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fie expressed his surprize that such an offer,
so disrespectful to- the army and himself,
should be made, since circumstances by no
means warranted the proposal; adding, the
determination of the French to defend Egypt
to tlie last extremity. . ‘'fo
On the 25th, the Captain Pacha, with
6000 Turks, arrived in the Bay of Aboukir,
and were landed and encamped on the beach
the next day, near the field in which 4000
of their countrymen were slaughtered two
years before, and where a horse could not set
hife feet without treading upon some corpse
with the clothes still on.
On the 23d, a post of importance, at the
entrance of the Lake Edko, was taken pos-
session of by orders of Lord Keith. It had
been formerly a caravan sera ; and, on the
day after, it was occupied by 300 Turks,
under Mustapha Aga. Two marines, desert-
ing to the enemy in the course of the day,
caused much uneasiness. It appears they
were foreigners; and, being suspected men,
had never been suffered to go on shore for
six years. The next day, some of the
English presenting themselves in some small
vessels before the village of Edko, the Sheik
and the principal persons of this little place
waded to them, expressing the utmost abhor-
rence of the French. The people of this
place, when Bonaparte first landed, having
shewn some opposition to their detachment
sent to occupy Rosetta, it was assaulted, and
150 men, women, and children, put to the
so disrespectful to- the army and himself,
should be made, since circumstances by no
means warranted the proposal; adding, the
determination of the French to defend Egypt
to tlie last extremity. . ‘'fo
On the 25th, the Captain Pacha, with
6000 Turks, arrived in the Bay of Aboukir,
and were landed and encamped on the beach
the next day, near the field in which 4000
of their countrymen were slaughtered two
years before, and where a horse could not set
hife feet without treading upon some corpse
with the clothes still on.
On the 23d, a post of importance, at the
entrance of the Lake Edko, was taken pos-
session of by orders of Lord Keith. It had
been formerly a caravan sera ; and, on the
day after, it was occupied by 300 Turks,
under Mustapha Aga. Two marines, desert-
ing to the enemy in the course of the day,
caused much uneasiness. It appears they
were foreigners; and, being suspected men,
had never been suffered to go on shore for
six years. The next day, some of the
English presenting themselves in some small
vessels before the village of Edko, the Sheik
and the principal persons of this little place
waded to them, expressing the utmost abhor-
rence of the French. The people of this
place, when Bonaparte first landed, having
shewn some opposition to their detachment
sent to occupy Rosetta, it was assaulted, and
150 men, women, and children, put to the