Wilson, Robert Thomas: The British expedition to Egypt: carefully abridged in two parts (London, 1803)

high Nile, this canal is as dry as any in
Egypt.
An expedition up the Nile in an armed flo-
tilla was undertaken by Sir Sidney, who pro-
ceeded almost as far as El Aft. It now ap-
peared the French had sunk dgernis (vessels
so called) across the exterior passage of the
Nile, formed by an island on their right;
and that the passage, only sixty yards across,
was completely commanded by their bat-
teries!
The Castle of St. Julien being invested,
and principally by the Turkish troops under
the Captain Pacha, who acted with much
propriety and regularity, was not surrendered
till after an obstinate resistance. It was de-
fended by fifteen pieces of cannon, and four
armed dgerms under the walls. One of these
being set on fire, . and drifted towards the
eastern bank of the river, Captain Corry en-
tered it, with a view of saving any French
that might have been on-board from the ven-
geance of the Arabs. Here he found four
of them with their drawn knives, carefully
seeking for some concealed victim.
The Turks on-shore actually laid hold of
two men, who had incautiously strayed out
of the fort, whose heads, after severely man-
ghng while alive, they cut off, and carried
them in triumph through the streets of Ro-
setta. Lord Dalhousie, to whom the French
surrendered prisoners of war in this castle,
gave them their private property, and six
hours to pack it up. Had their yielding been.