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

merits it had received from England ; and,
among these, were the foreign regiments of
Watteville, Chasseurs Britannlque, and a
considerable number of individuals that had
belonged to the army of the Prince of Conde.
The latter embarked 'at Trieste,. on the lOtn
of June, 1801, and arrived at Aboukir on
the 1st of Augtist following. . ' •
General Coote’s exertions for the preser-
vation of his men had been indefatigable. It

was his custom to ride round the lines an
hour before day-light every moaning. The
interest he took for the comfort and safety of
his troops appeared in his exertions for
strengthening and completing their position.
Neither could his anxiety have been other-
wise than considerable, as, at one period, he
had no more than 3,200 men fit for duty in
his camp. ;
Nothing occurred before A lexandria of any
note, previously to the 20th of June, exclusive
of the bumping of the Iphigenie, frigate,
through accident, in the road of Aboukir;
and the refusal of Lord Keith to allow the

Members of the Institute to leave the^place, *
justly alledging that, daring a siege, the-
lessening of subsistence for. fifty persons,
could not be a matter of very small impor-
tance ; thus retorting General Menon’s own

reasons upon himself, in his refusal to admit
a company of comedians into Alexandria,
though sent expressly by the Trench govern-
ment for the amusement of that garrison ;
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