The Sun.
London, England, 1803-02-05 00:00:00

TIIE-TURKISH ARMY.

MUTIAMMILD, PACIIa of Cairo, who has taken, it is not
known why, the title of Viceroy. of Egypt, does not coin.
mind the troops in persciih M u AmmEb Y.S Ekk••'
CUICkSME, who had the command since my arrival, was
killed heroic Gaza;}hey are now under the orders of Jos,
Str KlAilkA. TASK is Netta of the Arnaoutes, who cont.:
pose the greatest.. pert of this army, amounting to about
zeo,ocos men. They trotn time to time receive reinforcements,
tluit atbark at Aboukir, but they sulfen much tw. desertion.
k tfOlitiCH;l)-411ME11, a Pacha.of two tails, is at A lcxan.
dria with 600 men, who occupy no fortificatiorh This Pacha
is; as one may say, a prisoner with the English. r ,
[San 4s.rtros t next gives ..a description of the'state of the
several forts and strong places in Egypt,: which want of
room obliges us 'at present to omit, and'w.hreh indeed cannot
be very interesting to our Readers in general.), . •
He makes the Turkish Army - consist of
..7640 men, and
that of the Arnaoutes of ticoo,making a whole of 16, i4o.
It is useless to add, continues he, that this isnot art-A rrnyr
they ate men ill armed, without discipline, without conti-
dence in their Chiefs, and enervated by excessive debauch-
ery. The Chiefs are in every. thing like their Soldier's-;
wont even of she first principles of the military art:. and
Uniformly actuated by the love of wealth, they think of no-
thing but of obtaining it, and of finding the means of carry-
ing it °trill satoy. Six thousand Erencli would at present
be enough to conquer Egypt.
ARMY OF TIIE MAMELURS. •• • .

The Army of the Buys is composed of 3000 Manteluks, of
3500 Arabs of the tribe of Ababde of Char{:, and of 3500 of
theiribe Binialy. Bey y married the
Daughter of the Cheik or the first, and MA A R Z-0 UK Bev,
Son of inienutr.t Bev, the 'DaUghter, of •the Cheik of the
tribe of BMW y. The power in this r.rmy is divided betweiin
Taft Aki M 13e: v; who tithe E ) Y fity and ()slums!
Who has succeeded '.lque A o Bev.; Their Head-quar-
ters ate at Diergt. They have. So French Deserters, who
tort('( a small Corps of Artillery. To the present time they
have beat the Turks in every action, and the Egyptians prefer
them to the )mnanlis. The whole of Upper Egypt has
submitted to them. •
• SYRIA.

. .
Acre.--The body of this places has been repaired; the
Port -has.heen covered with a small horned work, and the
tower of the Angle- by a .half-mo On. They have likewise
made a. srnal !Ache, in front of the Palare, of the Pacha.--
All
th 9 works are well kept The weLikest part is that to.
Wards the sea, and particularly the point which defends the
entr.ince of the Port.

The Forces of De itz z na are at present 13 or 14,000 men, of
which 9coo are employed at the Siege ot jattit. lertisalcui
and Nazareth are occupied by the Troops of the Paelta ot
TheN4olonsains serve avainstA 0 U Afl AK.
. . .

y.ora -.The Vizier after the taknigpf Egypt causedihe body
01 the place to be re-construned, which is at present in a very
good state. ATIOUMARAK, PACHA of Palestine, who defends
this place, has a garrison of 4000 men. •
Gaaa is occupied by 400 Troops, ot A SOUK R AK.
The Emir of the Pruses has refused to 1)n EZZ AR his an.
nual -contribution, and has raised a respeciable armament.