The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-08-17
NUMBER40

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die a once By TIE sEoId a Afanelnkea.Y
The Masaelukm-Ch ahrsisSa,'i cried
thousand voices. as he Morninr q he lslh
dawned upon the army ofile Preach.
Mound Beg end be nslchlsn cavalry a
waited The approach q re weary sqllsFaa faaa
son the war-ery q The hoElomau struck upon
the Generals ear. The battle now oommsnc-
ed IN earnesl The Mamelukgs, fresh ard
powerful on the most splendid houes IN the
east, CATERING with gold silver ana ioueh
charged upon the squares Of French inianiFy.
Dreadful was the onset; terrible the maatiaqf
death hung upon a h'ass and destruction unon
a horses h0of.
II was battle Of stern necessity On the nah
Of the invaders. The desert and shfroe ~
behind Cairo aud glory baioEe. Tire ovr,hss
Of Mourad Bey FLASHED, tho bagles soudes
shrill and Mamelukes again threw themselves
upon The sohd squares. Z +.
When stabbed, or wounded with 4 runrhof
the wild horsenan OF the desert elunr 70 ~
stoed, and he was dragged along he GROUND.
leaving a bloody tral behind ho Rnashed his
teeth in bitter hatred and swept ms flashing
scimlter across the knees Of The foremo.i
ranks Of the brisiling squares.
The Turkish heeln0W attacied tho French
flotllla. Heavy cannon Numbered up the Nile
and walked the echoes Of the Pyramids; but,
after several hours bard fighting, MOuFad Bev
pronounced the French 70 be invinciblo, loav.
ing three hundred dead upon the battle field.
The Turkish feet the same time hauled offin
great Distress and the lannon's roar melted IN
the bugle's melOdious note EupUn the arid
plans Of Chebretssa.
ala, Murat !" said Napoleon, as he rode ov.
or the field Of the dead, and saw the wild dog
ieastIng upon the tufbaned coFpses, aRive me
The Aameluke cavalry and the lFench Infantry,
and will conquer the world"
HYou viii conquer il without" said Murat.
with smile ;"but see, the columns wait"
"Onward," said the leader, with a wave Of
bis hand "ten days, and sup in Cairo"
For eight days the army continued 10 ad.
vance, now resting amid the ruins Of some an
Gent city, and now cooling their thirst from
the sluggish tide Of same muddy stream
Tho General, too as he had done throughout
the march, shared in all things az the meanest
soldier. His head rested upon the sand stone
Of The waste-his marque was the iewelled
canopy Of heaved-his lull the howl Of ne lack.
alls-and his revile the yell Of the diminishing
Mameluke.
lnsquares six deep on each side, with the
artillery at right angles, and The cavalry, bag
gage and,ammunition in the cenlre.the French
army drew near the plain Of Cairo.
It was on the tenth Of July at daybFeak,
when shout from the vagguard broke upon
the laggard ear e peaked cloud seemed %
rise from the Nile. and caught bis eager eye
as be gazed around The horizon. Napoleon and
bis staff, mounted on swift dromedares, rode
10 the front Of bis columns. The night, OF
its black wings passed swiftly among the noun
iains Of Upper Egypt. The sun rose in east
err splondor from the desert. and 1t the sum-
hre sands bright ray flashed upon The iar
distant object. Il was a spectacle never
equalled in sublimity. The whole army OK
claimd, as one man, @The Pyramids I" and as
the squares advanced with martial music, 3
train Of camels come tinkling around the base
Of the Sphynx, an Arab Girga, and the strain
Of the Dying cymbals Of the Namelukes melt
ed away in the rosy light.
Napoleon bad passed the desert. aud ihe
iime-deiying tombs II the Phafaohs flashed Tie
clear atmosphere