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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... quarter master general , for the maps of Egypt he furnished me with , and which so well exemplify his talents ; and those officers of the military college , by whose united labours the original work was perfected during the campaign ...
... quarter master general , for the maps of Egypt he furnished me with , and which so well exemplify his talents ; and those officers of the military college , by whose united labours the original work was perfected during the campaign ...
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... 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 supply of fresh provisions to save the issue ...
... 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 supply of fresh provisions to save the issue ...
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... quarter , and carried as prisoners into Alexandria , and from thence to General Menou at Cairo . The death of Major Makarras was , as well as the se- verest private loss , a public misfortune : his ability justly ob- tained the greatest ...
... quarter , and carried as prisoners into Alexandria , and from thence to General Menou at Cairo . The death of Major Makarras was , as well as the se- verest private loss , a public misfortune : his ability justly ob- tained the greatest ...
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... quarter of a mile , on very high ground , and extended to the large and magnificent ruins of a palace , built in the time of the Romans , within fifty yards of the sea . The breadth of this promontory , as it may be called , of sand ...
... quarter of a mile , on very high ground , and extended to the large and magnificent ruins of a palace , built in the time of the Romans , within fifty yards of the sea . The breadth of this promontory , as it may be called , of sand ...
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... quarter of a mile on the 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 ...
... quarter of a mile on the 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 ...
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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