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only as good Citizens, and to treat them as
such.
"As he had sent a Courier to his Govern-
ment during the night, and as I had reason to
believe he had made a false report of what had
passed, I also wrote to the Charge d’Affaires
of the Republic at Corfu, to inform him of
what had passed, and sailed immediately after
for Messina.
" I should not depart from the truth, were
I to assert, that the islands of the Ionian Sea
would declare themselves French the moment
they might be required so to do.
“ ENGLISH ARMY IN EGYPT.
" This Army, commanded by General Stu-
art, is 4430 strong, as appears by the subjoined
statement. Lt occupies entirely, and exclu-
sively, Alexandria and the surrounding forts.
The Turks, who garrisoned some of these
forts, have been driven from them. The Eng-
lish general lately caused Damenhour to be oc-
cupied by 100 infantry and 100 cavalry, under
the pretext of repressing the Arabs. The Eng-
lish take no pains to maintain the works of the
forts. The palisadoes are entirely destroyed,
and the damage done by the rains has greatly
injured all the recent fortifications. They
occupy pone of the works without the inclosure
of the Arabs, and all the exterior redoubts
which existed on the departure of the French
Army are destroyed.
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only as good Citizens, and to treat them as
such.
"As he had sent a Courier to his Govern-
ment during the night, and as I had reason to
believe he had made a false report of what had
passed, I also wrote to the Charge d’Affaires
of the Republic at Corfu, to inform him of
what had passed, and sailed immediately after
for Messina.
" I should not depart from the truth, were
I to assert, that the islands of the Ionian Sea
would declare themselves French the moment
they might be required so to do.
“ ENGLISH ARMY IN EGYPT.
" This Army, commanded by General Stu-
art, is 4430 strong, as appears by the subjoined
statement. Lt occupies entirely, and exclu-
sively, Alexandria and the surrounding forts.
The Turks, who garrisoned some of these
forts, have been driven from them. The Eng-
lish general lately caused Damenhour to be oc-
cupied by 100 infantry and 100 cavalry, under
the pretext of repressing the Arabs. The Eng-
lish take no pains to maintain the works of the
forts. The palisadoes are entirely destroyed,
and the damage done by the rains has greatly
injured all the recent fortifications. They
occupy pone of the works without the inclosure
of the Arabs, and all the exterior redoubts
which existed on the departure of the French
Army are destroyed.
« bit I
20th
. I1
« Mih<
no one k’
Egypt, d<
son. Mi
had tin-
killed bef
orders < :
of the A
jority of 1
distributi
success, v
AW:;
"Rhr
tails, u