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 xi
... considerable gratification on the causes which produced these acts of hospitality in favour of English- men . There was a vanity justly indulged in reflecting , that a Frenchman could never venture to pass through the same dis- tricts ...
... considerable gratification on the causes which produced these acts of hospitality in favour of English- men . There was a vanity justly indulged in reflecting , that a Frenchman could never venture to pass through the same dis- tricts ...
Page xiii
... considerable . To those who may imagine that my representations of Ge- neral Buonaparte's conduct in the several instances referred to are imprudent , and improper at this moment to be brought forwards , I must premise , that if they ...
... considerable . To those who may imagine that my representations of Ge- neral Buonaparte's conduct in the several instances referred to are imprudent , and improper at this moment to be brought forwards , I must premise , that if they ...
Page xvi
... considerable execution : at last by his glass he perceived that the column he was attacking consisted only of wounded and sick men riding on camels , almost all of the soldiers having bandages on some of their limbs , when he directly ...
... considerable execution : at last by his glass he perceived that the column he was attacking consisted only of wounded and sick men riding on camels , almost all of the soldiers having bandages on some of their limbs , when he directly ...
Page xvii
... 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 themselves if these troops be- haved well . When General Regnier ...
... 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 themselves if these troops be- haved well . When General Regnier ...
Page xix
... considerable part of General Baird's army reached Cossir be- fore the 8th of June ; for Colonel Murray's arrival at the latter end of May with a few men cannot be deemed a reinforce- ment , on the scale General Regnier wishes to make ...
... considerable part of General Baird's army reached Cossir be- fore the 8th of June ; for Colonel Murray's arrival at the latter end of May with a few men cannot be deemed a reinforce- ment , on the scale General Regnier wishes to make ...
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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