Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-20


4" We daily becou more certain, that the
Porte ha, no father nogoiit tinns vilh theTrcnch
in Egypt, and 'h-t the Wa will berefumed.-
TIE Captain PaChl has q, certed tie attack
70 be made upon the FIe1th wih The G. and
Vizier at G4za. The Troops Of tie latter will
exceed Ico,coo men. General Kochler, who
is with his Englth Officers in his Camp, viii
dir & him il his operations. The plan is 70
attack The French in iepar1te bodies ty com
tin,d diverfions. They were fad - he ,cdu-
ced 10 6oco Regulars lat January, and they
have fnce irE 7 a By The plague.
. Tie French IN Egypt form two parties,
one ilhirg, and the other oPpoGng the evaou-
.tion y Egypt The former is 1+id to be the
ifror ger ct the two. They do ROT lpeak much
IL f. vrur ct tie new French Commander in
Chef, Msnou, as to his military talents. He
u ~ * r7qropi5. and 70 w4verin5 in his mind,
m he has fur thu twelvemorth embraced the
Niahomettn religion, and al med the name Of
Abdu'lah Boy, which he puts before his own.-
lie has written tbs. f1liowu letter to Sir Sidney
Smith
"llsERrY! "rouALIry
TRENCH REPUBLIC!
Head quarters Cairo, 1T Meildor 9Th year Of The
French Republic one and induGbe.
Mla5u Comm 7rder IN C5icf 70 Sir Si3fey Smith,
commanding ii5 Britannia MjJGy L@p tie Tiger,
- have received, Sir, The letter which you
have done ne he houor 10 write from on board
the Tiger, of Rhotcs, On the Oh june. As
the execrab}e murder mn'i ted upon the com
m2rter in Chief Ktbsr, has depuved the
French Army Q! their leader, have undertl.
ken 70 command them. As your allies the
Turks could not corQaer the French al IA
rilch, they made uia Of dataers-which DAT
tards alone employ 20 b revenged. = Janf-
Cary ftnt from GAIA forty two days ago, has
been chotr 10 p5rpetate this horr'd at The
T.srch win 70 beievs that ia MutIllmen alone
are quil y The rnur Ger ihall BE- made known
20 all nalion:, who du lave tie fame nteret TO
reytng. il. The contu8 Which you. Sir, have
youiff cberved lef2e6ing the Convention
concluded at FL Aiit,h, plainly fhews me how
I mutt a4 You demanded the ratification of
vcur Court ; ana too NUT lkewiI= demand
thar OF the Coniul>. Who now govern theFrenoh
Republic, for al the Treaties that may be con
cluted between the Army under my command,
tb- EngElh ana their AlEes. Il is now The on
" l.gal and authentic method 70 he adopted in
Neqoiia ions !, too, deteR the horrors of
war, like you, Sir, and with to fee an end 10
The mif.ry il occaioas. But will n no ref
pe6f al anywife contrary to The honor Of The
F,ench Republic ard her Armies am per-
feey convinced thar you entertain the fame
fentiments OF coed fl h, honor, and mo- ality,
which ought 10 chara6er,ze treaties concluded
between Nations
The French Republicans are Grangcrs TO
,bofe nrataqsms Of War, OF hch Mr.. Nor
ris's papers make mention. They know no
other rule Of conduit, but courage in battle,
NJ nrf4 ChC
ance Of Treaties.
Zone hund.cd and Fifty EoFlifhmen are PriC
oners Of war here. Had | only hnenei 70
Republican generofity, would have ient hem
back. without conGdering them as priloners
thew have been taken on the coat Of Egypt,
and without arms, and l am convinced the
Confnls would have approved Of mr. condu6.
Bnt vour Allies, the Turks, detain the Citizen
and Chief Of Brigade Baudet, Adjutant Of
General Kleber, though his perlon ought to
have been ftcred, even to baTbarians, for he
went on P'rley.
81 have thus been forced againR my will &
inclination 70 ule repriials sgairR your Coun
srymen III, they ihall be releaied The momepc
C,t;zea Baudet reaches Damieta. He II III
there be exchanged for MultaPha Pacha and
other Turki(h CommiiIares. IT, as | make no
doubt, you poG,fs influence with your Allies,
This affair will foon be iettled. Your honour is
intereRed in it, and it concerns $50 Of your
counuymen
81 have the honor 70 repeat to you, Sir,
that with an enthuhaac Joy fhal fee termin.
ate-a War which has 70 lorg diiturbed the
whole world. Itb,hoyes the French and Erg-
I;h Nations ia eReem, and not to defroy each
other but if they treat together it NUT be on
conditions equally honorable 70 both, and c.
onallv conducive 10 their ref eaive welfare.
. Pleafe TO accept, Sir, Of the mot fncere
aGuranees Of my eIt;em and reflect
81 have the honor 10 be, &c.
(Sigued) "ABDUILAH Bfr' }. MESou."
Sir Sidney Smith has anfwered this Litter,
r. ~ -,oa heartfelt forrow for the ira