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to forward the shipping of a division of the
army, under General Craddock, amounting,
upon the whole, to 5051 men, of which only
3521 were lit for duty.
'This force, after some inevitable delays,
was put in motion ; and the first division,
marching to Aboukir, was put.in line-of-
battle ships, accompanied by Generals Crad-
dock and Do vie. Colonel Stuart was left to
bring the- remainder ; and the fleet, consist-
o 7 a
ing of seven sail of the line, a frigate, and
a man of war brig, was under the command
of Lord Keith. ■ ■ a-C
On the 15th of September, dispatches were
brought from England by Lord William Ben-
tinck, countermanding the destination of the
first expedition, substituting others for the
same, and that which was to follow ; .and,
Lord William Bentinck falling in with Lord
Keith in his passage, his Lordship no longer
exhibited the signal for his rendezvous at
A ' ~ ~ "’5 ♦ • ’
Malta. General Coote was now likewise to
proceed on another service with 6000 men,
and to assemble at Gibraltar. General Moore
was ordered to England without delay ; and,
as Genera! Hutchinson had leave to return
ho ne, Lord Cavan was left to command in
Egypt, and General Fox in the Mediterranean.
And thus the British government seemed to
have anticboated the surrender of Alex-
A
andria.
■ The French, at Aboukir, &c. seemed to
embark in great spirits for their return-home ;
and many of their vessels, which came round
1
/into. the hai
outconvov.
granted the
small re'.-. -
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people, it if
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to forward the shipping of a division of the
army, under General Craddock, amounting,
upon the whole, to 5051 men, of which only
3521 were lit for duty.
'This force, after some inevitable delays,
was put in motion ; and the first division,
marching to Aboukir, was put.in line-of-
battle ships, accompanied by Generals Crad-
dock and Do vie. Colonel Stuart was left to
bring the- remainder ; and the fleet, consist-
o 7 a
ing of seven sail of the line, a frigate, and
a man of war brig, was under the command
of Lord Keith. ■ ■ a-C
On the 15th of September, dispatches were
brought from England by Lord William Ben-
tinck, countermanding the destination of the
first expedition, substituting others for the
same, and that which was to follow ; .and,
Lord William Bentinck falling in with Lord
Keith in his passage, his Lordship no longer
exhibited the signal for his rendezvous at
A ' ~ ~ "’5 ♦ • ’
Malta. General Coote was now likewise to
proceed on another service with 6000 men,
and to assemble at Gibraltar. General Moore
was ordered to England without delay ; and,
as Genera! Hutchinson had leave to return
ho ne, Lord Cavan was left to command in
Egypt, and General Fox in the Mediterranean.
And thus the British government seemed to
have anticboated the surrender of Alex-
A
andria.
■ The French, at Aboukir, &c. seemed to
embark in great spirits for their return-home ;
and many of their vessels, which came round
1
/into. the hai
outconvov.
granted the
small re'.-. -
I
ml man isi
These
people, it if
perform qu
and then l;c
possess'1.:
the contract
The From
ed in the 1
time Lord (
andria to ti
. But, the
takings had
□
Wilson oln
meritsis, tl
where he
.revenue, n
it to his o\\
as poor as
that his in
fact never <
neral char
disinterest
reffdarity
most cons',
the sokuv.'
oihanishn
own ditto
W the ?
0 c