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culottes, the Scotch regiments ; and which,
taken altogether, notwithstanding their rags,
formed a very soldier-like parade.
The Captain Pacha, also, conscious of the
superior discipline of his troops beyond those
of the Vizir, displayed the regularity of his
encampment with no small degree of triumph;
and which had such an effect upon the Vi-
zir, that he requested officers to be sent him
from the British head-quarters to arrange his
camp in the same manner. Still, though
this request was immediately attended to, as
his troops resisted any alteration, the im-
provement was dropped, for fear of exciting
a mutiny. ... •
But now, though the British camp was
the scene of festivity, when the coffin of Ge-
neral Kleber passed by them, real sorrow,
says Sir R. Wilson, agitated every heart a-
mong the French. Every soldier felt that
therein the bones of a father reposed ; a lea-
der,' whose intrepidity had excited their admi-
ration, who often led them to victory, and
never' deserted them in distress. Had Bona-
parte witnessed this scene, Sir R. Wilson
thinks he might probably have regretted the
haughty expressions he made use of, when
Kleber, beginning a letter to him, with the
fraternal term of Camerade, he exclaimed,
Comerade! Jdomerade, indeed! What right
has Kleber to make so familiar with me?
It is represented as very fortunate for Bo-
naparte that Kleber was deprived of life by
the hand of an assasin, as he had pledged
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taken altogether, notwithstanding their rags,
formed a very soldier-like parade.
The Captain Pacha, also, conscious of the
superior discipline of his troops beyond those
of the Vizir, displayed the regularity of his
encampment with no small degree of triumph;
and which had such an effect upon the Vi-
zir, that he requested officers to be sent him
from the British head-quarters to arrange his
camp in the same manner. Still, though
this request was immediately attended to, as
his troops resisted any alteration, the im-
provement was dropped, for fear of exciting
a mutiny. ... •
But now, though the British camp was
the scene of festivity, when the coffin of Ge-
neral Kleber passed by them, real sorrow,
says Sir R. Wilson, agitated every heart a-
mong the French. Every soldier felt that
therein the bones of a father reposed ; a lea-
der,' whose intrepidity had excited their admi-
ration, who often led them to victory, and
never' deserted them in distress. Had Bona-
parte witnessed this scene, Sir R. Wilson
thinks he might probably have regretted the
haughty expressions he made use of, when
Kleber, beginning a letter to him, with the
fraternal term of Camerade, he exclaimed,
Comerade! Jdomerade, indeed! What right
has Kleber to make so familiar with me?
It is represented as very fortunate for Bo-
naparte that Kleber was deprived of life by
the hand of an assasin, as he had pledged
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