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Narrative Of The Expedition Of Buonaparte, And A Particular Account Of The Glorious Victory Of Admiral Nelson Over The French Fleet.
On the 5 th of July , preparations were made for- the assault of Alexandria , and on the same evening , though the artillery was not yet landed , the attack was made . The walls ofthe city were scaled , and the besieged gave way to the point ofthe bayonet . The defence which the latter made was not dishonourable to their courage , but want of discipline and a sufficient force to oppose thc invaders , foiled every strenuous effortand obliged them to submit to superior
, numbers and a victorious army . The French suffered a loss of from two to three hundred men . The division which made the asssault was commanded by Generals Kleber and Menou : of whom the former was wounded in the head by a musquet ball ; the latter in the act of scaling the wall , fell backwards and drew with him some loose stonesfrom which he suffered
, a contusion in the thigh : at length the intrepid valour ofthe French proved successful . They entered Alexandria . The inhabitants were disarmed without violence , and the conqueror distinguished himself only by acts of clemency and goodness , From his head quarters he addresses the people of Egypt . *
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Narrative Of The Expedition Of Buonaparte, And A Particular Account Of The Glorious Victory Of Admiral Nelson Over The French Fleet.
On the 5 th of July , preparations were made for- the assault of Alexandria , and on the same evening , though the artillery was not yet landed , the attack was made . The walls ofthe city were scaled , and the besieged gave way to the point ofthe bayonet . The defence which the latter made was not dishonourable to their courage , but want of discipline and a sufficient force to oppose thc invaders , foiled every strenuous effortand obliged them to submit to superior
, numbers and a victorious army . The French suffered a loss of from two to three hundred men . The division which made the asssault was commanded by Generals Kleber and Menou : of whom the former was wounded in the head by a musquet ball ; the latter in the act of scaling the wall , fell backwards and drew with him some loose stonesfrom which he suffered
, a contusion in the thigh : at length the intrepid valour ofthe French proved successful . They entered Alexandria . The inhabitants were disarmed without violence , and the conqueror distinguished himself only by acts of clemency and goodness , From his head quarters he addresses the people of Egypt . *