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Latin inscription, written on the occasion by
the Librarian of the order of Malta.
“ In perpetuation of the memory of Ralph
Abercrombie, a native of Scotland, Knight
of the Bath. A man, for his probity, con-
summate courage, ■ military talents, and mag-
nanimity of mind, highly distinguished. He
served in the various wars of America and
Holland ; and, by George III. King of Great
Britain, with the general approbation of his
subjects, was appointed Commander - in-
Chief of the British army in the Mediterra-
nean-sea. Thence, in executing an expedi-
tion to Egypt, though every where opposed
by the flower of the French troops, he, in
one vigorous attack, obtained, and kept pos-
session of, the entire coast of Egypt ; and
afterwards successfully defeated their endea-
vours to oppose him, until the British and
French armies engaging in a sanguinary con-
test near Alexandria, March 21, 1801, he
received a mortal wound in bis thigh, while
fighting in the foremost ranks, and in the
o o ■ # 7
very centre of victory ; of which wound he
expired, to the extreme regret of all who
knew him, on the 28th of the same month,
in the 68th year of his age. As a com-
mander, he was eminently skilled in the art
of war, and his judgement in projecting,
with his bravery in executing his measures,
and for his unsullied honour in every thing
attached to the glory of his country ; bis loss
was equally afflicting both to the sovereign
and the subjects of Great Britain.
To preson
qnired by th
sondwelh
rftbat count
lie had pres
would mak*1
enemy, lb
the deep rut
the earth, li
the acting <
Egyptian Ik
a trot of
the Turk
might be in:
0
speaks with
dual braver’
seem to ha
period tv of
in Egypt,
writing; b!
which, as
wks past
prtment o:
Latin inscription, written on the occasion by
the Librarian of the order of Malta.
“ In perpetuation of the memory of Ralph
Abercrombie, a native of Scotland, Knight
of the Bath. A man, for his probity, con-
summate courage, ■ military talents, and mag-
nanimity of mind, highly distinguished. He
served in the various wars of America and
Holland ; and, by George III. King of Great
Britain, with the general approbation of his
subjects, was appointed Commander - in-
Chief of the British army in the Mediterra-
nean-sea. Thence, in executing an expedi-
tion to Egypt, though every where opposed
by the flower of the French troops, he, in
one vigorous attack, obtained, and kept pos-
session of, the entire coast of Egypt ; and
afterwards successfully defeated their endea-
vours to oppose him, until the British and
French armies engaging in a sanguinary con-
test near Alexandria, March 21, 1801, he
received a mortal wound in bis thigh, while
fighting in the foremost ranks, and in the
o o ■ # 7
very centre of victory ; of which wound he
expired, to the extreme regret of all who
knew him, on the 28th of the same month,
in the 68th year of his age. As a com-
mander, he was eminently skilled in the art
of war, and his judgement in projecting,
with his bravery in executing his measures,
and for his unsullied honour in every thing
attached to the glory of his country ; bis loss
was equally afflicting both to the sovereign
and the subjects of Great Britain.
To preson
qnired by th
sondwelh
rftbat count
lie had pres
would mak*1
enemy, lb
the deep rut
the earth, li
the acting <
Egyptian Ik
a trot of
the Turk
might be in:
0
speaks with
dual braver’
seem to ha
period tv of
in Egypt,
writing; b!
which, as
wks past
prtment o: