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but taken on their passage by some English
cruizers.
About this time, in order to cover the
eastern front of their position, the enemy
_ made a cut on the canal of Alexandria in
front of the Green-Hill; and with a view of
drawing the waters of the inundation into
the plain.
To counteract this undertaking, which
would bring an inlet of water that would ex-
tend over the flat nearly to the sea, General
Coote began a dam parallel with the canal of
Alexandria, and completed it, by night-work
only, in the course of a month. This dam
Was 1.50 yards long, and 6 in breadth-; its
depth 18, and its superior sides eight.
'the British entrenched camp before Alex-
andria is represented as wearing the most
pleasing appearance of any thing of the kind
T _ O I i J O
in Egypt. The huts of the officers, particu-
larly those of the guards, were constructed
with peculiar neatness ; and the new sea, or
•t-
inundation, was a matter of astonishment to
those who had before known the ground,
which, a few weeks ago, had presented no
appearance but that of an arid desert.
On the evening of the 7th, after the whole
of the French from Cairo had embarked, a
French huzzar deserted from Alexandria,
who brought with him the copy of an order,
in which Gen. Menou encouraged his garrison
to defend itself to the last. By him they also
learned that there was no want of fresh meat
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venturing 11
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pined th'■ ‘
' Hutchinson
with a fla {
mitted ’-J ■
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I friends, he
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I hours re
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andria a fi"
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but taken on their passage by some English
cruizers.
About this time, in order to cover the
eastern front of their position, the enemy
_ made a cut on the canal of Alexandria in
front of the Green-Hill; and with a view of
drawing the waters of the inundation into
the plain.
To counteract this undertaking, which
would bring an inlet of water that would ex-
tend over the flat nearly to the sea, General
Coote began a dam parallel with the canal of
Alexandria, and completed it, by night-work
only, in the course of a month. This dam
Was 1.50 yards long, and 6 in breadth-; its
depth 18, and its superior sides eight.
'the British entrenched camp before Alex-
andria is represented as wearing the most
pleasing appearance of any thing of the kind
T _ O I i J O
in Egypt. The huts of the officers, particu-
larly those of the guards, were constructed
with peculiar neatness ; and the new sea, or
•t-
inundation, was a matter of astonishment to
those who had before known the ground,
which, a few weeks ago, had presented no
appearance but that of an arid desert.
On the evening of the 7th, after the whole
of the French from Cairo had embarked, a
French huzzar deserted from Alexandria,
who brought with him the copy of an order,
in which Gen. Menou encouraged his garrison
to defend itself to the last. By him they also
learned that there was no want of fresh meat
i in>PlaC
venturing 11
On the
general of •
pined th'■ ‘
' Hutchinson
with a fla {
mitted ’-J ■
pay-ntastei
I friends, he
claration tl
carried c.i
I hours re
detcrmin
the pay-,
was then u
I Madan
J army from
andria a fi"
son, a fint
It was o..
fat h-. .. I
which to 1
I fcation, ;i:
three chan
I atrCairo:
I tiieaumc ’
whiio
o
Wd theft
I cd risir.
I fave pref,
d Cairo.
I It was 1