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•findnu. Sire earned no troops, but brought a fupply of difpatches likevvife arrived for general Hutcliinfon, from 
arms and ammunition, and the intelligence ofan intended major-general Baird, commander of the Indian troops. 
reinforcement in Gantheaume’s fquadron. Rear-admiral 
hr Richard Bickerton, with three fail of the line, befide 
-one Turkifh man of war, went in purfuit of Gantheaume, 
while lord Keith, with the remainder of the fleet, cruized 
oft" the port of Alexandria. 
Major-general Hutcliinfon having now determined upon 
the fiege of Cairo, in conjunction with the grand vizier, 
he marched his army to the fouthward ot the point of 
the Delta, and took up his ground near the village of 
Burtos on the 8th of June. In this pohtioii the whole 
force deftined to aft again ft Cairo was confolidated. A 
free and eafy communication was eftabliftied with the 
grand vizier’s army, encamped at Charlahan, on the op- 
polite bank of the Nile, by a bridge of pontoons. The 
Capitan Pacha’s troops were in front of the Britifh, and 
the mamalukes, under Ofman Bey Tainbourgi, were in 
their rear. On the ioth, two hundred men of the eighty- 
fixth regiment, under the command of colonel Lloyd, 
joined colonel Stewart’s corps, which was attached to 
the vizier’s army. Thefe men were the forerunners of 
a long-expefted reinforcement from India. Lieutenant- 
colonel Lloyd had commenced his march from Suez on 
the 7th of June, having received orders from general 
Hutcliinfon to that effect. On the 14th, major-general 
Hutcliinfon moved about three miles in front to the vil¬ 
lage of Saael; and on the 16th advanced with his army 
to a pofition juft out of reach of the (hot of the enemy’s 
works. The lame day lie was joined by the twenty- 
eighth and forty-fecond regiments, who had marched 
from the camp before Alexandria in twelve days. The 
grand vizier alfo moved forward on the right bank of the 
Nile, to a parallel pofition, a little below the village of 
-Demanhour. 'General Hutcliinfon made another move¬ 
ment on the 21 ft, and inverted the town of Gizeh, oppo- 
iite to Grand Cairo. The vizier, following his motions, 
encamped clofe to the enemy’s advanced works on the 
other fide of the river. Some flight fkirmiffiing took 
place in the evening on both banks of the Nile, wherein 
the mamalukes greatly diftinguiflied themfelves. On the 
2 2d of J une, general Beliard, who commanded the French 
troops at Cairo, finding himfelf furrounded on all fides, 
his communication with the interior part of the country 
entirely cut off, and without hopes of relief, fent a flag 
• of truce to general Hutcliinfon, requeuing that he would 
agree to a conference between a French and an Englifh 
officer, to treat for the evacuation of Cairo, and its de¬ 
pendencies. To this requeft general Hutcliinfon affented. 
The conference continued till the 28 th, when a conven¬ 
tion was ligned for the furrender of Cairo. By this con¬ 
vention the French were allowed Icventeen days for the 
final evacuation of Cairo, and its dependencies. They 
were then to march down to Rofetta, with their arms, 
baggage, field artillery, &c. to be there embarked as foon 
as poflible, but at the lateft in fifty days from the ratifica¬ 
tion, on-board veflels, to be furnilhed at the entire ex¬ 
pence of the allied powers for fending them to fome 
French port. On the evening of the 28th, the combined 
powers took poifefiion of Gizeh and Cairo, where the 
J^itifli and Turkifti colours were conjointly hoifted. The 
French army which furrendered, amounted to 10,856 
fighting men. 
"The fiege of Alexandria next occupied the mind of 
general Hutcliinfon, who very foon gave the neceffary 
orders to the allied army to march on tiiat fervice. Rear- 
admiral fir Richard Bickerton had returned on the 13th 
of June, and joined the fleet off Alexandria, without hav¬ 
ing feen or heard any thing of Gantheaume’s fquadron: 
it vvas fuppofed, therefore, to have gone back to Toulon. 
About this time the Monmouth man of war, with the 
Leda and Aftive frigates, arrived in Aboukir bay from 
England, with reinforcements of men and money ; alfo a 
convoy of troops arrived from Malta, who had volun¬ 
teered their feryices for Egypt. On the 16th of July. 
VOL. VI. No. 354. 
with the long-expefted intelligence of his having reached 
Keneli on the Nile, (which the French had lately made 
their, capital in Upper Egypt,) with a part of his army. 
The projeft of tranfporting a formidable body of troops 
from India to Egypt, through the Red Sea, was well 
conceived ; and, in cafe of a more ferious refiftance on 
the part of the enemy, would have proved extremely be¬ 
neficial. We have mentioned the arrival of a fmall por¬ 
tion of that force at Suez, under lieutenant-colonel Lloyd 
of the eighty-fixth regiment. This corps had failed with 
rear-admiral Blanket to. Suez, at an earlier period, from 
the coaft of Malabar. The army from India, under the 
command of major-general Baird, did not all come from 
the fame part, every prefidency furnifhing a certain quo¬ 
ta ; and had the whole of the intended force arrived in 
Egypt, it would have amounted to nearly ten thoufand 
men. This army was landed at Coffir, and marched 
acrofs the defert to Keneh, the former track of the 
French ; and from the exceffive heat, Mr. Dudley Ri¬ 
der, paymafter-general, periflied in the defert, as did 
many of the troops. This army did not join until after 
the furrender of Alexandria. 
On the 12th of Auguft, orders were given for the in- 
vefture of that city. The divifion of troops to be em¬ 
ployed on the weft of Alexandria, was to be under the 
command of major-general Coote. The flotilla of gun¬ 
boats, confiding of twenty-four, failed up the inundation 
on the morning of the 13th, and anchored in a line abreaft 
of that of the French. This pofition rendered the ene¬ 
my’s boats ufelefs, and gave the Englifh the entire com¬ 
mand of the inundation. The referve under major-ge¬ 
neral Moore marched into the camp before Alexandria 
on the fame day; but no regular plan of encampment 
was to take plfce, till major-general Coote’s corps had 
gained their ftation to the weftward. The whole French 
line was under arms, and very vigilant, during the night 
of the 13th, as, from the failing of the gun-boats, arrival 
of troops, and other movements, general Menou was ap- 
prehenfive of an attack. When the troop? had taken 
their ftation to the weftward of Alexandria, general 
Hutcliinfon ordered an attack to be made along the whole 
of the enemy’s front to the eaftward of the town. This 
movement took place about four in the morning, and 
was intended not only to gain ground, but as a diver-lion 
in favour of major-general Coote. The attack of a green 
hill, a little advanced on the right of the enemy’s pofi- 
tion, was confided to major-general Cradock ; and the 
brigade under general Doyle was deftined to carry it into 
execution. The thirtieth regiment was to march up to 
a fmall redoubt on the right, and the fiftieth to another 
on the left; the ninety-fecond remaining in a central po- 
fition in the rear, to fupport either, if neceffary. The 
two battalions of the twentieth were alfo placed in fuch 
a manner, as to be in readinefs to move up to any point 
required. On the left of the enemy there was a fmall 
hill of fand, called the Sugarloaf-hill ; of this major- 
general Moore took poffellion with very little refiftance ; 
and thence lie was enabled to reconnoitre the enemy’s 
works. This pofition, however, it was not poflible lo 
retain, as it lay completely expoled to the enepry’s crols 
fires, and from its lize afforded little or no (helter. 
During thefe movements the French kept up a very warm 
and fevere cannonade from their works. The manner in 
which their guns crofted each other in every direction 
was truly wonderful, and gave an ample idea of the 
ftrength and judicious plan of their exteniive lines. 
Colonel Spencer, of the fortieth regiment, had volun¬ 
teered his fervices, and was actively employed with part 
of general Doyle’s brigade. At five in the evening o£ 
the 18th, major-general Coote moved forward about two 
miles, without any other oppofition than a few fhots ex¬ 
changed between his advanced guard and the enemy. 
He then took up his pofition in the following manner s 
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