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Narrative Of The Expedition Of Buonaparte.
of the charge . He had dexterity enough to dismount and recover it , and then to remount and defend himself , and attack one of the most intrepid of the Mamelukes- General Mi , rat , chief of battalion , Aid-de-camp Durve , Citizen Leturcq , Citizen Colbert , Adjutant Ai'righi , having advanced too far , through their ardour , in the thickest of the combat , were exposed to the greatest dangers . The Commander in Chief left at Salehich the ^ divisioh of General
Reynier and the officers of engineers , to construct a fortress , and set out on the 13 th of August , to return to Cairo . Scarcely had he get to the distance of two leagues from Salehich , when the Aid-de-camp of General Kleber arrived with intelligence of the battle which the French squadron had sustained on the 1 st of Autrust . Oft rhP fith of
July the Commander in Chief departed from Alexandria , at which time he wrote the Admiral to enter the port of that city within twentyfour hours , or in case that was impossible , to land speedily all the artillery and baggage belonging to the army , and to male ' the best of his way to Cotitt . The Admiral did not think it practicable to complete the landing in the position in which he then Was , being at anchor before the of Alexandria '
port , among rocks , and several vessels having lost their anchors . He therefore proceeded to Aboukir where there was a good anchorage . Buonaparte sent to the Admiral some engineers and officers of artillery , who were of opinion with the Admiral , that he could receive no protection from the land , and that if the English should in the course of the two three
appear or days which would be necessary for him to remain at Aboukir , either to land the artillery , or to sound and mark out the route to Alexandriano other measure was to be pursued than to cut his cables , and that it was absolutel y necessary he should make as short a stay as possible at Aboukir . J .
. 1 he Iu-ench General then left Alexandria , in a full assurance that 111 three days one of these measures would have been adopted . From that time to the 24 th of the same month he received no intelligence whatever , e „ her from Rosetta or Alexandria . A multitude of Arabs ' collected from all parts of the desart , kept constantl y within coo . toises ° t the camp . On the 27 that lengththe report of his victories
, , and different positions opened communications with Rosetta and Alexandria . He rei Ze l7£ n ¦ ttCn fV ° m S ^ Admiral ' W , lerein he , earnecl > ™ » asto-S , ww . " e ren , a , . yet at Aboukir - He tllen wrote " > him f ' . hat he must not l 0 « e an hour , but either enter the port of rte " n t ; ; T 7 \ ? j - Thc Admiral had writte » to B »«^
-, feconn ^ 1 ? > " < ' that Se - Veral E " ! ish fri S ates were come to ° ' ' f nd . , > at he . was fortif ying himself in expectation of with X V ? ° , uk , r ' , ih , S stran S solution filled the latter th the utmost alarm ; but the time was lost ; for the letter of r h , Un Utl 1 the o £ h of the same nth
Wh try "S I " ^ " ^ . He ? £ , t ' " , Jf !?' , ll , S Aide-de-camp , with orders not to th- \£h ?! A 1 ' , he had Seen tl , e sc i lia [ iron un ' « ^ il . On : 20 th t , ie Admiral wrote to him that the English had retired ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Narrative Of The Expedition Of Buonaparte.
of the charge . He had dexterity enough to dismount and recover it , and then to remount and defend himself , and attack one of the most intrepid of the Mamelukes- General Mi , rat , chief of battalion , Aid-de-camp Durve , Citizen Leturcq , Citizen Colbert , Adjutant Ai'righi , having advanced too far , through their ardour , in the thickest of the combat , were exposed to the greatest dangers . The Commander in Chief left at Salehich the ^ divisioh of General
Reynier and the officers of engineers , to construct a fortress , and set out on the 13 th of August , to return to Cairo . Scarcely had he get to the distance of two leagues from Salehich , when the Aid-de-camp of General Kleber arrived with intelligence of the battle which the French squadron had sustained on the 1 st of Autrust . Oft rhP fith of
July the Commander in Chief departed from Alexandria , at which time he wrote the Admiral to enter the port of that city within twentyfour hours , or in case that was impossible , to land speedily all the artillery and baggage belonging to the army , and to male ' the best of his way to Cotitt . The Admiral did not think it practicable to complete the landing in the position in which he then Was , being at anchor before the of Alexandria '
port , among rocks , and several vessels having lost their anchors . He therefore proceeded to Aboukir where there was a good anchorage . Buonaparte sent to the Admiral some engineers and officers of artillery , who were of opinion with the Admiral , that he could receive no protection from the land , and that if the English should in the course of the two three
appear or days which would be necessary for him to remain at Aboukir , either to land the artillery , or to sound and mark out the route to Alexandriano other measure was to be pursued than to cut his cables , and that it was absolutel y necessary he should make as short a stay as possible at Aboukir . J .
. 1 he Iu-ench General then left Alexandria , in a full assurance that 111 three days one of these measures would have been adopted . From that time to the 24 th of the same month he received no intelligence whatever , e „ her from Rosetta or Alexandria . A multitude of Arabs ' collected from all parts of the desart , kept constantl y within coo . toises ° t the camp . On the 27 that lengththe report of his victories
, , and different positions opened communications with Rosetta and Alexandria . He rei Ze l7£ n ¦ ttCn fV ° m S ^ Admiral ' W , lerein he , earnecl > ™ » asto-S , ww . " e ren , a , . yet at Aboukir - He tllen wrote " > him f ' . hat he must not l 0 « e an hour , but either enter the port of rte " n t ; ; T 7 \ ? j - Thc Admiral had writte » to B »«^
-, feconn ^ 1 ? > " < ' that Se - Veral E " ! ish fri S ates were come to ° ' ' f nd . , > at he . was fortif ying himself in expectation of with X V ? ° , uk , r ' , ih , S stran S solution filled the latter th the utmost alarm ; but the time was lost ; for the letter of r h , Un Utl 1 the o £ h of the same nth
Wh try "S I " ^ " ^ . He ? £ , t ' " , Jf !?' , ll , S Aide-de-camp , with orders not to th- \£h ?! A 1 ' , he had Seen tl , e sc i lia [ iron un ' « ^ il . On : 20 th t , ie Admiral wrote to him that the English had retired ,