The great Egyptian gun : which now stands on the parade, in St. James's Park, was taken at Alexandria, in Egypt, in the famous battle of the 21st of March, 1801. It was at that time twenty feet in length; but, being much battered in the muzzle, was cut down to sixteen feet one inch. It is five feet three inches in circumference, and seven inches and a half in the bore; and weighs upwards of eighty-four hundred-weight. The carriage on which it stands is a new one, five feet high, and about fourteen feet in length; it is elegantly carved, and so well painted, that it is difficult to distinguish it from bronze. Such is a brief sketch of that curious piece of ordnance, so gallantly obtained from the French, who now threaten us with invasion, headed by their diminutive chief, the Corsican Bantam, Buonaparte. Come when they dare, they may depend on recieving a warm reception from The volunteers of England.
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[1803]
Air: Success to the Duchess wherever she goes.
Dated from internal evidence - on the threatened invasion of England by Napoleon and his forces.
First line reads: Ye sons of Britannia, alive to the call.
In two columns with a woodcut above the title.
Price one penny.
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Alexandria, Battle of, Alexandria, Egypt, 1801.
Ballads, English
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815