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50O WAR OP THS TURKS 



fort, among fome ruined walls ; on which he mounted 

 28 cannons, and placed 400 galeangi and two beys 

 therein. 



The 28th. two inimical beys killed 3 galeangi and 

 took two mammeluks prifoners, who had ftrayed at 

 ■ fome diftance from the fort. The others removed 

 their camp on this fide the pyramids of Sacore, at the 

 dirliance of 25 miles from Ghifa. 



Several mammeluks of the troops belonging to the 

 deceafed beys who were incapable of fervice, came to 

 obtain pardon of the kapudan pallia. 



The 5th. of December the adverfe beys marched to- 

 wards Ghifa, and drew up in order of battle. On re- 

 ceiving intelligence of this, he ftrengthened the fort 

 with 3 beys more. But, on the approach of Lafcin 

 bey, with 100 mammeluks, and the kialif with 1000 

 Arabs, the people of the kapudan pafha began, from 

 fear, to fire with their artillery, before they were with- 

 in reach of the fhot, and continued fo doing for more, 

 than two hours. The enemy, accordingly, made a 

 halt, ftill beyond the reach of their cannon; and, on 

 feeing them thus wafte their ftrength and ammunition 

 without effect , they difmounted from their horfes, and 

 let them graze at large. 



A Ruffian mammeluk on horfeback advanced three 

 times greatly within piftol-fhot of the battery; but 

 they contented themfelves with firing at him from the 

 wall. ■ 



The kapudan pallia and his beys were looking at all 

 thatpafied, through a telefcope. 



The hoftile beys, on feeing that none would come 

 out into the open field, towards noon advanced in eafy 



fteps, 



