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arrived in the British camp, with the articles
of capitulation ; many of which, though at
first objected to, were at length modified into
the form in which they were published, by
authority, in the London Gazette. And, at
eleven at night, the French aid-de-camp
returned with the capitulation as agreed to
by General Hutchinson. On the following
day General Hope was admitted into Alex-
andria, for the sole purpose of signing the
same.
On this occasion, Sir R. Wilson remarks,
that General Menon received General Hope
with every mark of distinction, and even
invited him to dinner; but the repast con-
sisted of nothing better than horse-flesh.
Happily, on the morning of Sept. 2, Lord
Keith came on shore to ratify the terms, and
confirm a capitulation ; which, without un-
necessarily degrading the concpiered, em-
braced every desirable object.
Fhe preceding evening had been dis-
tinguished by the arrival of General Baird
and Colonel Achmuty, of the Indian army,
which had re-embarked, and began to de-
scend the Nile from the Island of Rhoda, near
Cairo, in dgerms, on the 31st.
The 89th, being ordered to join the main
army, embarked with them ; they had suffer-
ed severely during their stay at Giza, almost
all the officers and men being afflicted with
blindness and the dysentery. Several officers,
also, had died suddenly, after entering a room
of capitulation ; many of which, though at
first objected to, were at length modified into
the form in which they were published, by
authority, in the London Gazette. And, at
eleven at night, the French aid-de-camp
returned with the capitulation as agreed to
by General Hutchinson. On the following
day General Hope was admitted into Alex-
andria, for the sole purpose of signing the
same.
On this occasion, Sir R. Wilson remarks,
that General Menon received General Hope
with every mark of distinction, and even
invited him to dinner; but the repast con-
sisted of nothing better than horse-flesh.
Happily, on the morning of Sept. 2, Lord
Keith came on shore to ratify the terms, and
confirm a capitulation ; which, without un-
necessarily degrading the concpiered, em-
braced every desirable object.
Fhe preceding evening had been dis-
tinguished by the arrival of General Baird
and Colonel Achmuty, of the Indian army,
which had re-embarked, and began to de-
scend the Nile from the Island of Rhoda, near
Cairo, in dgerms, on the 31st.
The 89th, being ordered to join the main
army, embarked with them ; they had suffer-
ed severely during their stay at Giza, almost
all the officers and men being afflicted with
blindness and the dysentery. Several officers,
also, had died suddenly, after entering a room