The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-04
ANCIENT HISTORY.


80 dsaster TO the one met wth by
-l-.~berl5. which wuz mentioned in
geze articles quite recently But
e. ney and Daher went into PaIes-
ono and won q few victories, and
,a.t 4ers against Turkey at this
tmc
The Egyptian ruler had attempted
e.. secure the assistance ov Russia By
regg;iatin' with Count Alexis Orlow.
l.mmander-in-chief ov the Russian
forces in the Archipelago: but had
-., attn but little success until a
Russian transport sailin' under Brit
s- roiors. appeared of Jaffa and as
trai town and fort There wuz but
f-..s International Law in those days,
Or his would not hey happened. Ali
Boy thought DaheT wuZ awl rite. But
after thinkin things over he concIud-
..f that they would soon reach d time
when they'd part company, so he
-.arted back TO Egypt hopin' TO whip
the army ov that country and regain
hz -eat upon the throne. But when
H. net the government forces he soon
found that hiZ army. once powerful,
wuz no match for the fresh and we'll
equipped Egyptian government forces
Ali Rey not only got a whippin' but
wuz captured and placed in prison, a
bitter dose for a former ruler TO
swallow. But this wuZ not all. Ali
Bey didn't last long after he wuz i'm
prlsoned, and the administration"
may hey known more about hiZ some
what student death than wuz ever
told.
BY the death ov this powerful
ruler, Mahomet Bey wuz left without
d rival in Egypt. But he knew that
changes might come. He felt sure
that Turkey would attempt to re-
gain footin' in Egypt the moment
the war with Russia ended. For some
time no Egyptian tribute had been
sent TO Turkey. Though Mahomet
Bey had no friendship for that coun-
Try. he made great professions in
that way, even goin' so far az to re-
nit a large sum ov money on account
oY back dues in the way of taxes.
But this did not end the matter. The
Egyptian ruler wuZ tryin' to get dis
entangled from Turkey and that
country wuz lookin' forward to the
time when free from war, to attempt
to compel Egypt to renew the alli-
ance or go to war.
The Empress ov Russia had OBJ
tanned vast territory from Turkey,
includin' the Crimea, Circassia and
Georgia The fleets ov Russia were
allowed to cruise in the Black Sea.
Awl this weakened Turkey and hit
appeared that the recovery ov Egypt
wuZ necessity.
A Turkish fleet arrived at Alexan-
dria and landed $4,000 men. A bat
tie soon followed, the affair takin'
place on the plain between Rosetta
and Grand Cairo. The Mamelukes
took an active part and az the Turks
knew nothin' ov their irregular style
of fightin', they caused much confu-
sion. But the Turks won.
About the year 1876 Napoleon
Bonaparte began to play big hand
in Europe. In fact he had whipped
nearly everything in site by that date.
But he had gotten France to point
where she needed a bit ov rest-she
had worn herself out whippin' other
countries. Bonaparte appeared in
the English Channel az if lookin' fer
big game, and he wuZ. But some
months later he appeared at Toulon,
France, and an expedition bound for
Egypt wuz fitted out. One ov the OBJ
jects sought wuZ for France to get
possession ov the East India trade.
II wuz intended to plant French col
onies along the river Nile and regain
territory to compensate France in the
loss ov st. Domingo and the sugar
CROWN islands and to open the way
for a better French trade in Africa.
Arabia and Syria. Egypt wuz to be
the seat ov much Ov the military
power ov France and India wuz one
ov the rich prizes regarded az a lift
to the French nation. Hit IL not I'M
probable that certain high French
aspirants wished to get rid ov Ma
poleon, for hiz popularity wuz great
at the time. On March the 9Th Bona
parte received permission to move
for Egypt and he wuz given free
hand az to what he might do, and he
wuz to hev absolutely the entire as
sistance ov the French nation. PROB
ably no warrior ever had so much
privilege, unless hit wuz our own
great Washington. But Washington
had many opponents and they made
charges against and constantly tried
to interfere with and defeat the plan
Ov Washington. Not so with Napo-
leon. He wuz boss from start to fin-
ISL. England sent Lord Nelson with
a fleet to intercept Napoleon's fleet.
But Nelson wuz delayed by great
storm and the French fleet gained