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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... possession of power , but the pen of the historian ? What can guarantee man- kind from the atrocities of a licentious despotism , but an as- surance that the memory of great crimes is perpetuated in the records of history ? If the ...
... possession of power , but the pen of the historian ? What can guarantee man- kind from the atrocities of a licentious despotism , but an as- surance that the memory of great crimes is perpetuated in the records of history ? If the ...
Page 15
... possession of the heights , and General Coote advancing with the Guards and his brigade , run from all points of their position , but in the rear sand hills maintained for about an hour and a half a scattered fire , when they were ...
... possession of the heights , and General Coote advancing with the Guards and his brigade , run from all points of their position , but in the rear sand hills maintained for about an hour and a half a scattered fire , when they were ...
Page 37
... possession , and then bayoneted him . General Regnier states , that the bat- talion to which these colours belonged was composed chiefly of Copts ; but how Copts came to carry a standard , on which le Passage de la Serivia , le Passage ...
... possession , and then bayoneted him . General Regnier states , that the bat- talion to which these colours belonged was composed chiefly of Copts ; but how Copts came to carry a standard , on which le Passage de la Serivia , le Passage ...
Page 39
... possessed , and led his army to attack with every disadvantage , acting as if the simple conquest of such an English force was not sufficiently glorious . Had he waited forty- forty - eight hours , Sir Ralph Abercrombie intended an ( 39 )
... possessed , and led his army to attack with every disadvantage , acting as if the simple conquest of such an English force was not sufficiently glorious . Had he waited forty- forty - eight hours , Sir Ralph Abercrombie intended an ( 39 )
Page 43
... possessed their position , and had an army considerably more numerous than the British in the country ; indeed , calculating the mutual losses by an in- verse ratio , their strength had increased by the diminution of the previous ...
... possessed their position , and had an army considerably more numerous than the British in the country ; indeed , calculating the mutual losses by an in- verse ratio , their strength had increased by the diminution of the previous ...
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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