The Sun.
London, England, 1801-07-22 00:00:00

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-
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for Success over the French. The Advanced Guard.
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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.:ll4s `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
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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 diJ3rigade ; 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 of2the 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 v4lu 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?y7:4l4s.,,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 march 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
sletired 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,
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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,