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THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. Doevining-street, July 21. Dispatches,. of which the following are copies, have been this day received at the ()Ace -of the Right Honourable Lord Hawkesbury, :His Ma jesty's Principal Secretary of 'State for Foreign Affairs, &Om the -Earl .of Elgin - and Major Halo, Nl' ay.: rni j oerial Oitornan Caniis of live •Grand Ben4hasser, MY LOia, May 26, Ipoi. - I had the honour of addrestinx your Lordship on the zd Mw fro' Salahich, .which place His Highness the . , Grand Vizier left :lie 7th, and the following day arrived at Belbeis, where the advanced Corps of hip Army had -bten encamped for some time before. 6n: the istlrit.st. His Highness receive-cl'intelli gence that, the Enetnriehad early that niorting warched a considerable Force. from Cairo on the road towards `Beibeis, wh6re His Highness was then encamped. In the evening, a further con f.rmation of this intelligence wr , s - brought, when the Enemy was in, full march. TJ e Vizier, after dark;ordered Pacha with three thousand C avalry, and three light field-pieces, to advance - to meet them, and if a favourable opportunity offer ,ed• during the obscurity of the. night to attack, if ricit, to impede their 'progress as much is possible. About ten.o'clock at night they met, three leagues fiom Camp, when each halted and•lay 'o'n their arms during the night, and until eight , o'clock in the morning, - at which time Tahir Fach2- co . m . mencedian AttaCk. He vas soon -(after reinforced, by fifteen liundred Cavalry-. It wasinow found :the Enemy had - come: forward' with ' , .about 'fourteen pieces . of Artillery, i. ,hundred • Cavalry,' and &ir . 'ihOtisanci . Infantry. His Highness therefore, • "ordered Mehe'mmed Pacha to move: forward . With five thousand. Men; cavalry and Albanian In fantry, and 'nine light field-pieces ;- the. - Enemy. had eight_pounders in the field.- His. Highness af terWarcis advanced himself, and took ,the. command,. ' which was attended with the hapPiest.efrea. • The Enemy inOved into aVoodof Date Trees, where they, were . attacked by.the Cavalry and In- .‘ fantry with great •s,pirit for three hout4' when. the Enemy retired:fro - n - 401e 1A 7 6°0,, taking position on the Plain; their Left, .to the 'Wood,...aricilbrining a hcilloW square. on the Right., The.:Albaniau Infan; try advanced to the-edge, of. the Wood;, and in this. situation_ galled• them considerably ;.,-and upon the. Turkish Cavalry 'threatening their Righr, they Cbtraged'Poiitimi, and attempted to gaiirtheffeightS, „ in which they were prevented by a rapid movement of Cavalry, %Ndlo wiarti_lhe summit.' 'ln'this ma. nceuvre they. were :annoyed by two ems, which were advanced by His Highness on the o&asiOn.— At this the FiCnch 'commenced 'a'-decided 're.. treat, anti were Oriy.eii beyond. El Hanka, a distance not less than seven miles froin'the'place - of . the. first operations The Grand Vizier, Who. hat -corn_ Inanded'his Troops with greargallantryand protript decision, then .gavc orders • for them•not to pursue any further. The loss on either side for the time they; were engaged .was small.. The TUrks had . _ •• about 'thirty killed and -eighty wound l.' The s French ,I think. had about fifty killed - and one Pd.. •soner ; the number of their wounded could not be . • , . ~ascertalned,'as 'they took fhein oirthe field. The Turkish Force engaged on'this Occasion'did not at any time exceed Nine Thousatid; Whilst,l .vas congratulating His'llighbess in the Field of Battle on the Success of the Day, we re ceived additional satisfadion by the - arrival of the Intelligence of the Capture of Fort Lesbie at Da mietta, and two smaller Forts defending on it, by a detachment from the Vizier's Army. I had the honour of- acquainting your Lordhip, in my Let ter of the 2d of Mny, that His fli B hness intended sending a Force against Damietta. ThiD intention , .• - he carried into - cleft on - the 6th, by, ordering Ibrahim Pacha, with Two 'thousand Five Hundred Men, and Five Pieces of Artillery ; to' march irn raediatelY for that purpose ; and it appears by Ibra him Pacha's report 'to the Vizier, that , every ar t•rigement had been madc 'for the attack of Fort Lesbie on the morning of the 14th instil nt,..wben it was discovered that the Fort was evacuated, and • ~. the Garrison had retired., . • I beg lea've to infOrm yOtir Lordship, that dpring the Adion •of the .1 . 6th instant; myself and Major 1 : 1ope_of the Royal Artillery, were•in the field with the Graad Vizier, Captiin Lacey of the Royal togineers . "wich Mel;ealkiied Pacha, and Captain Leake ofTihe Royal AitillerY with Tithir Paella, to render mery assistancein our power. The combined Forces 'ander Major,Generathut , Ainspa ,and the CaPiian Paclia, are abourfi..e hours distartcelh the P.,;:lta, but ;de expePpdlleie t ip a day • or two. I received a Letter from the General this morning, who informs me he has taken a Convoy of Five. Hundred and Fifty Camels, and Six Hundred French Prisoners. I ha.4e the liononr to be, &c. CHARLES HOLLOWAY, Major-Commandant, &c. Constaxtinolle, jaw zr, 186 T. iSigned) MY:, LOADr _._ :...._ I have the most sincere satisfaftion forwaiding to your Lordship the inclosed Dispatch froth Lieu tenant-Colonel Holloway. The modest and unasu.ming manner in w ch this . deserving Officer ha's mentioned himself Ind the British under his':orders, imposes upon me the obli gation of stating to your Lordship, what I had learnt by their private cominunications to me from Jaffa and Gaza ; that as soon as the determination was fortned for the Vizier to advance into Egypt, Lieutenant-Colonel Holloway proposed, that di tri_ bution of the Turkish Army, and That Older of march, which have effeaually ensured this unlooked . for Success over the French. The Advanced Guard . • was composed of a seleft body of Cavalry under ri. - chir.,P,acha, and of Albanian Infantry under Me heme.r. Pacha ; the first accompanied by Captain Leake, the second byCaptain Lacey, each recei ring their orders from COlonel Hollowah who remained near the person of the Vizier. It is by this well-cojnbined disposition, by the endeavours which were strenuously exercised to pre , , wail npon_this Corps to disembaxrawiileinselves of their superfluous attendants, and by giving con fidence to the Turks in their, own means ; that Co lbnel Holloway has been enabled to bting these Troops to keep in check, during many 'hours, a French Army of superior for Ce—to countera& its plans—to attack it—to seize every alvAntage of its positions and Of ground, and, after manceuvring with science during seven hours, to repulse, it with loss, and gain a .ornplite vi ory, In the account which the :Viziti . :ll 4 s `sent of this Aaion to the Porte, His Hightibss speaks in the highest terms of the service done by the Artillery, which Major Hope is well known to be so very capable of di reding. (Signed) - Right. Honourable Lord Ilwzdesbur_y, tfc. ELGJN. Drzp?thyg-Street, Jaz ) , ; 1, I So;. A Dispatch, of which the following,is a copy, has been this day received at the. Office of the Right Honourable Lorki 'Hoba;•t, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretarles . of State, from Lieutenant Ge. neral the Honourable Sir John Hely ,Fitrullinsou, K. B. commanding His Majesty's Forces in Egypt. Head-Quarters, Camp, near Xlianr, MY LORD, June r, r8o! T . . I have the honour to inforp your to raship, that the French abandoned the position of El-Aft oa the • 7th of May, which we occupied the same evening, and on the 9th we advanced to Rahmanich, where the French were posted with upwards of Three Thousand Infantry and. Eight _Hundred -Cavalry, We at first imagined, that , they might have endeavoured to have maintained that position, but our Corps on the Eastern Bank of the Nile having got into their Rear, took the Fort of Rahmania in reverse, which • probably induced the Enemy to retire , in the night between the 9th and lotll, kavi ing a Garrison in the Fert, - which surrendered in the morning, 4mooo-iiit to One ,Flundred.and, Ten Men, commanded by a Ch . af d i J3rigade ; we also tQok the 'same day, about .Fifty, Cavalry arid Three Officers coming from Alexandria.. As the Eneiiy retired towards Cairo, it became necessary to follow them, in order to cover' the Army of 2 the Grand Vizier, and 'to secure a junc tion with the expeeted reinforcemerit from India. Nothing happened of any importance until the. ,when we fell 'in with 4 v 4 lu hle convny'nf Germs on -the . Nile, They had come froin Cairo down the' Canal of Menouft; which joins the mietta and Rosetta-branches of the river. }tom this circumgtance, they knew nothing of the retreat _of General -LA Grange from kahmanichi - Ab 44. one hundred and fifty Prisoners fell into our hands, • and several heavy guns,' some of them intended for the defence of, Alexandria. .The 'Convoy in , itself was .very ,valuable, and is a great kiss to the Enemy, We fOund on board •all • kinds.- of ClOthing, Wine, Spirits, - &c, 4c, and abont five thousand Pounds in Money.. On the 17th, when encamped at Alkani, we were irirormed 4. the Arabs that a - considerable. Body of F*lnch, coming from Alexandria; were advancing . tow:it:cis the Nile, near the spot 'where the• Boats of the Capitan Pacha then were. The cavalry • . were immediately ordered'ont ; with two pieces of Cannon, tindei of—Prigadier-General , • Doyle, sUpporte4 . l?y 7: 4l 4 s . ,,Brigkie:of.Tnfantiy. _Co lonel CavaFies, who. -.commanded-, the Freniih Can- v")', as Bopp. as he perceived the :Boats of the Ca , Pacha, suspeaed_ teat our Army must be near, and ihqcfore retired info thF Desert, where we followed, him: The . Cavalry came up wiih him, after ma r ch of about three. hours.. A.Flat or Truce was sent in to theme by Major Wilson of the Hompesch, requiring .them to surrender, or. c:lndition that their private property should be respeacd, „and - that they should be sent to France, b'y the first convenient opportunity. With these terms they complied, and laid down their They amounted, in all, to about six arms. hundred Mtn, Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery, to, zether Withastonsiderable ,portion of the Dromedary Corps,ehei - fony,pounder; and fi - v e hundred and fifty :Civets ? The Prisoners taken are all Frenchmen, and-of the best Troops they had in gpt. Qi the r7th,of May the Eriemy s letired from the Fort of Lisbet, on the Damietta Branch, and formed a jundion with about two hundred Men which they, had at Burlos : this Fort they also evacuated, and, _ embarked in five small Vessels, four - of which have been taken and carried into Aboukir Bay.; the fifth endeavetnred to escape towards Cyprus, but a Tuxc ish Frigate was left in Fhaee of her, •so that it is, more than prolyable she has shared the same fate, The Garrisons' of the, two Forts consisted of about seven hundred men ; so that in all we ;lave taken, from the 9th to thg zoth, near sixteen hpn, dre4 men,, which makes a considerable diminutipn of the Enemy's orce in this Country. The 'French made a most extraordinary rapid march, from. ltharnanich to , Gizah, where they ar rived. on the 13th, and immediately ertiged the, river to Boulac. On the .15th they marched to attack the Grand Vizier's Army. His Highness anticipateo their intention, and made a forward' movement with a considerable body of Cavalry on the night between the I sth and 46th. The Armies remained for some hours in presence of each other, when the Ottoman Troops attacked at about eight o'clock in the mor i nipg,..and after an Adion of seven hours, the French retited v having lost betvveen three and four hundred men killed and wounded. They were nearly the same people who had retreated froth Rha rnanich, and were about four thousand, or four thou- sand five liundred men. I congratulate your Lordship upon the event of this very important Anion ; Ihave also much plea sure in informing you, that the Mamelukes, undir the orders of Qsman 13ey, (Successor of Murad Bey) have joined us to the amount of about fifteen hundred Cavalry, inferior certainly to none in the. world. I am sanguine enough to hope that thi most serious good effeas,will arise from this jun Cl ., tion, as they have a most intimate knowledge ,ot the Country, and ; the greatest influence amongst the inhabitants. I enclOse you the Capitulation of the Fort of Rhamanich, and - also a Return of the killed and wounded on the gth of May, which I :rejoice his been so very inconsiderable. • • I have the Honour to be, &c. (6igno) - 5 HELY HIJTCHINSON. Tq,:be Rizbt HoN, LOrd Hobart, For: of Rhamanicb, May .10, 1801. _The Garrison of the'VOrt of Rharnanich will . sur.: - render to the Ottoman and British Forces -on the following-cOnditions : . I. The Officas shallwear their Swords and retain their Ef feas. Theb, as t wEll,as the Soldiers; shall be Prisoners of War,-... 's. 11. T E hfiklarrisortAtall :be sent balt to France, and shall not serve against thing of England, nor against- his Al . licui umik,,ekeliirigett conformably to the Cartel between thd two Nations f ---,%Qranted. II L . TlieViluiidtd 'are placed under the protediOn , of British. humanity._ (Signed) LA C ROI X, . Chef Ale Arigado.l.- CAPITAN•PACHA. •j.. HELY IIUTCHINSON,. Ma . court titling in Chief . . JAMES • STEVENSON, Captain Royal Navy.. • M ay Rhef:mayryv , 9, 18a. .• • Returnrof the - riga evict Wounded of,the Army under:the Cain ntand of thd Major.:General Hutchinson. Troth Light Dragoons—r Horse, killed ;-i Serjeant, r Rank "alit!' Pik, 4 Horses, wounded. izth Ditto - --6 Horses, killed. • ' • 2,6t1t Ditto-,z Horses; killed z Officer, wounded. Royal .Artillery. -1. Horse, 'killed; z Ofßeers,, 3 Rank and File, 4 Horse, wounded,. Royals-'-3 Rank ancl"File, wounded. .Bth Foot-2 Rank and File, wounded. 58th Poot--1 Rank and File , wounded. 79th Foot—, Officer, ~, Ran k and Pilch wOUllaCd. 89th :Foot—r Drummer, 4 Rank and. File, ; Drurn ; mer, ; Rank and File„wounded. • • • Total—rDrinnmer,4 'Rank and File;:' o Horses,ltilled . 4 Officers, z Sebeant,l.Drunimer, Rank:and File • ' 5-Horses, wounded. - • • Names" of Officers wczended. - • 6th f:iht Drag"eions—Captain King. ' • , Royal Atiillety—Lieutenant-Colonel Thompson; Captain Adye. 79th FOot—Captain Micdouall; (Signed) . JOHN ABERCROMBY, Adjutant-General. • P. S. A Letter has just reached me from Lieute nant-Colonel Murray, . dated Cossire, the 14th Of May, informing me of his-arrival with the First Division:of the ,Bombay Detachment of 'Troops,. and ,that lae,wss in daily- ezpedation of General Baird wiAll the, remainder. 01,- , • Fr6m the LONDON GAZETTE, jul,y 21. Horse Guards, July_ 2i, iBo i. . , His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief or ders all Officers absent from their Regiments in Great Britain and Ireland, those on the Staff, on Recruiting duty, and. Sick, excepted, to join their respeftive corps forthwith, notwithstanding try leave of absence they may have received. All Soldiers on furlough are hereby ordered im me4iately to join their respeCtive Regiments. H. CALVERT, Adj. Gen. Sr. James's, ju(y 79, 180 i. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, K. G. has - been pleased-to appoint• die 'Rev. Henry Stevenson Blackburn, A. B. of St. John's College, Cambridge, to 13F—one of-His. Royal Highness's domestic Chaplains. ,:-• , 7'l:l: 4' f • Can n:ix:kw in the Norfolk Militia, signer/1Y tZ. Lph! Vesete mug.. •'. = ' ' Western Regiment. • • Ensign William Cooper to'be LieUtenant, vice Lieutenant Redman, resigned. Dated lune 4, 1801. Ensign Abra ham Wanty to be, Lieutenant, vice Lieutenant Case, re signed. Dated as above. Ensign J obit Williams to be. Lieutenant, vice Lieutenant Hind, deceased. Dated as above. John Hicks, Cent. to :be Ensign, vice Ensign Wanty, promoted. Dated June 27, ISor. Contnissiont in the St. Ala r ry-le-Enne Volunteer Association t , .tsgned by His Majesf,r. IBC t . Second Lieutenant Alexander Erskine to be First Lieutenant,' vice fibbing, promoted. William' Daly . ; Genf. to be 'Se- . cond Licntenant, , vice Ward, resigned. BANKRUPTCY'. SUPERSEDED. • - Benjamin Brodhurst and John cookson, of Walsall, coal dealers. -•-- - • /MAW/W.l'7W. • James Crosby, of Oxford-street, mercer, to surrender Inly Augu'st i, and .Septeniber t, at ten, at Guildhall. At torney., Mr. Auber; E Spital,square. Thomas Galiths, :late of" llonstridge, Sornersetsllite, July 29, 3a, And September4,..at eleven, a t t he King's-Arms Inn, • SherbOrne. Attermes, Mr. Yeovil, Somerset; or Mr; - Dyne ? Serjealit's-Inn, Fleet street. John Davies, of Callington,•,Cornwall, linen-draper, August 5, and 6, and SepteMber i; at eleven, at the Globe Tavern, Exetst. Attornies, Messrs. Batten and Anstiee, Temple, • London; Pr .Mr. Sanford, Exeter: . • •. Samuct Bright, of Coventry, grocer, Aitgut and Septeiriber i, at• ten, at the White Bear Inn, Coventry- , Attorney, Mr. J. Woodcock, Coventry: Robert iiatper f -late of Newcastle,-under_LYmP, scrivener, July 15, Aligust 4, and Septernber-z,,..at ten, at Guildhall, London., Attorney, Mr. Good,,Tooting, Slirrey ; William Mather, late of Paiiter's-rOw, .13ennoncisey,.bakert Augustat eleven, Augustl, and September t, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney s Mr. Davies, Warwick -street, Gol&n-siquare.. . DIVIDENDS. Nov. S. Samuel ketilleand Walter Speris, late of Norfolk-, . street, Strand, nierchants;at eleven, at Guildhall. Aug. is: Francis Davies; late of. St Doetors i -Com!. mons; coal-merchant, at eleven; at Guildhall. Aug. 29. James Reilly and lames C-ollins, of Mead's-eou rt t Aug.ond.'-"street, 'iailorS, 'at e l e v en; guildhall. ug. 22. Thomas Kirkpatrick;:late of Church-Passage, Cateaton-strcet, merchant, at ten, at Guildhall. • CERTIFICATES., Aug. 41. gobert Knott, of Stayley.43ridge, Laneastiirei cotton-spinner. • .Francis BristoW, of the Hay-Market, boot and shoe-maker. William Ste Wart, of Doncaster, hawker. • James Falkner, of 13rolvne,dge, within Walton-laPaleo ivory comb-maker. . 'anle4'4ichardi3oiton, of Princes-street, meney-scrinner.. THE SUN. hiOLL ci4ls DICILAE IntSUM AUDIAT ? TH e intelligence which Government has received, confirming anti giving in detail the statement oftfie successes of the. British and Allied Forces in Egypt, of which the Earl of ELGIN gave an account in his last letters, was last night published in a Loader Gazette Extraordinary, inserted in our preceding Columns, Our Readers`will be gratified to find that in addition `tO the satisfalory intelligence of which before in possession, it - ippearS from Gc-, newl HurCur-roN's Letter that the number é Prisoners,- who surrendered to• us between die gth And zoth of May, amounted to nearly ,z 600 men, the flower of the French Army.; that the Convoy which had fallen into Our handy was most valuable s and that the articles of which it consisted, wtre such as the Enemy must 'be materially affeded by the ,want of them, consisting of cloathing, wine, spi rits, &c. ; and that the advantages we had gained were likely to be the earnest 'of.-future success, by adding tb our force. The Mamilukes, whose mi t, litany charafter as Cavalry is very high, under the orders of OSMAN BEY, the successor' of Motrp,AP BEY, had joined us, to the number of 1500. The first Division of the Bombay Army had arrived at . Cossiro on the 4th of May, under the Command of Lieutenant,,Colonel MURRAY, and the remainder s under the command of General- BAIRD were dailf, expeatd; , . . 4 Lisbon Mail,of the Bth inst. arrived this moo ing. It brings no farther intelligencerespeaing the Peace between' the Allied Powers, and - that Coup , try. - .The. British,Merchants were 'preparing -tO leave Lisbon' with 'their property, The Hamburgh ,Vail which became due this morning, had; not arrived when our Paper was put to Press. 2.• . . Tli E 'Paris Paler: have at length put. us in pas,. .session of the whole mass of address; congratulation/ and observations, Whieh . halt - - taken place ati the occasion 'of the 14th of July. . They. are •certainlY less interesting-than the public expedationshid pre pared. us to receive, and are inferioir , in interest tt/ an article which thiee dayS before preceded them in ,the Moniteur. To thatwe should - befbre have turn' ed our attention, had we not,expeded - to - find in,the harangues of the ;4th, something conflated with, al O catculated.to afford'us additional light as to the oil' nions.of the French GovernMent: The theme which the Moniteur has chosen, is the Speech delivered ill 1 , sir be! 811( alO to tha be at , eas ) (ires sere• eichc Pap or at Zeria the peril This not thi nB L as the ther Swit: adopt by t i to the C *a e; Spain, T rent odio tr , SuLT, ceive jn dar ' l 9 des, .r. V ~. r 14, , ,,, i 71e/i,ke Whom d isposi Aft( e JOUtn a L e 7444 iCrWed, Whol 1 and wo E - _ nglam ~'n~tatec Wa s n-e, to dim 'xample which 1 4 4 " d erten a b o cc 'ht a orwers. . 4 °Ubt i t Z.qiIYDON, jt14.1" . 22, 1801. s