Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-12-28

''MY LORD,
CT HAVE now the fatifaaion to infoi m
your Lordihp thar the forts and town cf Al
exandria, have furrenaered 70 his Majelty's
troops, WHO, on the I'd NH took PoA5Lhon Of
tie entrenched camp, the heights above Pom
pew Pillar, The ReJoubt de Bain, and the fort
Triangular. BY The Captulation the garrlion
are to be embarked for France, in The coOrie Of
ten days, provided the Tipping is in ltate Of
preparation to receive lhem
THE General then proceeds 70 ltate, that
the operation sgainR Alexandria, commenced
the l7th Aug. when Cen Coot, effected land
Ing, acrofs the ;nundaIion, u the wettward
Of Alexandria. and inveaed the hroug cattle OF
Marabout THAT two attacks were made on
the eat ide Of The town, which were executed
with preciGon and ability THAT Menou, in
perion, ordered fortie Of Goo men who al
vanoing in clofe columns with fixed bayonets,
were charged, BY eco men Of the goth regl
ment AID driven back in the teatelt confuiion
10 their entertainments, with ois That on the
night of the 70 h the batteries were opened 4
gaina he cattle of Marabout an attack iiom
The lea MADE by levera Turkiih covettes, and
The boats Of the fleet and on the twenty brit
the cattle c4pi,uiated The gariion conhalng
of 80 men, commanded by Brlgadier Gen
eral Tina, on The zzd, the corps n t'ont OF
Alexapdria were attacked ;--drven IN and ie-
ven ptite q of cannon tatcn Il That on he z4th
Aug. batteries were opened aganH The rs.
doubt dc Balm and on the twenty htth the
eperay's advanced potts on this &c were fur
pried, and ieven officer, and fifty men taken
That on he twenty Gxt: four ba teIies were
cpened againd the intrenched camp Of lie
F enCh And that on the twenty ieventh,
Gen Menou, requeiied ar arm hlce OF three
DAYS 10 prepare a capitulaton. which was t9n
ca on hi. IA September.-TEt carlton u Al
eAsndria conGu-1 of 5000 foid.~rs, aud 1890
fcamen.
Gen Hut hirf,n, then enu7iera'es tie
offended and meriJorious exc. tons or I'dVidu
al officers ard 60 ps an1 he concludes by eH
pr cling (" an humble hope th't The army o.
Egypt hav gla,ihed the wAruea withes an e1'
Fecfaions q their eouotry' Aud ial INC, u 10
them every thing Is due. and to hlm nothing.
It VA. his fate, he add, TO lucceed man w.o
Created lu II a fprit and cdabihcd iueh a dit-i-
pine anonglt them, that LITTLE has been iett
HIM 10 perform, except 10 follow his mAxims
and to cndeavopr to initiate his contrd.
rThe CAITULATIONw was PropOitd BY Alb
dauilahys Jacques Francis M-nou, 70 The Gen
erals If the Allied Armie,. |: con ans TWEEN
" two arieles BY which the entrenched
camp, fort Turc and Du Vivier, were immedt
ate y to Be delivered uP AMI The French were
10 evacuate Alex 4uiria, 10 ten days to be
embarked for France, with herr armA 70 fed
peicrs, an ros rounds of ihot and not q be
cUrddered prloners OF war i--Alt the trehth
lhips of var and merchant veh-ls Of AL d-icrP-
items were to b. delivered uP to the allie for
ces and all that may arrive il EgyPl. Al
merchandize ia Alexandria 70 be At tie difpoG
ton Of the aliei ruwers.-The members Of the
Inlttute are permitted to carry with them all
the n0ruments OF arts and fcience which III y
have brought from France but tie Arabian
manuicrip,s, the aatues and other collections
wuich have been made for the Fren-h Repu5
lie ihall be coniidered as public property, and
lubjea 10 the d(pofal Of the generals Of the
combined army. All the plans Of he city, and
forts, maps, and vattries, ciAerns, and pub
lie buildings, 10 be delivered up in the con.
dition in which they actually were. The
Capi.ulaJion was Ggned by Keith, admiral
j. HeIy Hutchiofon, Lieutenant General
Commanding in Chef Hudien, Captain Pacha,
and AbdouIlaby Jacques Francois Menou, Gen
eral in Chief Of the French army.