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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... embarked afterwards at Jaffa , for Damietta , in eight or ten Tartans , having heard of the kind treatment their comrades experienced , stood out to the Tigre then cruizing off , and surrendered themselves . The charge about cutting off ...
... embarked afterwards at Jaffa , for Damietta , in eight or ten Tartans , having heard of the kind treatment their comrades experienced , stood out to the Tigre then cruizing off , and surrendered themselves . The charge about cutting off ...
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... embarked on the 20th of February , yet it was not till the 23d that the fleet could weigh anchor , when it sailed with a very fresh breeze . The quantity of vessels was * The Grand Vizir wished to muster the troops ; but as each chief ...
... embarked on the 20th of February , yet it was not till the 23d that the fleet could weigh anchor , when it sailed with a very fresh breeze . The quantity of vessels was * The Grand Vizir wished to muster the troops ; but as each chief ...
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... embarked for the caravansary ; but it was nearly dark before they could the pass boghaz at the entrance of Lake Edko . When they were landed , a party was ordered in advance of the caravansary , where they continued about an hour , and ...
... embarked for the caravansary ; but it was nearly dark before they could the pass boghaz at the entrance of Lake Edko . When they were landed , a party was ordered in advance of the caravansary , where they continued about an hour , and ...
Page 60
... was decided , quietly submitted to be led by a cord to the lake , where she was stripped naked , scrubbed well , then embarked in a boat , and carried off to their ship . the the Captain Pacha in Aboukir Bay , who had returned ( 60 )
... was decided , quietly submitted to be led by a cord to the lake , where she was stripped naked , scrubbed well , then embarked in a boat , and carried off to their ship . the the Captain Pacha in Aboukir Bay , who had returned ( 60 )
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... embark again until the 89th shewed them the example . May the 5th the main army marched in two co- lumns , the Turks preceding ; one passed along the Nile , the other along the shore of Lake Edko . The advanced guard consisted of the ...
... embark again until the 89th shewed them the example . May the 5th the main army marched in two co- lumns , the Turks preceding ; one passed along the Nile , the other along the shore of Lake Edko . The advanced guard consisted of 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