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Title: Journal of the late campaign in Egypt: including descriptions of that country, and of Gibraltar, Minorca, Malta, Marmorice, and Macri; with an appendix; containing official papers and documents
Year: 1803 (1800s)
Authors: Walsh, Thomas, fl. 1801
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Publisher: London T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davis
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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g about dark. The army was thenformed in four lines, extending from the sea onthe right, to lake Aboukir on the left: the reserveand the guards forming the first line ; major-ge-neral Cootes brigade the second; major-generalCradocks the third; and major-general the earl ofCavans the fourth. Such part of brigadier-generalStuarts and Doyles corps, as had landed in thecourse of the day, took their ground in front ofAboukir castle, which had refused to surrenderon being summoned. About seventy mounted,and two hundred dismounted cavalry, also cameo!i shore in the evening. They that Avere mountedimmediately took the duty of vedettes and of the.advance ; the rest remained near Aboukir. March the 9th. This day it blew extremely fresh, \a liich pre--vented the landing of any stores, provision, &c.:but, notwithstanding the apprehensions we hadbeen led to entertain to the contrary, we found avery tolerable supply of good water, by diggingabout four, feet deep in the sand. We were like- IC 30
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