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London, England, 1801-04-21 00:00:00

ARMY OF THE EAST.

THE MILITARY CHIEF AND THE SUPERINTINDANT
OF MOVEMENTS TO THE MARITIME FRIFECT OR
THE 6TH ARRONDISEMEXT.
Alexandria, Mitch x 6.
Citizen Prefee—On the If of March, the ene-
my's Hest *was dcfcricd from Alexandria. At firft
e emoted too fail, 'which came in fhore„lay to,
and during the night bore away for Aboukir.—
This fleet, compofed of about too fail, among
which 23 F.nglifh (hips, or earavellas, and a num-
ber of finallcr Mips, moored in the morning of
March 2, in the road of Aboukir. The Englifh
fquadron which blocked up our port joined this
expedition, and opened our harbour. The frigates
hr Regeneree and the Lodi availed themfelves of
.thefe pofitions to enter the old harbour. The Re.
generee call anchor at ten o'clock in the morning,
, and the Lodi at four in the afternoon. The latter
had left Rochfort in company with the Africatne,
which has not yet arrived. Inthe morning of the
2d, the General of Divifion FRIANT, Command-
ant of Alexandria, marched for Aboukir, with a
part of the garrifon. On the sth, in the evening,
two of the enemy's frigates and a brig returned the
• nation off the port. While the enemy's fleet call
anchor at Aboukir, the wind veered to the North,
fomewhat tonally. This produced a ftrong ferf,
which prevented the enemy effeding their landing
till the Bth. On the morning of the Bth, the ene-
my loaded all their boats, to the number of about
400. This body fter.red for the bay of Aboukir.
They gained the land in good order, and formed
.in line of battle the moment they landed. Our di-
vitton performed prbdigies of valour, in oppofing
the debarkation, but was obliged to yield to num-
bers. . The enemy landed 6 or 7000 troops, after
an engtgement in which they muff have loft woo
men, and the Republic about 250 killed and
wounded. The number of the dead is much fnial-
ler than that of the wounded. Among the latter
is Adetant-General MARTINIT. General FRIANT
then fell' back on Alexandria, in order to be en-
abled to cover that place. The enemy did not
pats the Peninfula. The fort is provided with a
good garrifon, and will refill their attempts. The
brig Lodi brought us the news of the conclu-
lion of peace with the Erri,eror, and of the arri-
val of the fquadron o‘lGeneral GANT HEA M E in
the Mediterranean, The enemy employed the
days fubfequent to the debarkation in eftablifhing
themfelves on the Peninfula. They then endea-
voured to advance towards Alexandria. • The ad-
vanced polls fkirmithed for tome days ; but on the
3 ith, the enemy endeavouring to gain poffeflion
of fome important pas, General FRIANT attack-
ed them. The fuccefs of the engagement was
various the whole day ; but attempting to carry
the bridge of the Canal of Alexandria, the enemy
were repulfe.i, and compelled to abandon their de-
fign.—The battle was warm. The enemy 101 l
between 2 and 5.)00 men, and we had only 300
k;:led and wounded. We are infor4icd by defer-
ters-11}, That the enemy have 15,c00 men, dif-
tributed into 15 regiments, confiding of French
Emigrants, Cc.rficans, and Imperialids ; the re-
viainder English. Idly, That they are comman-
ded by Lord KEITH for the Naval, and General
ABERCROM sr for the land fervice. On the 14th
the enemy made no movements On the 15th, in
the morning, they attacked the fort of Aboukir.—
During the few days the garrifon of Alexan-
dria has been reinforced, which raifes our number
to between 4 and 000 men. We daily expel
the General in Chief, MENOU, who, it is faid, will
arrive to-morrow with the army. It is probable
a joint attack will compel the enemy to re-
embark, if they do not re-embark before it.- The
greater part of the enemy's fleet are at anchor at
Aboukir. There aye conflantly five or fix frigates
and other finall velfeli which block up the harbour,
and cruife between Aboukir and Merabcuk.
Health and Rerpeft, (Signed) GWEN.
An exalt Ccpy, The Maritime PrefeEl,
(Signed) vENcr.

PdRWMENTAItr PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE QF LORDS, MONDAY, Aram so.

The feve►al Bills on the Table were read a Rage each.
Pour BIM were brought up from the Commons, and re-
lented by Mr. BOLTON, Galena ADIAIIII, Sir ?diarist
Petals, and others, and read a Brit time.'
Two or three Petitions for BUIi were read, and the Agents
au an Appeal Castle called to the. Bar and heart—Adjourned.