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 19
... canal of Alexandria , near to the isthmus , and ascending the heighth on which the citadel of the British entrenched camp was afterwards constructed , they discovered the rear of a co- lumn passing into the lines before Alexandria ...
... canal of Alexandria , near to the isthmus , and ascending the heighth on which the citadel of the British entrenched camp was afterwards constructed , they discovered the rear of a co- lumn passing into the lines before Alexandria ...
Page 21
... canal of Alexandria , turning them immediately against the enemy . Their conduct , intrepidity , and steady ad- vance , obtained the admiration of Sir Ralph Abercrombie , who in the general orders next day particularized this corps ...
... canal of Alexandria , turning them immediately against the enemy . Their conduct , intrepidity , and steady ad- vance , obtained the admiration of Sir Ralph Abercrombie , who in the general orders next day particularized this corps ...
Page 24
... canal , two 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 ...
... canal , two 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 ...
Page 25
... canal of Alexandria , where , gradu- ally sloping to its level , they formed the main position of this front ; but in advance of their right , they occupied a tongue of land , which projected a mile parallel to the canal of Alexandria ...
... canal of Alexandria , where , gradu- ally sloping to its level , they formed the main position of this front ; but in advance of their right , they occupied a tongue of land , which projected a mile parallel to the canal of Alexandria ...
Page 27
... canal , and drew up the hussars on the subsequently inundated ground a little in the rear of his infantry . Colonel Archdale with his small detachment pressed on to the attack with the greatest ar- dour , and breaking through the ...
... canal , and drew up the hussars on the subsequently inundated ground a little in the rear of his infantry . Colonel Archdale with his small detachment pressed on to the attack with the greatest ar- dour , and breaking through the ...
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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