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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... employ more advantageously an army which might justly be regarded as the corps élit of England , and which had been kept as a disposable force at so great an expence . The troops , from so long a continuance at sea , in weather as ...
... employ more advantageously an army which might justly be regarded as the corps élit of England , and which had been kept as a disposable force at so great an expence . The troops , from so long a continuance at sea , in weather as ...
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... employed in the purchase of others . * The quarter - master general of the army , Colonel Anstruther , who had been sent from Minorca to prepare the Turks for the reception of the English , had not been able to procure a suf- ficient ...
... employed in the purchase of others . * The quarter - master general of the army , Colonel Anstruther , who had been sent from Minorca to prepare the Turks for the reception of the English , had not been able to procure a suf- ficient ...
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... employed on , rendered even such more desirable than none . However , out of several hundred horses , finally only two hundred were left for the cavalry , about fifty for the artillery , and the remainder shot , or sold for a dollar ...
... employed on , rendered even such more desirable than none . However , out of several hundred horses , finally only two hundred were left for the cavalry , about fifty for the artillery , and the remainder shot , or sold for a dollar ...
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... are wounded , or extraordinary encouragement given to them when employed on such dan- gerous duty as the disembarkation of troops . The measure would be politic and just . men , men , amongst whom were several gallant officers . * ( 15 )
... are wounded , or extraordinary encouragement given to them when employed on such dan- gerous duty as the disembarkation of troops . The measure would be politic and just . men , men , amongst whom were several gallant officers . * ( 15 )
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... 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 which might ...
... 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 which might ...
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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