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works for the maintenance of the 
_ forts; the palisades are almost en- 
tirely destroyed, and the branches 
occasioned by the rains have very 
much damaged all the new fortificati. 
ons. They occupy none of the works 
- which are beyond the line of the 
Arabs, and all the redoubts which 
existed at the departure of the 
French army are destroyed. The 
pacha of Cairofurnishes to the Eng. 
‘lish army corn, rice, wood, and 
provisions, without any payment, 
The consumption is treble what it 
should be: they commit great waste. 
A great misunderstanding reigns 
between general Stuart and the 
pacha, 
STATE OF THE ARMY, 
Dillon’s regiment—emigranis 450 
British chasseurs—ditto...-.. 550 
_ Role’s regiment—Swiss...... 600 
Wetteville’s regiment—ditto.. 680 
The 10th regiment of infantry 
ingliohy is ewe eek 600 
The 61st regiment of infantry 
Mat (e682, ehh b 650 
The 88th regiment of infantry 
EA gneiss cinigne Sy sceLS 400 
Dragoons of the 26th light— 
Nak sie sh ocieE's bicts 350 
-Artillery—ditto......,..-.. 150 
Total 4430 
The Turkish army.—Muhammed, 
pacha of Caire,who has taken, itisnot 
‘known why, the title of viceroy of 
Egypt, does not command the troops 
in person. Muhammed Aly-Serr- 
Chersme, who had the command 
“since mny arrival, was killed before 
Gaza; they are now under the or- 
’ ders of Jussef Kiahia. Tair is pacha 
‘of the Arnaoutes, who compose the 
_ greatest part of this army, amount- 
' ing to about 16,000 men. They 
- » from time to time receive reinforce- 
ments. »—Chourchid-Abmed, a pacha 
75t 
of two tails, is at Alexandria with 
600 men, who occupy no fortifica. 
tion. This pacha is, as one ma 
say, a prisoner with the English. 
—The Turkish army consists. of 
7640 men, and that of the Ar. 
naoutes of 850@, making a whole 
of 16,140.—It is useless to add, that 
this is not an army; they are men 
il-armed, without discipline, with. 
out confidence in their chiefs, and 
eneryated by excessive debauchery. 
The chiefs are in every thing like 
their soldiers ; ignorant even of the 
first principles of the military art : 
and uniformly actuated by the love 
of wealth, they think of nothing but 
of obtaining it, and of finding the 
means of carrying it off in safety. 
Six thousand French would at pre- 
sent be enough to conquer Egypt. 
Army of the Mamelukes.—The 
army of the Beys is composed of 
3000 Mamelukes, of 3500 Arabs 
of the tribe of Ababde of Chark, 
and of 3500 of the tribe of Binialy. 
Muhammed Bey Elfy married the 
daughter of the cheik of the first, 
and Maarzouk Bey, son of Ibrahim 
Bey, the daughter of the cheik of 
the tribe of Binialy.. The power in 
this army is divided between Ibra-— 
him Bey, who is the chief, Eley 
Bey and Osman Bey, who has. sue. 
ceeded Murad Bey. Their head- 
quarters are at Djerge. ‘They have 
eighty French deserters, which form 
a small corps of artillery. To the 
present time, they have beat the 
Turks in every action, and the 
Egyptians prefer them to the Os- 
manlis. ‘he whole of Upper Egypt 
has submitted to them. 
Syria.—Acre. The body of this 
place has been repaired ; the port 
has been covered with a small horn- 
ed work, and the tower of the an- 
gle by.a half-moon. They have 
likewise 
