Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1799-01-18

gage, Gnd tf.y eHanor evsre iaien, our army
loft f6iriy kiie',, AID sar bAral.eI ard .,.rn.v
wounded In the nigh, the Beys Aed from
Cairo, aud burned teir ihips. The peonle
ftanS'ered their houie,. and on the I'd the
frereh entered the city.
The General iiTued two PsoeLAnArross.
Bucnaparte to the Chicks, &c. OF
Cairo, dated head quarters, Ca.
ri, July az.
Yeeerday The MamaIukes were molly
killed or taken Priioners am in puriuit
of the fugitives. Send me the veGrls on the
other tide Of the water, and deuutation,
acknowledging you iunender to ne! Ter
bread, meat, itraw and oats be in resd;neC;
for my army BE without fear as no body
wiihes your welfare more than dc -
Bnonaparte to the people of Cairo.
"People You have done wen not to DE-.
clare againa me. | am come to deRroy the
Mamalukes. To protect commerce ard the
Inhabitants. Every one VINO IS in fear ought
TO remain quiet and thofe who have Ge9
may return 10 heir houles, ihall eAablih a
diyan of perlons, &c.''
A tlurd Proclamation to the Pacha octhe
Grand Scignior, declares, he may remain in
his place, and have hrs effects lecured to him.
Ibrahim Boy had fed with his family and
effects to 0aichich, where fuonaparte pur.
iued him ; but before the General entered
the City, the Bey had LIFT it. Being The
lait where freih water was to be had.
The MaInalukes havt defended them(clvc,
braveiy. They are well Dire fed and equip
ped
On the 18th Augua when he let this
place. ne received the unfortunate account
of the lois of the Acct Having on the 9Th
July advifed Ad. B'ueys to core TO anchor
IN the harbour of Alexandria within hours.
IL not, to land the artillery, and the efeas
belonging 10 the army. As it was the op;-
nion-of the engineers, that the road of the
Abuchir was not fafe for tn feet. Bur tn
ms great aitonilhment he was spprized, on
the 18th July, that the feet remained Their.
AT anchor. He dispatched his adiu,ant ID
prevail Oh she a miral to fet fail, but unfor-.
tunately this meiienger came too late.
The general lays, under his own hand, at
Teens to me admiral Brueys wonld not fail
for Corfu before he was (lire he could NOT
enter the harbour of Alexandria, or until
the army was in fuch Gtua ion that no re-
treat might be necefiary. Ifhe has done a.
nliis he has exp;ated it by his giorious death.
Fate, hich has IN many iniances proved
our ipn-rioritY on lana-bse, in This, favor
cd our rivals on the water.
| But as great asthis misfortune is, Il can.
not be attributed to the unaeadinels of luck
1t will not leave us ! When l arrived at
-AlexandrIa Twas informed that the FngEH
had bcsa there, with much aronger force
than ours. | ventured 70 land in a gale. and
was allneil fhip-wiecked in the ATTEMPT.
When | reached the ihore, I threw myirH
upon the ground, a Ggnal was iua then
given for an armed nip, which however pro-
we'd 10 be La Jufice) cried out q Forum. :
JLSeud.E thou hcye me ! No affegd me ooLs
a jegO D4yS longer P' | marched the whole
night, aud attacked, by the break of day.
alexandria, with 5000 men, without cannon
or even cartridges TO our guns And in
! days was matter of Roletta and Denen--
hur, which declared m. ALREADY ES-.
TABLISHED IN EGYPT 1
In theie days our feet ought to have
been in fafety from the Englifh Let their
force againit US be what it would. But far
from 1t They remained the whole Mefidor.
ending July s, expoicd. They received ON
the 'irR hermido', (Ioth July) from Ro-
ietts iuPply OF rice for twy nonths-The
Engliih ihewed themfelves in o days with
hyperion force in thcie waters and on the
I 7Gti July, our feet received information Of
my conquering and entering Cairo; but
when Fortune faw that her favors were MOI
regarded, fhe left our feet TO its own fate.
RASfADT.