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Article NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION OF BUONAPARTE. ← Page 7 of 9 →
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Narrative Of The Expedition Of Buonaparte.
The Commander in Chief learning that , notwithstanding his proclamation on the 23 d of August , several Generals commanding in hostile provinces had imposed contributions in money , without being authorised to do so , and without giving any account ; that many others had imposed contributions in kind , which the Cophtis Intendants were collecting , in pursuance of orders from the Intendant-General ; and that several detached Officers had ' confiscated boats laden with
provisions , going down the Nile , enacted as follows : ' That every Officer who shall have imposed a contribution without immediately apprising the Etat Major , and remitting the money to the Paymaster of the Army , shall be treated as , a dilapidator . It is strictly prohibited to convert into motley the contributions imposed in kind . * The navigation of the Nile is free ; being the only means of
securin o- the supply of Cairo with provisions . It is prohibited to stop vessels laden with provisions , under any pretext whatever . The , Commanders of provinces are prohibited to exact any thing from the inhabitants' under any pretence whatever . Several of them claim the pay of Keachefs , by which they would have double pay , a thing contrary to our laws . ' ' ' Th = General in Chief enacts , that there be only one kind of bread
used in the army . All the allowances , either to the Staff Officers 01 Administrators , shall be of army bread . Bread of a superior sort shall be made for the hospitals ; but the administrators and keepers of stores are strictly prohibited from giving to the General in Chief , or any other General , or others , the bread destined for the hospitals . On the visit to the hospitals made every day by the officer on duty , an acthe italsIt is
count shall be taken of the bread sent to hosp . prohibited , under the severest penalties , to give this bread to any other purpose whatever . . ' The Commander in Chief is informed that several clerks and administratois cmbaik in the passage-boats between Cairo and Rosetta and Damietta without being provided withorders as required . He allowed to embark either
expressly forbids any Frenchman from being at Boulac or Old Cairo , or any other place , without a passport , either from the General in Chief of the Staff or the Comptroller Sucy . Posts shall be placed at the points of arrival and setting out of these boats , to superintend the execution of this regulation . ' The Military Council of the division of General Bon has condemned to five years imprisonment in irons a person of the name of Vaultre , a domestic of Citizen Thirriot , adjutant sub-lieutenant of the 24 th horse chasseurs , convicted of robbery . '
AUG . 29 . ' The Commander in Chief being informed that the inhabitants ofthe town of Alkhamhave assassinated the French Aidede-camp Julien , and fifteen ofthe Frenchmen who formed his escort , * orders that the said village shall be burnt . The General Lanus shal < ro with 500 men and an advice-boat to Alkham , to execute the said order . All the cattle and grain found in the place shall be embarked and confiscated to the profit of the Republic . If the Scheiks can be
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Narrative Of The Expedition Of Buonaparte.
The Commander in Chief learning that , notwithstanding his proclamation on the 23 d of August , several Generals commanding in hostile provinces had imposed contributions in money , without being authorised to do so , and without giving any account ; that many others had imposed contributions in kind , which the Cophtis Intendants were collecting , in pursuance of orders from the Intendant-General ; and that several detached Officers had ' confiscated boats laden with
provisions , going down the Nile , enacted as follows : ' That every Officer who shall have imposed a contribution without immediately apprising the Etat Major , and remitting the money to the Paymaster of the Army , shall be treated as , a dilapidator . It is strictly prohibited to convert into motley the contributions imposed in kind . * The navigation of the Nile is free ; being the only means of
securin o- the supply of Cairo with provisions . It is prohibited to stop vessels laden with provisions , under any pretext whatever . The , Commanders of provinces are prohibited to exact any thing from the inhabitants' under any pretence whatever . Several of them claim the pay of Keachefs , by which they would have double pay , a thing contrary to our laws . ' ' ' Th = General in Chief enacts , that there be only one kind of bread
used in the army . All the allowances , either to the Staff Officers 01 Administrators , shall be of army bread . Bread of a superior sort shall be made for the hospitals ; but the administrators and keepers of stores are strictly prohibited from giving to the General in Chief , or any other General , or others , the bread destined for the hospitals . On the visit to the hospitals made every day by the officer on duty , an acthe italsIt is
count shall be taken of the bread sent to hosp . prohibited , under the severest penalties , to give this bread to any other purpose whatever . . ' The Commander in Chief is informed that several clerks and administratois cmbaik in the passage-boats between Cairo and Rosetta and Damietta without being provided withorders as required . He allowed to embark either
expressly forbids any Frenchman from being at Boulac or Old Cairo , or any other place , without a passport , either from the General in Chief of the Staff or the Comptroller Sucy . Posts shall be placed at the points of arrival and setting out of these boats , to superintend the execution of this regulation . ' The Military Council of the division of General Bon has condemned to five years imprisonment in irons a person of the name of Vaultre , a domestic of Citizen Thirriot , adjutant sub-lieutenant of the 24 th horse chasseurs , convicted of robbery . '
AUG . 29 . ' The Commander in Chief being informed that the inhabitants ofthe town of Alkhamhave assassinated the French Aidede-camp Julien , and fifteen ofthe Frenchmen who formed his escort , * orders that the said village shall be burnt . The General Lanus shal < ro with 500 men and an advice-boat to Alkham , to execute the said order . All the cattle and grain found in the place shall be embarked and confiscated to the profit of the Republic . If the Scheiks can be