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V tnttr(tptei and reit'wtd at London', V
r i Ifiontintted from our V :
ViMetntWr of the" NaTonaV Jnlftirnrf,
? -.gehieral in chkf, 0 ih French Di-
feld-Quaftctii C5tr6,': 6tKrrhermKlor
, : ' . 5 Cjttten Dirfrt r, . '
,.''c. I fcid'; the iflomcnt, and 'ordered
divifion of general 2on, who Was up-"
; ;n tbi" NUtiV w orooed ktrthe attack of .
S2iitoJpiyed bctWcrtfhe"- body of troup '
which had ciarged him and the cntreitch-
but a flrawr mat, and. two or thrct eartheh"
-tsiitencral tfey': eat-but few thingi;?
They da "uot know Uhe ufc of wind-mills
titie of grdia viihjOut:apy orurhe
firiill quantit jr of grain wni:h they eon
vert to Hbafi' "thiy briitAs'-'with .ftonw,'jwT
-inilfs which are tyr.aed by :.oieftrX-.?
nent8, in order to iccoihplilh thi$ triple
- 'bieft ; ' to pfetent the body of trops
, f - 4 - -t . ' I ... . " -- ?.'!
irom te-enieripg jrreeivnrj to be oh.
We have been ouuiualty hatrltted
' by'tht Arabs," who are the'-grearetil-bb;-:
hers, : Vnd the greateft yillaini on earth.
afl'niTmatia the Turks; ' as well x.t the
French v., acd all whofU intqcir-handa.
The m'.nerai of brigade. Mureur, und'fe
vetal other aids de cmp. and officer! of
Jhele w reteW 0 ucealed behind 'dttche
Ofiatrchcheuport their excellent little
horfej, -anfort quart M is For mm that ftray
too paces from the column Gen. Mu
rear,-hot witlulanding tl.e rfpreientations
I ; .(put oif ihexerlreaTTihofe who occupied
them ; and laltly, it it mould .be oeceffary,
::-t6attacJ:"the'entmichineriti''on''' the iett,'
J. u. ' rte, inftant genera)s . Vial .-td Bear.
' - advanced, they ordered the fift and third
:? divifions of each battalion to range in co
Jumns for the attack, while the Tecoad
and fourth preferved the fame pofition,
forming ' always a battalion 4 deep, and
idViriced Jd Thawtairi1 the columns of it. .
V " The columns of attack of gen. I?on
Cl;! advanced by the; brave gen-,Rampniit
threw themfelves into the entrenchavau
, whh their ufual impctuofity, notw jth-."
';: ' :'n "ftanding the fire, of a. great 'quantity of .
; : , artiUry lyben the Mameludes' charged
" themr 'TntpmtWf Kcj t enfreiiclu
iLtlme'riti a full gallop. -Our columns had time '
to halt, tnd to form a front .' to oppole
4: ihem pa-all fides- and -: to -ftcei vethein":
Vth ihe bayonet, and a, mower of bally.'
- 'V At the fame inftant, the field of battle was
ftrewed with the iflain. Our troops fonn
.' varried the entrenchments.' Th Mamo-
i 'lakes in their flight, precipitated .theia.
r ffelves in Crowds on the left, but gen. Vial
. - "was poftcd toicceive them. A battalion
. of carabineers, under ty hofe fire hey were
obliged to pafs,'madeJi dreadful fiaiightr
, fthem A "great number threw them
' Serves into the Niie'and fwam off.
' More than 400 camels, loaded with
v-;baj;gage,v;'irid 50' pieces of artillery, fell
4atopu"-? power. I eftimate the lofs of-ths.
mcf dkeiuat jtooo -men,-t he-ehoice-tf -
their eavdlry. Great art of the beys
were killed or wounded, Murat bey vii
wounded' irt the check Ou'fiiifs amoutui
fcrved,-ly"a, taialiy which"! ;!ih v: often
remarked tot'accomany men arrived ; at -their
Taft hourj was defirous to afcend a
looe a lutleeir.hience, , -about -zoo -paces
'from.1he.5amp. Behind it Vere three B;
douifts, wh(gjaiJ3ffiiiateJ Turn ; the'repub.
1 ic has in h i m (a It a ined a real lofs. He ,
w;s one of the br.ivclt generals I ever
knew. , There is in this.couritry yery iic
. tie money, a great deal of corn, rice, ve.
getables and' cattle; The republic, could
not-have a colon y-rf mora c.iijacitv or
richer, loll. Tlie! climate, is very .healthy, ,
'owing to the ircluKis ot the nights: .':
N"t w i ih it Vndin V 1 e.l""d;iys - of ni.i rc i ng,. "
tacigues 01 every Kino, uie aoioiute waiit
oi wine, and every thing eiic to atleviaie. .
fatigue, we have had no licknels. . I he
foldicrs have found' grcatrreiiJurces 'in a
kind of water melons, , which are in gret
abundaiice. ,'.- . ,. ...'. -
iSigned) ; BUONAPARTE."
JEftgl iiK -q d a d f 6n bed? fpar ehe3 ati difecer
This officer perilhed on the road. ' It feem- ,'
ed vt0 me that idm't ral Briieys was unwit j"
5 ling to reiurft to Corfu, before he ."had ti .
pertained 'the pr aiicabil ity of entering
l thepojt of Aiexaudria; and that the ar
t my, of which lie had received imu'liigeace
' for a long tiei was in a pofition in which
it woald not;' 6e obliged tq retreat.;;'" If in;
this calafnitoos event he was to blame; he
has'exfiafedhis fciultsby a glorious death..
, The dellinies have been deiio us topovt ;
on Xn ocrtlion,- as on ' fo 'many others;, ,
that if tiey gTant ysa great preponderance '
inck officers of , 1 oh the' ; coinent they have given the;
1 T v - - w ,
ivwc;5f gTviit-w Tpvcrwr tui v
attributed to .the fickienefs pf fortune.
She hal not yet abandoned us. Far" frm
it ; the has favoured us in the whole eju
iiOJLi'iXdegKejTiiifu r lor.
mer egorii Whcn I atrived before Alex
- ?77y-V important pttt&u ' i;-Vr'v .v;J f vr I
'" Jean BoiSSu Andre, late Freirh; rei 'v I ' 1
ucui di omyma, was inn aay wun uiy , j 1
Aiite brought here, ajpd.;.lodgd, 'ia;rhe 'A''-""
caftieof the" feven tbwers.1 Among htalili 1 Oc
-papers was 'found "jfpiaflf for rcvolntiopij. f "
dng'the Ottomanem
pftiiis, 30,000 men are ordered toccryiiri j ' ; V '
places whrew French. jpoiitics have beeri'; ; :3 't
; jfavoured. iThiftyjfeven ca
Wad in the palace ; francaile, lately occu-; ;(
pted by the French ttiiftiftf r at Cooftantii i
'nopl2,.but )ijow converted; into a prifoni .
where feven the 'i emigrant French !whV'-.:
have taken an oath pf fidelity to ihegran4'' . :
'-''' ' 4k - n . U' 1 "'! "VV ' ',-'.' -' '"(''
, ; rtAMbUKUH, uctoberg, 1
:' ... Advice from Florence, of Septembet
14, fay that )he' French' have'fcntei(yJilMiL.
-Ncapoiitaa dominions in.. an" HotViic manner,-though
without a formar dccjafatidiv'
of war. - ;"Tr T'."" ;. v ' ;; , v- f
,V'A
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We lpam from Paris, finder da,re of .
September z8, that the Turkilh miai(lcf ;
was that day arreted: ami thrown iutQ '
he temple, '. v -." .' iv . t' ..
.' ; . . -.oaober ij. '; ;';;.;';'
We heat that befides the aigrette given
; b to or 30 killed, .and no wounded.-
: ' . During the night the city of Cairo wai
r... -;vjcuaied.:v AH their armed floapscr?
"vette's, Brigs, ahd even" a frigate, were
burnt. ; iOn the 4th, our. troops ente redU
V " 'Cairo. Inthe night the populace burnt
; the hoafes of the biys- and committed
;'tnahy tXceflfes.V Cairo which contains
; jnore th.an 300,009 inliabitants, has the
-limit abandoned opuIace in the. world.
' After the ; great number, of .batts
' which the troops 1 command had gained
7 ovef fuperior forces,1 thought it not pr.i-,'-dtfht
'tO praife their continence and fan
; - x froid on. this occafion ; for truly this ne
. kind of warfairc required, on their, part,
a degree of patience forming a ftrong
t; contrail, with French impeiuofity. If they
' , had abandoned themfelvcs "to their fu.l
slrAi'fT; a t dour, theywould not ha ye gainc i a vicC
tory which was only to be obtained by
the greatetl ' cbolnels; ahd p9tience.,vThe
"r -v; cavalry of the. Mamelukes Ihewed great
1 . L..bra very l They; defended their fortunes;
',-.;. I;iv i far there was not ond of "them forTwhom
, U jour foldicrs did not' find tiirce,n four,' arid
five hundred Louis d'ors. ' ' ;;
" ' " All the luxury of thefe people con-
, Tilled in' their-horfes and armsiJT'heir
-r- hotife s a re iy ret ched I f is d ifficul t to fi ad
. a country more fertile, or a people more
. .r :.- mlferablei wore ignorant, and. more ftu
p 1 .id. They prefer a button of our foldicrs,
'lj-Jjta.a crow4i of x f ranes - value j-in-theTil-"
; t 4 lagev they do riot even' know the ufe. of a
' atidria, and learned that the Englifh had
r Iicen there a few days before, with a f-
perior force, notwithttanding ,the tempef--;
tu:ufriefs of the feather, 1 threw m fclf,
on jhore at the rilk of being Wrecked .: I,
remember, at tle moment when prepara
tions Were makine.ior landing, there was
a lignal in the ofhVg ,pf an enemy's faUo
(It was the Jufttce , from Malta.) I ex- he has .ordered a rich p relent to etety
claimed, Fortune, would you abandon I Britilb officer in the action of. the Nii v
.roe 1 Only five days 1" 1 marched all ! and, 80,060 dila'rs to be diftributed a-
ni&ht ; at preak of day I attacked. Alex.; 1 mong the failors. , ' , iJ.. ; ; ! - '
andria with three thcttfand harraffed men, ... The confidence of. the grand fefgnior
wi i hout cannon, and nearly without car.- ; U (a p'reatin his new friena& tkt Ri.ffi-.o.
jHvigCiV and in c days", I became matter.; -jv that he vifited thecommander of the fleet
Ot;Koietta, ot imennour ; tnatis toiay, betqre Conitantinopley oa Joard his (hio. '
Incognito. The Rnlnans were at firft Joatfa
to enter tM city of Conftantinople, , but
they are now every day&co walkin arm
i 1 -IS A t
ii nvlredy ifftsbiimed in Kiry pt
-v? ,:- Kor thele five days was the fqdadroiy
ftieltered from the enemy, however great
might he. their number i Far from it, it : ! in Atm with the .Turks.
In a other 'letter'-daTd,-HcTd'CJ;iar- .
tersV Cairo Auguit-'i after-givingVa-ii-;
account of feveral'lktrmithcs wiin the AX
abs, -the partictilars of which are no; vf
ry inwrreiting.; he fays : , -
" On the 6ih of J aly 1 wrote to the ad .
iral'to"errter:"thF'porrofAlKatfdlia in
2x hours ; and it that was not practicable,'
J to land immediately all the artillery nnJ'
ttores belonging W tne army, anorot.ir.i
to Corfu. ; 1 then left Alexandria in full
affurance that, in three days, one of thefe
-meflfuterw ouid "haycTneen aaopteo, vtm
"that to. the'i4tb ot Jut y I" received no
intelligence-whateyer, either Irom Rout
ta ot Alexandria, A nitituue of A'rabs
col letting from all pirts ot the defert,
. 1 i 1 j . . 1 . . r
kept conltaotiy wrrnin uvc rrunoica rouri
ot"fhe:c&ai.:"';""."T;'
" 0 1 the i 7th, at' length, the nport
of our Vittorie-, and dmerciit pofitions,
opened our c.).n naiucations. I received
feyeral. letters from the admiral, J when 1
lear.jed, vith allonimment, that he re-.
mained llill at Ab:ukir. I then wrote t
him again, that be mult not lofe an hour,
-but either enter the-port."of;;Alexandriirr
or r turn, to Corfu. . The admiral had
written to me 01 the 20th July, that fer
vera Englifh Irrigates were come to re
conno'ure, and that he was tortitytpghim-
' felf in expectation of the enemy at Abou.
kir. TU4s. ft range rcfotution filled 'me
with the molt- lively " alarms j ; but lVc;
, time was loft ViorUhe letter ojibejfot!
"iiid not-reachmeuntrrthe
fame montlr;-;" . - . .1 -. v.....
.. I difpatched citixen JuHen, my aid
de camp, with orders not to leave1 Abou;
kirr'until he lhadjfeen;the fquadrbn 'under
fail. ' On the 26th the admiral wrote to
me that the E.njilifli had retired, which
m afure he attributed to the want of pro.
vi'fionsi . . I .received this letter the" 30th,
iy'the fancorierVvrhe-ijftb he w; ote
(-to me, that he had at length heard oFthe
f yiclbryVof tHepyramids, and the taking
' ot Jaito,,and iouna a paliage i.or enien.ig
; the port of Alexandria.' 'rlh? letter Tre
:'ceivednbethbrA"ug
of the lit ot AuguS the Englim attacked
him Oil- the; moment he perceived tbe
v mail ed re expofed during the remain
der of the month of July. It receiyed
-'from Rofett,-; abo'etlieotnToT' that
,; month, a fupply of rice for two months. ;
" The En'ghm, in fuperior forcef were for
ten days in ihcfe parts. On the 19th July
it received intelligerjce of puf entire pof-.";
fcinoii of Egypt, and our entry into Cairo,
and it, was only. after.fortune,faw.ihat all -
1 her favours were become or no further ule
thit lhe abandoned our fleet to its de-.
ttiny. 1 falutc you.
:": ; BUONAPARTE." ;
""TTlHtiT frWee10ernhe -
fame date, ijth Augult gives an account
of Euonaiiar tJ having eftablilhed an en
trencned camp at four leagurs from Cai
rot which kept in check the force of Mu-
:ytV P'CY '" ; ' ':'-'.. ':''-'-'t': ;-'''': "'.'''.".;''
' Gentral Uclerc, who commands '4000
men, was attacked by a body of . men, as
well Ma.oclukcs as Arabs, whom he re
; pulled. ; "'"-,-' -
farther Jifpatcbei not c$jih hand
- - CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. j 8.
, ' " "'-" ' '..'.:;
'rAn expedition agaihft the fonth of France
in retaliation for the invafion of Egypt,'
... is contemplated. Our court is to furoiih
,30,000. rae. .. .
Thr RulTun and Turkith fleets late' in
i 'our waters prefented the grandeft fpeftacle
; "eve r fecn in this city : and it is conjec-
tured tms armameni iia xor ns oujcvi
.poffeffionsf the Fjenchr in. the-Adrjatic
- and Ty rrhenian feasr and the golph of
Genoa. The places particularly contem
4 plated are, Ancona, Cevitta .TechiaV: Sec
-and jli city ofGenoa in which hcTurks
ex peel to find great . booty. . Before" the
Unl&an fleet lailed, admiral Uufchakrow
received difpatches from his court at St.
Pctermurg, upon which he had a long con
feVence with the winiftry. -The greateft
- degree ot union and fecrecy prevails be
1 in", ivuvi- . : . 1
y the Au . j
j8thinft,LI
artoaccc-' --V.19
ications of ' , !
" Oaober, f. . ;
The French with 8000 men from SwltV
zerland have entered the Auftrian territo-i
tyj and already commi'.ed Tfome execfles.
It is faid, the emperor confiders this at
the actual recommencement of hoftili
ties. lv ''.v - . ; ;; "'. -
The crews ef eiht Fre'nlbipUn tfie
harbourof 6hftaoiihbple, ; have been
made prisoners of war. ' : V ' T
;;- " . . Oclober if. , " ' ;; ",
A new paper on the fubjeft of the pend
ing negotiation was Prefented by
ftrian envoy at Rafladt,oji8tJtinftt':.
it was mortj ana docs pot appear to accc
leratc peacr in fine, the indications
the re. commencement of ;boftilities''en
crcafe daily, ': . ''''
The deputation of the empire at the
cortgrefs of Raftadt, . have demanded that
Hamburgh, Bremen, Luneck &c beex.
empted Irom all duties-on the Rhine
' The French have demanded the reafou of
the march of a Rufilan army through the
German territory anc Were anfwered,
that theyr were riot authorifed ; to make
any explanation on that fubjeft. : An exV
traordinary coblnefs has commenced -each
feems to waifthe others ftrikingthc T
tint blow, to avoid the odium ot the re-
newai ot war.
LONDON. Oclobet 18.
Zxtratt of a letter Jrom an officer. of the
Vwguardi addreffed to Ins Jiftcr at .
h Bathtfateij'ojfjbe mouth xf theMti,-
, " 1 he admiral is in a fair way of re-covery--tbouj,b
there wtlf be a large .
fear; in his relie d but an hcMfoir able ; 11
"one . 'Moll of our French prites to- I 'M- r
gethcr with lome of our ww (hips,
leave us this day for Gibraltar or flng-
land- AV c reihain here a feW """week
lo iger with rive fail of the line, to crude
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off Alexandria-sff er which we "goltc
tweeri ,the Ruffian and EngUlh miniflers, f fjvaph's to refel -1 be admiral talks of
and our envan ; ana tne jormer-areL ta. ieeiiig- tTrgland m.a tewtmontps. , . ;
prcfent in the private councils, on our in- Tp W iv tatan feuortaDarte'k
temal itateof ainirs. Thntrrih
me are cf the utmoft importance he
aiid' thcwi ole army - Willi theui(ejv
Trench inTcypt.' has drawn the cords of
; friendfhip bctwcca: us and; Ruflia more
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