The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-11
ANCIENT HISTORY.
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g, hfz army an every loss WIG
.so-efara the more serious. On Janu-
as 1900. havfn' learned that the
Ter on Syria wuz marehin' toward
mt with A strong army. Kieber
l[-lrsded 4 treaty By this treaty a
go xuz granted TO the French for
.s-ce months. when they must march
.,.. ~ Egypt. But the letter givin'
a.. -g5gtauce OF the treaty directed
- the French Government fell into
-. lands oY an English officer, Ad-
-.t~aI Keith. an WIZ sent TO Eng
land ~ France an England we're
anyways hey bin-aTe yet
.Aat aux pie for England. 4 demand
u.z made that Kleber an hiz French
srrny be made prisoners or war. This
IN urn put new life into Kleber an
he determined 10 make hit hot for
somebody. He met an defeated the
Turkish commander at Heliopolis. ex-
acted 4 tax for the payment oy hiz
soIdlers who had long since forgotten
vhat money wuZ like, formed several
-egiments ov Greeks an added them
10 hiz army. fortified a portion ov
the coast an established magazines
for ammunition Awl ov this con-
sttutes another illustration ov the
IMPORTANCE ov sticking to thing,
FOR Kleber wuz fast pullin' things
together But he .wuz murdered in
Cairo BY a fanatic a short time later,
an before he had time TO prove that
he could do mighty things, though he
had made a promisin' start, Abdallah
MenOu succeeded az commander ov
the French army in Egypt an vicin-
ity.
But England still had an eye upon
Egypt. On March 1st an English
feet arrived at Alexandria an sol
diers were landed. The French now
had but 1000 men. but put up a
strong fight, gainin' points on the
English. On the 21st another battle
wuz fought without bein' decisive
On the 2Sth reinforcements were
brought by a Turkish fleet. In a
short time the entire French force
wuz blocked up in Cairo an Alex
andria On June goth the seige ov
Cairo wuz commenced. There were
1900 men to defend the city against
10000 enemies. The city capitulated
June 9th, to the English an Turks
on condition that the French gen.
eral an hiZ troops should quit the
country an be transported to France
by England. The proud army Napo-
leon had left in Egypt had been re-
duced by battle an by disease until
hit numbered but a few thousands.
The combined forces ov England,
Turkey an Syria had proven too
much for a French army so far from
home The modern rules governin'
warfare would not allow two or three
nations to Jump upon one. But hit
used to be common.
Alexandria wuz surrendered on
September End Menou gave up six
French warships, many other vessels,
awl the maps ov Egypt The French
troops an soldiers numberin' a lit
tie more than nine thousand, were
transported to a French harbor as
agreed by England. Four weeks la
ter articles ov peace were signed in
London.
Turkey opposed the Mamelukes.
But England wuz inclined to concili-
ated them. The Turkish commander
determined to destroy the Mamelukes
in stealthy manner, or, at any rate,
to detain them az prisoners. He in
Vited number ov them to visit hiz
camp. When they were ready to de-
part they found that they were de-
tanned. Some ov the leaders COM
planned to the English commander.
He, supposing that the Turks would
deal fairly, took no action at the
time. In a few days the Turkish
commander invited awl ov the leaders
ov the Mamelukes to take sail up
on the sea in small boats. Suspect
Ing no treachery. they went Soon
number ov larger boats filled with
soldiers an armde with cannon ap-
peared. The soldiers fired upon the
boats containing the mamelukes.
Many We're killed an few escaped
death by swimmin' The English COM
mander wuz indignant an should hev
i9F8n more severe course than he
did. But he compelled the Turkish
commander to bury the dead with
honors an to release those who had
oeen recaptured while attemptin' to
escape. Hit il said that Turkey anvil
son lost the friendship an confidence
oV England by that days work. But
turkey soon got paid back. Her rul-
ct Wuz murdered in less than thirty
oays, Mohammed awlso became inf1u-
entail about this time an Turkish
nls-rule wuz temporarily checked.
MoAammed adopted rule to the eff
iect that when he found that any ov
Tue tax-gatherers were gettin' rich
100 fast he'd take the money an
enen cut off their heads. A headless
Iufk never could make much head