Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-06-08
Englifh Account of Egyptian Affairs.


Gibraltar, Aprii u, 1901.
YESTERDAY arrived from Aboukir, in z8
days, His MajeGy's hired armed brig Louila,
Trulcott from whom we have the following
information
The Butib army, under fir Ralph Abber-
ctomby, arrived in -Aborkir Bay on the I'd Of
March but did not attempt to dfembark,
on account Of tempeauous weather, until the
9Th, when land ne was effeded BY 7ooo.men,
under a heavy FIRE from artillery and fmali
arms The French made a vigorous oppoG.
ton, advancing 10 thu beach, and adually Iev
cling the muiquers over The gunwales Of the
boats; but the Bri ilh folders, lsaping on
fh e, attacked the enemy with the bayonet,
made good their drharkation and drove the
French about two miles towards Alexandria.
and il TO the cattle Of Aboukir; taking rem
them efghl pieces of cannon" --.-
Our lnG il killed and wounded this day Is
comFutei to AMOUNT to 400 or goo m.n /; and
the eneny's about the fame Among the COPS
which made tbs frt landing wer. he gu4ris,
z8 b, 41d, .9o:n, and 9zd regiments. Or
troops wsIe reinforced The iare evening by
5000 nore men who Ianded afterwards and
having Ell 4blifh i rhemfeyes in this petition.
they remah@d IN ! the 9Th March when
gener al adi took place, which terminated in
the total ronte of the French AID four pieces
of cannon icing captured bv the Engllh. who
lot about 1000 m-n in this affair; but by az
counts from p.iloners, the LOT, of the Freuch,
was greater.
On the I4th the attack commenced upon
the cattle of Aboukir and on the 18Th that
he "A
the guns, except two, having been dfmounted
w the fire from our batteries
When The Louf4 left Egypt, the Britif ar
my was poaed within two miles Of Alexandra !;
and the French, fuppoled 70 be about 1000
troDg, were en- renched on the heights at Pom.
pey's Pillar, f4id to command Alexandria. The
B'ltifh were occupied ia difembarkiag their
field train of bartering cannon, two thirds of
which were already on III IRE ard the attack
upon the French camp was expected very foon
to gin when il was fuppofed there could
be little doubt Of the event being as glorious TO
Britain as the preceding adions had proved.
The French had at fra miaaker the 4zd regi-
ment in the Highland dreis, for Turks, and
attacked them with their ulual conf 1ence but
were received with a galantry and lpirit, which
they did not expect, and probably had not been
accultomed TO. The Highianders received the
French cavalry on their bayonets ia their turn
made brilk charge Oh cked, and complete.
y worried that part Of the french army oppofed
10 them.
Z. Il is further reported that Murad Bey. and
his followers have attacked the French at Cairo,
and prevented Menou from joining the forces
at Alexandra, where all the ref of the troops
III the Delta had been con entrated Certain
accounts bad rived that the Grand Vrzier
with his army had MAJ chsd towards the Delta
about the goth Feb.
One Of the Leetenants Of his M ieay's fhip
Swiftfure, writes as follows to his friends n
Gibraltar, dated 9TH March.
" Our gallan; army is only waiting for the
heavyartillery to attack The enemy s 6eight near
Alezindria, which NUT imediately fail on our
becoming matters cf tbs height, as it entirely
commands the towo."
Sir. John Warren fell in with and clafed
the fqnadron, under Admiral Gantbeaume, on
the zilt Of March, but loft fight of them in the
night. They were f-ep on the 4th .if April,
by his Majefy's brig of war the Mutine, off the
Hand oil Sardinia !; ae=ring north eaa, Two
OF the line Of battle 4hPs had LOT th=ir fore
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