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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.4794#0039
' . of Alexandria, in the bottom, between that
. * hill and the French, who defended it with
Afe two guns and a post of infantry and cavalry.
■ ■Kji 'phe forty-fourth, however, charging with
IMF
-‘*5 the bayonet, soon gained the bridge. The
enemy now began to fire from all their hea-
** i-'Jvy artillery and field-pieces; still General
nptot llutch in son’s column found some cover in
tfcjttfjithe inequalities of the ground, and the re-
’ A’ hit serve was also sheltered by the broken sur-
as. face of the soil on the right, though the
be ar..; French sent forward two field-pieces to the
Nole-hill, in front of the left. The centre,
•'"•in the mean-while, remained totally unco-
vered ; and, while Sir Ralph Abercrombie
reconnoitred, the whole army continued
under the most terrible and destructive lire
to which troops were ever exposed. Never
was slaughter carried on with more dispatch,
or a wider field opened for destruction. Hie
French now under their works had only to
load and fire ; and it was impossible for their
bullets not to do execution. Rut this exter-
minating fire the English patiently endured
for several hours without betraying the least
irresolution. There was but one wish ex-
pressed, and that was to be led on to the
assault; but at length the general deemed it
prudent not to attempt forcing the heights,
judging they might be defended by Fort
Cretin ; and also because, for want of ar-
tillery, he was not prepared to maintain
them. The army was consequently with-
drawn at sun-set; still marching as if on
f B Bl
. * hill and the French, who defended it with
Afe two guns and a post of infantry and cavalry.
■ ■Kji 'phe forty-fourth, however, charging with
IMF
-‘*5 the bayonet, soon gained the bridge. The
enemy now began to fire from all their hea-
** i-'Jvy artillery and field-pieces; still General
nptot llutch in son’s column found some cover in
tfcjttfjithe inequalities of the ground, and the re-
’ A’ hit serve was also sheltered by the broken sur-
as. face of the soil on the right, though the
be ar..; French sent forward two field-pieces to the
Nole-hill, in front of the left. The centre,
•'"•in the mean-while, remained totally unco-
vered ; and, while Sir Ralph Abercrombie
reconnoitred, the whole army continued
under the most terrible and destructive lire
to which troops were ever exposed. Never
was slaughter carried on with more dispatch,
or a wider field opened for destruction. Hie
French now under their works had only to
load and fire ; and it was impossible for their
bullets not to do execution. Rut this exter-
minating fire the English patiently endured
for several hours without betraying the least
irresolution. There was but one wish ex-
pressed, and that was to be led on to the
assault; but at length the general deemed it
prudent not to attempt forcing the heights,
judging they might be defended by Fort
Cretin ; and also because, for want of ar-
tillery, he was not prepared to maintain
them. The army was consequently with-
drawn at sun-set; still marching as if on
f B Bl