The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-07-21

having been commenced only after The oat.ie o.
Chebreiss. It's forti6ca,ion CONSISTED ne'en
long trenches, which might pc o. SOME vs.
...;n., . charge Of cavalry, but not against an
,,,sck of infantry. Bonaparte likewise DISCO
,.,.a hv means of his glass, that their cannon
wer. mo, mounted upon field carriages, but
,b,, thew were large heavy iron pieces, taken
from, The vessels, and served by the crews
tho ao,;IIa. Az soon as he became convinced
thai they were not movable, he knew that nei-
ther they nor the infantry could quit the camp,
or that if the latter should attempt il, they
| must do so without artillery. His dispositions
| were made in accordance with this discovery.
| He resolved TO incline to the right, with his
right wing, and to make The rest of the army
follow that movement, thus passing entirely
out Of reach of the shot from the cannon of
| the entrenched camp. BY this movement he
| would have nothing to deal with but the Ma
himself upon ground on which the enemy's ar
tilIery and infantry could be of no service to
| him.
Mourad Bey, the COMMANDMENT Chief of
this army, saw the French army in motion, and
| instantly detected the object of the movement.
This chieftain, though inexperienced in war,
was, according to the testimony of Napoleon)
endowed by nature with lofty character, a
| dauntless courage, and an uncommon quick
ness of perception. He perceived with u readi-
ness which could scarcely have been expected
of the most consummae European general,
that the fate Of the day depended upon his pre-
verting the French from executing the ma
neuvre they had already begun, and proiting
by the advantage offered by his possession of
| so large body of cavalry, to attack them on
the march. He moved with seven thousand of
his cavalry, leaving the rest to support his en-
trenched camp, and encourage his infantry
and attacked General Desaix in flank, as he
was advancing upon the extreme right of the
French. That geenral was, for a moment,
thrown into disorder; the charge was made so
rapidly, that the squares appeared to be thrown
into confusion. Gen. Desaix, who was march
ing at the head of his column, was engaged in
a thcket of olives. The Mamelukes, howe
yer, who encountered him, were not numerous.
The mass of their force did not arrive until
some moments after, and the delay was suffi-
Gent The squares were perfectly formed, and
received the charge with great GOODNESS. Ge-
neral Reynier supported their left. Bonaparte
who was in the square of Gen. Dugua, march.
ed Immediately upon the bulk of the Name.
lukes, and placed himself between Regnier
and the Nile. The Mamelukes were received
with a heavy fire of grape and musketry.-
Thirty of the hravest fell ne ar Desaix but
the mass, by an instinct natural to the horse,
turned around the squares, and thenceforth
the charge was failure. In the midst of grape
shots, balls, dust, shouts and smoke, part of
the Mamelukes re-entered the enUenched camp.
Mourad Bey and the best Of his troops fed
in the direction of GIzeh, and thus became
separated from his army. Generals Bon and
hlenou now advanced upon the entrenched
camp, with the division which formed the
French left. Gen. Rampon was despatched
with two battalions to occupy defe between
Gizeh and the camp. The most frightful con-
fusion reigned in Embaheh. The cavalry had
been let loose upon the infantry, who not ex-
pecting it, and seeing the Mamelukes beaten,
| threw themselves into the djermes, Raiks, and
other boats TO recross the Nile. Many ever
swan over for the Egyptians excel in swim.
ming, which is rendered necessary By the pc
culiar circumstances of their country. The
forty pieces of common which defended the
= camn did mn FIRE tup b,u1,eh rln he ha
melukes seing that their retreat was in u false
direction, endeavored to regain the Gizeh road,
but il was too late. for the tive batIalions placed
be tween the Nile and Gizeh, sustained by the
other divisions forced them back into the camp.
Many were killed there. Several thousand at
tempting to cross the Nile, were drowned
Entertainments, artillery, poh,ons, baggage, all
fell into the hands of the French. Out of that
army of 10000 men, only $3.50 cavalry es-
capped with Mourad. The greater part of the
infantry escaped by swimming, or in the boats.
At least 5000 Mamclukes were drowned. Their
bodies floating down the Nle bore the news of
the French victory to Damietta and Rosett'.
twas at the commencement cf this battle
that Bonaparte said to his troops, Soldiers,
from the tops of those Pyramids, forty centu.
ries are looking down upon you!!!'
Il Col. LEWIS S. CKAIG.-Our readers will
recollect that we published a few days since
full particulars of the murder of Col. Craig
near San Diego. The Fredericksburg News
says that he was citizen of Fredericksburg
before his entrance in the army. He was
nearly related to several of the most respecta-
BILE families in Eastern Virginia. He was the
uncle of R. c. Stanard of Richmond, and a
near relative of Andrew Stevenson. He has
an only brother in Prince William, with many
other distant relations scattered thronpb the