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., 1803 - 354 Seiten |
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... nights intermittingly . The hail , or rather the ice stones were as big as large walnuts . The camps were deluged with ... night the firmament was , from the increasing flashes , in a state of constant and vivid illumination . To add to ...
... nights intermittingly . The hail , or rather the ice stones were as big as large walnuts . The camps were deluged with ... night the firmament was , from the increasing flashes , in a state of constant and vivid illumination . To add to ...
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... night of the 27th of February , proceeded into Aboukir Bay , in order to discover the proper point of landing . In vain was Major Makarras advised not to enter too much into the cul de sac of the bay . His sense of duty and enterprising ...
... night of the 27th of February , proceeded into Aboukir Bay , in order to discover the proper point of landing . In vain was Major Makarras advised not to enter too much into the cul de sac of the bay . His sense of duty and enterprising ...
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... night the brig the Lodi also entered , but which was not then known . On the 7th , the weather moderating , the general went in a boat to reconnoitre the shore . Sir Sydney Smith at the same time , with three armed launches , proceeded ...
... night the brig the Lodi also entered , but which was not then known . On the 7th , the weather moderating , the general went in a boat to reconnoitre the shore . Sir Sydney Smith at the same time , with three armed launches , proceeded ...
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... night . Sir Ralph , impressed with the strongest feelings of grati- tude and admiration , came on shore , and took up a position , distant about three miles , with his right to the sea , and left on Lake Maadie ; at the same time ...
... night . Sir Ralph , impressed with the strongest feelings of grati- tude and admiration , came on shore , and took up a position , distant about three miles , with his right to the sea , and left on Lake Maadie ; at the same time ...
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... nights had been intensely cold , and the damp exhalations of the ground piercingly chilly . The thermometer was fre- quently below 50 degrees . On the 10th a report having been sent in from the ad- vanced guard on the left , that a ...
... nights had been intensely cold , and the damp exhalations of the ground piercingly chilly . The thermometer was fre- quently below 50 degrees . On the 10th a report having been sent in from the ad- vanced guard on the left , that a ...
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Aboukir aid de camp Alexandria ammunition amongst Arabs arrived artillery attack battalion batteries Belliard boats brigade British Buonaparte Cairo camels camp canal of Alexandria capitulation Captain Pacha cavalry Colonel Spencer Colonel Stuart column Commander in Chief conduct considerable corps Cossir Damietta defended Desert detachment dgerms dispatches ditto dragoons duty 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 landed Lord Keith Major General Coote Mamelukes Marabou Menou miles Minorca Morad morning musquetry neral night Nile o'clock obliged officers passed plague position quarter master rear reconnoitre redoubt regiment retreat Reynier Rhamanieh Rosetta sent ships shot Sir Ralph Abercrombie Sir Sydney Smith soldiers surrender tion troops Turkish Turks Upper Egypt vessels whilst whole wounded yards
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Seite 315 - ... of blood. Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has fallen in the service of his country, I might be excused for lamenting him more than any other person ; but it is some consolation to those who tenderly loved him, that as his life was honourable, so was his death glorious. His memory will be recorded in the annals of his country — will be sacred to every British soldier — and embalmed in the recollection of a grateful posterity.
Seite 77 - Avas not to be diverted from his object by moral considerations ; he persevered, and found an apothecary, who (dreading the weight of power, but who since has made an atonement to his mind by unequivocally confessing the fact) consented to become his agent, and to administer poison to the sick. Opium at night was distributed in gratifying food, the wretched unsuspecting victims banqueted, and in a few hours...
Seite 49 - I believe he was wounded early ; but he concealed his situation from those about him, and continued in the field giving his orders with that coolness and perspicuity which had ever marked his character, till long after the ' action was over, when he fainted through weakness and loss of blood. Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has fallen in the service of his country, I might be excused for lamenting him more than any other person ; but it is some consolation to those who tenderly...
Seite 387 - Abercromby, who landed at Aboukir on the 8th of March, 1801, defeated the French on several occasions, particularly in a most decisive action near Alexandria, on the 21st of that month, when they were driven from the Field, and forced to shelter themselves in their Garrisons of Cairo and Alexandria, which places subsequently surrendered by Capitulation. To record to future ages these events, and to commemorate the loss sustained by the death of Sir Ralph...
Seite 299 - Sir, I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you that they have...
Seite 314 - HAVE the honour to inform you, that, after the affair of the 13th of March, the army took a position about four miles from Alexandria, having a sandy plain in their front, the sea on their right, and the canal of Alexandria (at present dry) and the lake of Aboukir on their left. In this...
Seite 75 - Bonaparte, who had been regarding the scene through a telescope, when he saw the smoke ascending, could not restrain his joy, but broke out into exclamations of approval.
Seite 355 - SIR, I HAVE the honour to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that the...
Seite 310 - Coote, got into the boats early in the morning : they had, in general, from five to six miles to row, and did not arrive at the point of landing till ten o'clock. The front of disembarkation was narrow, and a hill, which commanded the whole, seemed almost inaccessible.
Seite 76 - ... in the hospital was the only measure which could be adopted. The physician, alarmed at the proposal, bold in the confidence of virtue and the cause of humanity, .remonstrated vehemently, representing the cruelty as well as the atrocity of such a murder ; but, finding that...