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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... shot evidently did 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 ...
... shot evidently did 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 ...
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... shot , or sold for a dollar apiece . Miserable indeed would have been the state of the ca- valry , had it not been amended by the horses purchased in the neighbourhood ; but this supply was small , since it was a mea- sure not pressed ...
... shot , or sold for a dollar apiece . Miserable indeed would have been the state of the ca- valry , had it not been amended by the horses purchased in the neighbourhood ; but this supply was small , since it was a mea- sure not pressed ...
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... have checked , a few shots were fired at his highness's tent in the morning it was to take place , which hint was well understood , and the muster was immediately countermanded . such , such , about 175 sail , as to require a ( 6 )
... have checked , a few shots were fired at his highness's tent in the morning it was to take place , which hint was well understood , and the muster was immediately countermanded . such , such , about 175 sail , as to require a ( 6 )
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... shot from the shore ; but the extent of the anchorage was so great , that the assembling and arrangement of the boats could not be completed till near nine o'clock . And here let the reader pause for a moment , to dwell on this solemn ...
... shot from the shore ; but the extent of the anchorage was so great , that the assembling and arrangement of the boats could not be completed till near nine o'clock . And here let the reader pause for a moment , to dwell on this solemn ...
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... shot and shells , and as the boats approached , the shower of grape and musquetry , seemed so to plough the surface of the water , that nothing on it could live : for a moment it even checked and compelled some of the boats rather to ...
... shot and shells , and as the boats approached , the shower of grape and musquetry , seemed so to plough the surface of the water , that nothing on it could live : for a moment it even checked and compelled some of the boats rather to ...
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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