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By the march of the 14th of Jurib. the po-
sition was found in front and rear of Lock-
mas ; while, on the same day, Colonel Stuart
crossed from Birchamps, and halted on the
banks of the Nile. And, as an extraordinary
circumstance, Sir R. Wilson mentions, that
hitherto the Captain Pacha, in his large
vessel, had been towed by men through the
mud, and over banks which had never been
passed by any other vessel of equal burthen.
The army advanced about ten miles next day
to Verden, while Colonel Stuart moved to
Shubra Shaabri, near the Grand Vizir’s
position'.
But, notwithstanding the increase of sick-
7 O
ness among the English, they marched again
on the 7th, and encamped beyond £1 Gatta.
Here, for the first time, the Mamelukes,
7 x /
as the English general insisted on it, pitched
their tents in regular order. c
On the 9th, the army moved to Burlos, g
and the Vizir to Charlakan ; and, on the 15th, §
the English advanced to Finesh, and the Vizir §
encamped in the rear of Bassons. ®‘
On the loth, a French Mameluke was pri-
vately dispatched by General Hutchinson to
the French commandant at Cairo, entreating
him to reflect upon the danger to which th®
inhabitants of that city Would be exposed in
risking an assault by the Turks, and accom-
panying the message with the offer of a capi-
tulation on very fair and honourable terms.
But the general’s Mameluke was met by a
French officer, who carried his letter to the
By the march of the 14th of Jurib. the po-
sition was found in front and rear of Lock-
mas ; while, on the same day, Colonel Stuart
crossed from Birchamps, and halted on the
banks of the Nile. And, as an extraordinary
circumstance, Sir R. Wilson mentions, that
hitherto the Captain Pacha, in his large
vessel, had been towed by men through the
mud, and over banks which had never been
passed by any other vessel of equal burthen.
The army advanced about ten miles next day
to Verden, while Colonel Stuart moved to
Shubra Shaabri, near the Grand Vizir’s
position'.
But, notwithstanding the increase of sick-
7 O
ness among the English, they marched again
on the 7th, and encamped beyond £1 Gatta.
Here, for the first time, the Mamelukes,
7 x /
as the English general insisted on it, pitched
their tents in regular order. c
On the 9th, the army moved to Burlos, g
and the Vizir to Charlakan ; and, on the 15th, §
the English advanced to Finesh, and the Vizir §
encamped in the rear of Bassons. ®‘
On the loth, a French Mameluke was pri-
vately dispatched by General Hutchinson to
the French commandant at Cairo, entreating
him to reflect upon the danger to which th®
inhabitants of that city Would be exposed in
risking an assault by the Turks, and accom-
panying the message with the offer of a capi-
tulation on very fair and honourable terms.
But the general’s Mameluke was met by a
French officer, who carried his letter to the