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gade, climbed the fortified eminence, 
and charged, in his usual manner, with 
the bayonet, Such intrepidity proved 
irresistible; for the French r&tired to-. 
wards Alexandria, and Moore, next day, 
received the thanks of the commander in 
chief, which were issuedin public orders, 
and renewed in the public dispatch trans- 
mitted to England. 
Tn the subsequent action of the 21st 
ef March, during which the British troops 
were attacked with great impetuosity, 
and the commander in chief killed, 
Major-General Moore distinguished him- 
seif once more, while jeading on the re- 
serve, against which the principal attack 
of the enemy was directed. According 
to the official. letter of Lieutenant- 
General Hatchinson,’ the troops com- 
manded by him, “ conducted themselves 
with unexampled spirit, - resisted the im- 
petuosity of the French infantry, and re- 
pulsed several charges of cavalry. Ma- 
-jor-General Moore,” adds he, ‘was 
wounded at their head, though not dan- 
gerously. I regret, however, the tem- 
porary absence from the army of this 
highly valuable, and merrtorious officer, 
whose council and co-operation would 
be so highly necessary to me, at this 
moment,” f : 
ile recovered, however, in time 
to assist at the siege of Cairo, ‘as 
well as of the castle of Marabouat; and 
after Alexandria had been reduced, and 
all the French in Egypt had submitted, 
he was appointed to escort the capitu- 
lating army to the place of embarkation. 
The commander in chief bore testimony 
to his condact on this occasion, in the 
dispatch addressed to Lord Hobart, of 
which the following is a copy : 
Alexandiia, Aug. 19. 
“My Lorp—Vhe last division of the 
French troops who surrendered at Cairo, 
sailed from the bay of Aboukir a few days 
azo, ‘There have been embarked in all, 
near 13,500 persons, &c. 
“< Major-General .Craddock having 
been confined by illness, I intrasted the 
command of the troops to Major-General 
Moore, who, during a long march of a 
very novel and critical nature, displayed 
much judgment, and conducted himself 
in a most able and judicious manner. 
Notwithstanding the mixture of Turks, 
British, and French, the utmost recu- 
Jarity was preserved, and no ove dis- 
agreeable circumstance ever took place.” 
After the reduction of Evypt, the 
major-general returned to Europe, and 
spent some time in the bésom of his~ 
family. He was uext. employed on the’ 
staff of the army, in the Kentish district, 
and’ actually commanded a camp at’ 
Shorn Chitfe, a few miles from Dover, 
whence with the naked'eye thé tents of! 
the French troops, then threatening an’ 
invasion from Boulogne, could be easily 
discerned in a fine day. At this period, 
a son* of his old commander acted a3 
his aide-de-camp; and soon after the’ ’ 
Honourable Captain Stanhope, nephew 
to Mr. Pitt, served under him, in the’ 
samme capacity. 
Butt seemed to be decreed by fate, 
that the subject of this memoir should 
never remain long in one plaée. In 
1805, having attained the rank of lieute-" 
nant-general, and obtained the colonelcy 
ot the 52d regmment of foot, he was dis-’ 
patched ence more to the Mediterra- 
nean and assumed the command tn Sicily.” 
He was recalled, however, to act on a 
less distant theatre, and accordingly re-’ 
paired to Sweden, with a view of assist- 
ing a prince, who has been doomed to 
lose a portion of his dominions, in what 
has been justly termed, “ the common’ 
cause of Europe.” The extraordinary 
conduct of this young monarch; his re- 
fusal of support; his behaviour to Sir 
John Moore, (who had, by this time, 
been invested with the ribband of the’ 
Bath), and the arrest and subsequent 
yescape of that gallant officer, are sifb- 
jects, as yet, involved in some deyree of 
obscurity, and must be left, so far as 
concerns their dgtails, to another oppar- 
tunity. i | 
After spending a few days in England, 
Sir John was sent with a body of troops to 
Portugal ;.and as hopes were entertained 
that the Spamards would be able to vin- 
dicate their independence, and put a stop 
to the pregress of the hitherto victorious 
French, be was ordered to advance to 
their assistance. He accordingly mareh- 
ed forward with his troops, and, amidst 
innumerabie difficulties, reached Torc, 
On December 28, 1808, we find him at 
Benevente, anterior to which point, he 
describes the army as “ almost constantly 
marching through snow, and with cold 
that has been very intense. The wea- 
ther within these few days” adds he, 
“ bas turned to rain, which is much 
more uncomfortable than the cold, and 
has rendered the roads almost nnpassa- 
ble. On the 21st the army reached 
%* Captain Abercromby, | 
Sahagun 
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