Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-05-06
BUONAPARTE's LETTERS.
IN CONTINUATION.
No. |. TRANSLATION.

"Ps W give you lone account oil operations not as
Proithona man, but as they appeared TO me-
AT day break, on the IN of Juy. di covered the
eoat oil Africa which had been een, & announced TO
US the evening before by fgnals. We were prefently
OIL the lle' des Arabes about leagues from Alexan-
dri where the Juno frigate, which had been dpatch-
cd TO ing the French conful on board rejoined
We learnt from the confu that Englin fquadron
OF fourteen fail of the line (of which were three
dsekers) had appeared off Alexandria fent letters on
more to the Engh conlul and informed the merchants
there OF The capture of Malta that il had then made
isii sor Alexandretta, concluding it fuppoed
that we had gone there to dfembark our forces and
proceed TO India by way Of fora
Tins fquadron had indeed been feen by the Iunce
alter our departure from Malta and YET it had the
aukwardneis, or the fupidy to mfs US The Eng.lh
nun DC quite furious. 1t required, think common
degree ct courage and good fortune, through
numerous fleet, with inferior force, convoy OF four
hundred traniports; and capture on our padagc,
Malta
Till this day bad always fancy that fortune nigh.
one time or other turn her back upon my brother now
am peiiadcd, that fhe will never delert him. proyid
cd the troops retain but little of that nalionI foirt
| which has hitherto animated them.
Inc Mameoucs had been informed three weeks be-
lore, oy lone msrchant vee belonging Marei les of
the emoarka'ion of our troops when, therefore they
law Inc fnsiih fleet they concluded it ours 70
.hat when we actually appeared, they were p epAred
for The Tea run 10 high that day chat the officers
OF the marines would not permit the troops to dfem-
Dark. The veels therefore came to an anchor about
Two leagues from the fhore the day was pent IN pre-
Parston' and at length about eleven night, we're
pun ON the boats OF the fleet wi rough lea and
very blowing wind
We marched that night with two thougands infantry
and at break of day nveted Alexandria after driving
mo the town everal detachments of cavalry. The en-
envy defended ,hcmieves like men the artillery which
they had planned on the walls wretehedly feryed
rnttr IL
no idea OF thildrens play they cil,er kill killed
The hrit ineoiure however that Fay that of the
cry OF the Arabs carried and foon at the (econd
IN pie OF the hire form the houfes. The forts which
arc on the coa the other dc of the city, were then
'nveited; and in the evening eapitu ated.
Since the I'D OF July VIC have been engaged in dfsm.
oa'kILg the troop, tic artillery and the baggage
General Defaz IS at Demsnhur On the Nile the relt Of
the army 10 to follow him.
The Place where dembarked is abou, two leagues
from hence, the tr~er of srabou or The he, des
AISoes. The two fra day we had number of flrae-
gers cut of by the Arab and Namelouc cavalry.
imagine hat W. had Ion about one hu dred killed an
as many wounded. The generals Kleber, Alenou' and
Lecalle arc wounded
fend you the proclamation to the inhabitants of the
country, and three others to the army The fra has
produced an efted altogeher aitoniling The Bedcu.
ms enemies of the Mameloucs, and Who prooe "
peakIne are neither more lefs THAI intrepid rob.
oers lent us back Is foon they had read it, thirty of
II
Ter OF their fervices agsin the Mameloucs We have
treated them kindly They invineible people
Inhabiting burning defert, mounted on the nceteG
hories IN the world, and full of courage They live
with their wives and children in flying camps which are
never pitched two nights together in the fame place
hey are horrible ages and yet they have fome no.
ton OF gold and FLYER imall quantity of il ierves to
eKeise their admiration. Yes my dear brother hey
love gold they pats their lives in cxtorting il from
ueh Europeans fall into their hands and for what
purpoe fo continuing the courfe of life which have
decribed, and for teaching their children O. lean
Jacques why was it not thy fate 10 fee thofe men,
whom thou calm :" the men of nature" thou would n
fink with 1iame, thou would a-te with horror at the
thought OF having once admired them
Ad'eu my dear brother let me hear from YOU foon
iuheied great deal paifags; this climate kills
me; VIC ai be 70 altered that you will dilcoyer The
| change at cagse's dlance.
am nor well at Prtfent and fa be obliged to nav
here few days longer i every body eIfe 90 IS to NOR
row. Adieu, embrace with the finceren aie efion
Remember me 20 Juia, Caroline, Be and to the eea.
tor Lu:ien He m ht have failed with US to advan.
tage we fee more in days than common travellers
in two years,
The remarkable obetis here are Pompey's columns,
the obeks o! Cleopatra the 'pot where her baths once
Rood, number of ruins fubterraneous temple, fome
cataeonibs, moiques and few churches. But what IS
fill more remarkable is the characters and manners of
the inhabitants They of afangfrod abfolue'y az
ton'ih'ng Nothing agitates them, and death irfelf
is to them, what voyage TO America to the Fnelifh
Their exterior is impoGng The mon marked phy6.
economies amonga us children's coun,enance.
compared TO theirs. The wrap themfslves 30 in
piece of coh, which paies their head and de.
fcends in front to the eyebrows The poorer for, cover
the whole OF their face with linen, leaving only two
imal apcrtures for the eyes 70 thar if this ranec veil
happens TO be little fhriyered or ltained, they look
like 70 many hob-goblins.
Their forts and their artillery the mon ridiculous
things IN nature, they have lock- window
TO their houfes in word, they ill olved in all
the blindneis Of the earlien ages
7b' if inaccurate. sfsars from EVera'e tie letter..
fsaf great fs,'in # the army engaged IN tie aat
Aksaad,a. See fbs apfsafis.
APPEARS ,sm Boufiiennes letter lie Ne IA thar b,
sas pm there on the a7b Of July. ),
1bh sDord maykse tie sg;saI and spii.afiy sades 10
ePist ya private bjqOyy.
Nezu;ur arokak. rzate. Fl I'LL iraha1taac. BIZ.