232 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1800. 



■Ith. The rupture officially noti- 

 fied to the vizier on the 28 th of 

 Ventose. 



5th. The battle of Matharich, 

 or Heliopolis, gained on the 27th 

 Ventose. over the army of the grand 

 vizier, 60,000 strong — 20 pieces 

 of cannon taken. 



6th. The aide-de-camp Baudet 

 sent on a parley during the action, 

 was maltreated, and detained a 

 prisoner, contrary to the rights of 

 nations. 



7th. Insun-ection of Cairo on the 

 29th, sLx hours after the departure 

 of the array. It was fomented by 

 some Osmanlis. who had introduced 

 themselves into Cairo after the 

 convention of El-Arisch. 



8th. Arrival of Nasif Pacha in 

 this city on the 30th. He had 

 escaped from the defeated army, 

 and, making a great detour, entered 

 Cairo by the gate Bab-el-Nass, 

 called the Gate of Victories. 



9th. Arrival of the French army 

 at Balbys on 30th. The enemy, 

 constantly pursued, kept flying 

 before it. 



10th. Surrender of the fort of 

 Balbys on the 1st of Germinal. — 

 600 Turks prisoners of war — eight 

 pieces of cannon taken. 



11th. The affair of Coreid on 

 the 2d. Germinal. 



12th. Arrival of the army at Sa- 

 lahich on the 3d. Taking' of 12 

 pieces of cannon belonging to the 

 grand \dzier's camp, and an immense 

 quantity of baggage abandoned by 

 the enemy in his precipitate retreat 

 across the desert, which he strewed 

 with dead bodies. The number of 

 men that perished from Salahich 

 to Gaza is estimated at 1 8,000 — 

 departure of the general-in-chief, 

 Kleber, on the same day for Cairo. 



13th. His arrival at Cairo on 

 the 6th Germinal. 



1 4th. First capitulation of Cairo 

 agreed to on the 14th Germinal. 

 — The Turks refuse to leave the 

 place, and continue to fight. 



15th. Arrival of Osman Bey-el» 

 Oscar, and an officer of Nasif Pacha, 

 on the 29th Germinal, on a Parley. 

 — A mine dug by the French, blew 

 up a large house, in which there 

 were between 4 and 500 Osmanlis. 



1 6th. Definitive capitulation for 

 the evacuation of Cairo by the 

 Turks, agreed to on the 1st Floreal, 

 (April 21.) 



17th. On the 2d. adjutant-gene- 

 ral Rene, and citizen Tioch, officer 

 of the staff, sent hostages for the 

 execution of the capitulation and 

 exchanged in the square of Esbekier, 

 against Osman Bey-el-Oscar and the 

 Kiaya of Nasif Pacha. The Turks 

 and the Osmanlis insult them in 

 the city, and they are obliged to 

 take refuge in a mosque, where Elfy 

 Bey, who was intrusted to guard 

 them, defended them against the 

 attempts of the furious, multitude. 



18th. Departure of the Turks, 

 to the number of 5,000, on the 

 5th Floreal. 



19th. Assassination of general 

 Kleber on 25th Prairial (June 14.) 



20th. Execution of the assassin 

 and his accomplices, on the 28th 

 of Prairial (June 17-) 



Peace was concluded with Mou- 

 rad Bey during the siege of Cairo. 

 The provinces of Girge and Assuan 

 were ceded to him. He enjoys 

 them under the title of prince go- 

 vernor for the French republic. It 

 should be remarked, that during the 

 battle of Heliopolis, Mourad Bey 

 kept constantly on a height near 

 the field of battle. He had said 



