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To this number, 500 French might have
been added, who deserted on the march to
Rosetta to join the Mamelukes. Whatever
might have been their motives, they resisted
the persuasions of the general against it, and
preferred staying in Egypt to a return to
France. This statement, however, which is
made by Sir R. Wilson, seems rather to clash
with what he had before asserted of the de-
* K *
jection of the French deserters among the
Mamelukes, the consciousness of the abuses
they had sustained from them, &c. Sir
R. Wilson adds, that upwards of 100 more
French, at work upon the bridge of Giza, and
so not mentioned in the capitulation, posi-
tively insisted upon remaining in Egypt !
Their motives may one day cease, to be mys-
terious.
When the French embarked for their own
\ . .
country, they were excessively clamorous
about the rations of salt pork, biscuits, &c.
supposing they had a right to more ; and
were even so riotous, that, at length, Lord
Keith was compelled to declare he would fire
into the first ship in which he heard any
tumult, a threat which effectually preserved
order in future.
Captain Clarke made General Belliard an
offer of a passage in the cabin of Braakel;
but, as he preferred the Duke of York trans-
port, a fine large vessel, it was granted, and
the French general’s suite was rather numerous.
The French, for some unaccountable reason,
wishing to take a vast quantity of ammuni-
To this number, 500 French might have
been added, who deserted on the march to
Rosetta to join the Mamelukes. Whatever
might have been their motives, they resisted
the persuasions of the general against it, and
preferred staying in Egypt to a return to
France. This statement, however, which is
made by Sir R. Wilson, seems rather to clash
with what he had before asserted of the de-
* K *
jection of the French deserters among the
Mamelukes, the consciousness of the abuses
they had sustained from them, &c. Sir
R. Wilson adds, that upwards of 100 more
French, at work upon the bridge of Giza, and
so not mentioned in the capitulation, posi-
tively insisted upon remaining in Egypt !
Their motives may one day cease, to be mys-
terious.
When the French embarked for their own
\ . .
country, they were excessively clamorous
about the rations of salt pork, biscuits, &c.
supposing they had a right to more ; and
were even so riotous, that, at length, Lord
Keith was compelled to declare he would fire
into the first ship in which he heard any
tumult, a threat which effectually preserved
order in future.
Captain Clarke made General Belliard an
offer of a passage in the cabin of Braakel;
but, as he preferred the Duke of York trans-
port, a fine large vessel, it was granted, and
the French general’s suite was rather numerous.
The French, for some unaccountable reason,
wishing to take a vast quantity of ammuni-