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

80 10y
the fole aandard BY which his right TO re-
main in oilce can De meafured.
(To he csutipued.J
LHEST FROM EUROPE,
Fran Lor4on Pntsr' II Tie a3d ef Cc:0-
gbers ter0 4cyss|stsf.
SURRENDER OF .iLEXiNDRL.E!
LONDON GAZETTE ExrRAoRnINARY.
D0zvumg FRET, C172Jer II, 1901.
A difpatch Of which the following is a
copy, was this day received lin dupiics,e)
a: one Of his Inajcay's pr.nci PAL ieere;arics
OF fate.
Headquarters, Camp before Alexan-
dria, September 5, 1891.
My LORD,
have now the {atisfaetion to inform
your lordlhip thar the forts and town OF
Alexandria have {urrendered to his r,ajei-
tvs troops who, on the I'd infant, took
n1a.iiion of the entrenchcd camp the Nights
ABOVE Ponpey's Pillar, the Redoubt de
Balm, AMI the Fort Triangular. By the
capitulati3n, the sarrlfoh are to be en-
barked .or France in the colrle CT ten days
provided the !hiPp;ng ism aate Of Yrerar
alton to recel"e them.
The operations againa the enemy's
works commenced on the 18th of Ausun.
Major General Coote embarked with
!srong corps CT ti,e Inundssion in the nigh
between the 10Th and i7th OF August.
He eGa.2ed rs lani:ngto the weawaId OF
Alexandria with .;e;lc or no oppoii''on,
and Immediately invelted the frong Cattle
Of Marabeut, ii,nased at the entrance OF
the wcnern harbour Of Alexandria.
On the eat Gie OF the town two attack
were made 20 get poGeiiioa Of fome height
ia front OF the inlrenched petitions OF tbe
enemy. | entraasd the conduct oil the at
tack agsintt their right, to Major general
Cradock and that againit their lett sc
Major general Moore. Thefe two off
GERS perfectly executed my intentions, and
perform ed the iersice committed to their
care with much precilion ard ability. Tbs
action was neither obtina,e or fevere, and
Our lo!s is bu. Enall but it afforded US
more opportunity to difplay the promptnels
Of Britiih officers, ard the he-oitm of Bril-
t:h folders. A part ofG:neral Doyle's
brigade, the goth regiment Tout under
the Immediate command Of Col. SPencer)
Il ID taken poG .ilion cf hill in from of the
encny's right. General Menou, who
vas in perfon in that part Of the French
camp, directly oppofte our poA,
ordered about 600 men to make i0rtle,
to drive US from our petition. The enemy
advanced III column with fixed hayoness
nd withol: firing afhot, till they got We
~ clo!e to tie goth regiment, to whom |
Col. Spencer gave an immediate order to
charge, tho they did rot conGa of more
than 200 men he was obeyed with
(p,rit and determination worthy the |
highea panegyr;c. The enemy were dri-
ven back 20 their entrenchnenSs with The |
sreatefa conauion. Tkey had many killed
and wounded, and feveral taken pr,iancrs.
On the nigh, between the 18Th and 10Th
major general Coore opened the batteries
againA the cattle OF Marabout; an attack
was alto made from the iea by feveral
Turkilh corvettes, and the launches and
boats of the feet, under the guidance of
The honorable captain Coehrane; geat
rerf.vereace and exertions were required
to get up heavy guns thro' difficult and
alnoit impraeticable country; bat the
troops executed this painful and arduous
fervice v 18th fuch zeal and continued firm
nefs, that the fort capitulated in the night
of the eft; the garriion conG!ted of about
one hundred and eighty men, and were
commanded by chief de brigade.
On the morning OF the zzd, major gen.
Coote marched from Marabout to attack
itrong corps ported in his front, in order to
cover the approach of Alexandra the ma
nagement of that excellent officer appears
to have been able and judicious, and were
attended with the mott complete fuccefs; |
he drove the ,enemy every where, though |
frongly ported, and in country which