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where three tents were pitched for them mid
their attendants, and each of them distin-

guished by a guard of honour, composed of
cavalry and grenadiers.
At this conference, General Moran expli-
plicitly declared, that he wa’s instructed to
negotiate for the evacuation of Cairo, and


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arrangement

n the part of tl

Mahommed Pacha for the

the return of the garrison to France
cordingly, to obtain a proper
Isaac Bey was appointed on the part of the
Captain Pacha
Vizir, and Osman Bey for the Mamelukes.
French, General Douzelot

and Colonel iarayre were nominated ; and
Captain day lor appointed official secretary.
This conference did not break up till a late
hour in the evening, when it was first made
known that an armistice for forty-eight hours

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neral BelliaixFs calling
owing to the separation of
severe duty. Still,

was agreed upon. It was also found neces-
sary to make it of this duration, from the
difficulty attending Ge
a council of war, .
his officers upon a very
owing to the address of these negotiators, on
the 24th, the line of demarkation was settled ;
and, on the 26th, the definitive articles were

agreed to.
The capitulation of Cairo, and its garrison,
was signed on the morning of the 2/th;
though the articles were not known in the
British camp till a printed copy, circulated
by General Belliard, was procured. And at
the same time it was privately stipulated, that
the French troops, embarked on board the