STATE PAPERS. 



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that he would make no movement, 

 and he kept his word. The tails of 

 several Pachas have been taken at 

 Matharich, Balbys, and Salahich. 

 After the battle of Heliopolis the 

 troops marched to retake Daniiettaj 

 which had been given up to the 

 Turks in consequence of the con- 

 vention. Twelve hundred Osman- 

 lis were killed there. The re- 

 mainder fled by the lake of Men- 

 zale and the desert. 



Present Situation of the French 

 Army. 



Ten millions have been imposed 

 upon the city of Cairo to punish the 

 revolt; all the arrears due to the 

 army have been paid, and for the 

 future their pay will be secured. — 

 The fortifications of Cairo are com- 

 pleting; twelve forts surround the 

 city at present; in fifteen days the 

 ivhole will be completed; the 

 arches of the grand aqueduct have 

 been stopped, so that it is now im- 

 possible to pass from the bank of 

 the river to the citadel ; on the other 

 side, the ramparts of the city are 

 raised, and all the space between 

 Fort Camin behind the head-quar- 

 ters to Boulac is to be enclosed by 

 a wall. The fortifications of Sala- 

 hich are much increased ; they will 

 be finished before three weeks. — 

 Lcsbe, near Damietta, is finished, 

 and towers are building on the dif- 

 ferent passes that go from the sea 

 to the lake Menzale. The fort of 

 Burloswill soon be finished, that of 

 Kosetta is completed; Aboukir is 

 entirely repaired; they are working 

 with diligence at Alexandria. Our 

 artillery is in the best condition, 

 the works in the arsenal of Gizeh 

 are in the greatest activity. I have 

 . established a depot of .500 horses at 

 Gizeh, and also a park of reserve 



of 500 camels; many thousand 

 Greeks have enrolled themselves in 

 our service, and also 500 Cophts 

 and Syrians. Seventy Turkish and 

 Greek vessels have, since the rup- 

 ture, of which they were ignorant, 

 entered the ports of Alexandria and 

 Damietta; they came after the eva- 

 cuation; they have been retained as 

 prisoners; the merchandise which 

 they brought has served to pay the 

 troops. A caravan of 1 0,000 slaves 

 and 15,000 camels is arrived from 

 Darfur and the Niger: it is at 

 Svouth, which we have kept in our 

 treaty with Mourad Bey. A cara- 

 van from Tor, and another from 

 Yambo, are arrived here by Suez. 

 I have given, and shall continue to 

 give them, every support for the 

 encouragement of commerce, which 

 I wish to re-establish, and to endea- 

 vour to supply Arabia by way of 

 Suez. I am organising there a ca- 

 ravan, which will leave this every 

 fifteen days; another caravan, com- 

 ing from Ta^anna, from Beled and 

 Gezid, in fifty days, is also arrived 

 at Cairo. The institute is going tc 

 resume its sittings. The grand vi- 

 zier is at lafFa with about 7 or 8000 

 men ; he has 2000 at Gaza, and 

 1000 at El-Arisch; Catieh is de- 

 stroyed. If he should be able to 

 recruit his army, and shall again at- 

 tempt to pass the desert, we will 

 go to receive him at Salahich ; the 

 troops are determined to beat him. 

 The captain pacha is with twenty- 

 four sail before Alexandria, Ro- 

 setta, and Damietta; they cruise 

 from one port to the other: we 

 reckon in this squadron eight Turk- 

 ish ships of the line and two Eng- 

 lish; every where we are prepared, 

 the army will combat till they die; 

 happy if we can preserve to the 

 republic a great colony, of which 



