Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-12-14

18Th, atnight, ne or-een. Ccote farpr;c,
ed the enemy's advanced potts, when eye,
officers and fifty men were taken priforer,,
:his iervice was CALAMITY performed by
lieut.. col. Smith, with he lit battalion u
the 10th regiment, and email de;sehmsr,
! OF dragons, urder the order, lieut.. k.
", OF the 10th. Tie enemy eudcavo,c4
| TO regain poileiiion Of the ground irsm
which they had been driven, bur were r.
pulled with lois.
On the morning Of the a5'h We open.
Cd four batteries on each Gde or ,he
town againt the en,renched camp Of ,b,
French, which ioon ilencei their fire, and
in,,,aced them TO Withdraw many OF th.;,
| guns.
On the 18th, in tie evening, Ger. Me.
nou fen, an a:d- de- camp TO rsquea an ar.
miHice for three days, in, order to give
time to prepare cap!tulstion, which al.
ter .orse difficulties and delays was hgai
On the I'd of Sept.
Ihave the honor to incloie you copy Ct
the cspituia;ien, and alio III of,he nun.
Der Of pcyfons for whom the enemy have
required ihipping; by this isappsa's, that
the total of the garrifon of A,xaadria
conh.:ed of upwards of eight ,tootsni Eel.
diers, AMI enc thouland three hua.sl lei.
.crs.
This arducus and important iervice Ia,
at length been brought to a conciu!lon.--
The exertions of individuals haze bee,
.plcrdid and meri,oTious. l regret TIT
ghe bornds Of dilpatch will not allow n.
10 ipecify the whole, or to mcntcn the
nsme Of every pe,fon who ,bas liitiuguih.
ed hinte!f in the public leEsice. have
received the srsa'eG f4ppor, and aAiaance
from the general offers Of the army
The CONDUIT of troops of every delcfHipti.
on, has been Exemplary iinA,he ,highea de.
gree; there has been much to applaud,
ard nothing to reprehend; their orde, and
regularity in the camp, has been as cpnlu
cuous as their courage in the field. f.
the quarter, matter general, l;cutenan, col,
Anaruther, I owe much, fer hi, sinwra;;ed
induary and zeal in the.public iervice. and
tor the aid, advice ana cooperation, which
he has at ali times afforded me. P,;es.
der general Lawfon, who commanded lie
artillery, and captain Bryce, the chief en-.
ginetr, have both great merit in their dit.
ferent departments. l he local iituatjon
of Egypt, prefents ob&acl-s Of n.oA En.
Gus kind to military operations on an es.
terded tcale. The Kill and pe,leverence
of ,hofe two officers have overcome diff.
cultics which at 6rf appeared almoa inlur-
mountable.
Lieutenant colonel Lindennha!, whohas
always acted with the Turks, deierves my
u,molt Acknowledgements his activity and
diligence have been unremitted, ant he
has introduced amongf them an order ard
which Goes hin the hisheA no.
nor.
Daring the courte Of the long erviee On
"hich We have teen engaged, lord Klein
has at all tiG1es given the mott able aaif.
tancc and courtel. The labor and fatigue
Of the navy have been continued and ex-
ceMve 1T has not been OF ore day, or Of
one week, but for months together. In the
Bay CT Abouki-, on the New Humiliation,
AID on the Nile, for one hundred and fix.
ty miles, they have been employed without
and have fablni.sed to many
priva,ions with cheerfulneis highly Gre
iitab!e to them, and advantageous to the
public fefvice.
Sir Sidney Smith had originally the
command of the ieamen who landed from
the feet; he continued on lhore TIL after
the capture of Rofetta, and returned on
board lie Tisre, a ihort time before ii:
appearance OF admiral Gantheaume fqua-
dron on the coat. He was pretent in the
three actions ofthc 9Th, 18TH, and aIa OF
March, when he difpIayed that ardcr OF
mind for the ie,vice of his country, and
that noble intrcpidity, for which he has
been ever 70 confpieuous. Captain Sc
venion, of the Europa, fucceeded him, ana
have every reafon to be fatisiied with
his zeal and conduct. The crews Of the
gun-boats diiplayed great galIan,ry, III.
1ar his uuidapce ~ Tho ,au, ;,n,d,,;oo.