300 in the batteries 4200 1143 With regard to his statement of the combined force acting With ( xviii )
... . of dragoons 500 Marines 2000 British artillery with the Vizier , includ- 500 ing artificers Sailors doing duty ? 500 300 in the batteries 4200 1143 With regard to his statement of the combined force acting With ( xviii )
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... battery on the tongue of land at the entrance of the lake , but not in time to prevent the escape of eighty French over the ferry . The loss of British amounted in this affair to near five hundred * It is to be regretted that no ...
... battery on the tongue of land at the entrance of the lake , but not in time to prevent the escape of eighty French over the ferry . The loss of British amounted in this affair to near five hundred * It is to be regretted that no ...
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... battery at the en- trance of Lake Maadie † should be maintained , when carried in the evening of the 7th , or its assault combined at all events with the operations of the landing . Such a manœuvre would cer- tainly have been masterly ...
... battery at the en- trance of Lake Maadie † should be maintained , when carried in the evening of the 7th , or its assault combined at all events with the operations of the landing . Such a manœuvre would cer- tainly have been masterly ...
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... batteries were ordered to be constructed as the point d'appui of the left of the whole position . Lake Maadie pro- tected the rear of the left , by flowing close to the canal . The extent from the sea to the lake was about a mile . In ...
... batteries were ordered to be constructed as the point d'appui of the left of the whole position . Lake Maadie pro- tected the rear of the left , by flowing close to the canal . The extent from the sea to the lake was about a mile . In ...
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... batteries were erected against the fort , and some bomb ketches aided the attack . Round the castle is a ditch of uncommon depth , which made it difficult to assault even where a breach was made ; but the comman- dant did not render ...
... batteries were erected against the fort , and some bomb ketches aided the attack . Round the castle is a ditch of uncommon depth , which made it difficult to assault even where a breach was made ; but the comman- dant did not render ...
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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