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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Page ix
... soldier affect the credit of literature . As none of the Universities provide an official historiogra- pher , which is much to be lamented , the details of a campaign can only be communicated to the public by persons attached to an army ...
... soldier affect the credit of literature . As none of the Universities provide an official historiogra- pher , which is much to be lamented , the details of a campaign can only be communicated to the public by persons attached to an army ...
Page xv
... soldiers found upon the field of battle , and to the at- tentions which have been shewn to wounded and to prisoners . " The English being those who defend and provision Acre , the horrible conduct of Dgezzar , who caused to be strangled ...
... soldiers found upon the field of battle , and to the at- tentions which have been shewn to wounded and to prisoners . " The English being those who defend and provision Acre , the horrible conduct of Dgezzar , who caused to be strangled ...
Page xvi
... soldiers having bandages on some of their limbs , when he directly ordered the firing to cease , and allowed the whole convoy to pass on unmolested : —a trait which must procure for him the gratitude of Frenchmen , and the love of his ...
... soldiers having bandages on some of their limbs , when he directly ordered the firing to cease , and allowed the whole convoy to pass on unmolested : —a trait which must procure for him the gratitude of Frenchmen , and the love of his ...
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... soldier's health and spirit , compromise the honour of the army , and so materially prejudice the interest of a country . After the attempt on Cadiz was abandoned , it became abso- lutely necessary to employ more advantageously an army ...
... soldier's health and spirit , compromise the honour of the army , and so materially prejudice the interest of a country . After the attempt on Cadiz was abandoned , it became abso- lutely necessary to employ more advantageously an army ...
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... soldiers can scarce be described , when they found themselves in a moment embayed by mountains , which formed the grandest scenery imaginable , and sailing in smooth water , although the instant before the fleet was labouring in a heavy ...
... soldiers can scarce be described , when they found themselves in a moment embayed by mountains , which formed the grandest scenery imaginable , and sailing in smooth water , although the instant before the fleet was labouring in a heavy ...
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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