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

the Mamelukes were richly dressed. The
latter also had some beautiful Georgian youths
with them, as also some Frenchmen, who
seemed particularly dejected, for fear of being
exposed to the shame of returning to their
countrymen, after the abuse they had
sustained.
Here Sir R. Wilson asserts that, without
exception, the Mamelukes are all S-—
in common with Turks and Egyptians ; and
that, when they become princes, they conti-
nue from inclination what in their early youth
may be considered an involuntary act of sub-
mission ; however, there is an anecdote of
Osman Bey Bardici’s resistance to Morad,
which must exculpate him.
A union between the two Turkish armies

and the junction of the Mamelukes now
crowned the principal object of General Hut-
chinson’s march ; and the influence of the

latter, while it insured the interest of the
country in favour of the English, left the
French without any resource. Another ad-
vantage at this period was the intelligence
received by the General of the landing of
Colonel Murry, at Cossir, with a small body
of troops, and his daily expectation of being
.joined by the rest of the Indian army. Thus
the commander-in-chief found himself en-

tirely relieved from the apprehensions that
the enemy would retire into Upper Egypt,
where it would have been impossible for the
English to have folio wed him, owing to the
sickly state of the array.