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shall be continued as usual. Every one shall
thank God for the destruction of the Marne-
lukesi and cry, glory to the Sultan, glory to
the French army, his friend 1 curses on the
Mamelukes, and happiness to the people of
Egypt
On landing, the greater part of the army had
entered Alexandria only to pass through it into
the desert. The remainder, with the exception
of the garrisons left in this city, and the troops
dispatched under General Menou, for the re-
duction of Rosetta, commenced its march for
Cairo on the sixth and seventh of July. At
half-past nine o’clock on the morning of the
third day, it discovered the Nile at Rahmanieh.
The soldiers, fatigued with their march across
the desert, threw themselves, clothed as they
were, into the water. Almost at the same in-
stant, the drum called them to their colours.
A body of Mamelukes, to the number of about
eight hundred, had advanced in order of battle ;
but, on the hastening of the French to arms,
they withdrew, and before Bonaparte could ad-
vance, fled before the artillery, commanded by
General Dessaix. The French lost one officer
and a guide, and had ten infantry slightly
wounded. The Mamelukes had about forty
killed and wounded.
Bonaparte resolved to rest at Rahmanieh dur-
ing this and the following day. Flere General
Menou, who had taken Rosetta without dif-
ficulty, joined the army. He brought informa-
tion that a Friench flotilla had entered the Nile,
but that it ascended with difficulty, the water
shall be continued as usual. Every one shall
thank God for the destruction of the Marne-
lukesi and cry, glory to the Sultan, glory to
the French army, his friend 1 curses on the
Mamelukes, and happiness to the people of
Egypt
On landing, the greater part of the army had
entered Alexandria only to pass through it into
the desert. The remainder, with the exception
of the garrisons left in this city, and the troops
dispatched under General Menou, for the re-
duction of Rosetta, commenced its march for
Cairo on the sixth and seventh of July. At
half-past nine o’clock on the morning of the
third day, it discovered the Nile at Rahmanieh.
The soldiers, fatigued with their march across
the desert, threw themselves, clothed as they
were, into the water. Almost at the same in-
stant, the drum called them to their colours.
A body of Mamelukes, to the number of about
eight hundred, had advanced in order of battle ;
but, on the hastening of the French to arms,
they withdrew, and before Bonaparte could ad-
vance, fled before the artillery, commanded by
General Dessaix. The French lost one officer
and a guide, and had ten infantry slightly
wounded. The Mamelukes had about forty
killed and wounded.
Bonaparte resolved to rest at Rahmanieh dur-
ing this and the following day. Flere General
Menou, who had taken Rosetta without dif-
ficulty, joined the army. He brought informa-
tion that a Friench flotilla had entered the Nile,
but that it ascended with difficulty, the water