Memoir of the life of the much-lamented Lieutenant-General Sir R. Abercromby / [Sir Ralph Abercromby].

  • Ralph Abercromby
Date:
1801
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Credit: Memoir of the life of the much-lamented Lieutenant-General Sir R. Abercromby / [Sir Ralph Abercromby]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX. '/ he following Letter from General Hut chiffon, who has Succeeded Sir Ralph in the command of the Britijk troops now in Egypt, is fubjoined> as giving a circutnftantial account j the a Li ion in which that veteran officer re~ caved the wound that occajioned his death. Head-Quarters, Camp, four miles from SiR, Alexandria, April 5thy I 801. 1 have the honor to inform you that after the affair of , the 131b of March, the army took a pofuion about four miles from Alexandria (at prefent dry) and the lake of Aboukir on their left. In this pofition we remained without any material occurrence taking place till the 21 ft March, when the enemy attacked us with nearly the whole of their collected force, amounting probably to 11 or 12,000 men. Of fourteen demi-brigades of infantry, which the French have in this country, 12 appear to have been engaged, and all their cavalry, with the exception of one regiment.-—The enemy made the following difpofitions of their army: General Lanude was on their left, with four demi- brigades of infantry, and a eonfiderabie body of ca val¬ ry, commanded by General Roize; Generals F riant andRampon were in the centre, with five demi-brigades and two regiments of cavalry ; General D’E-ftain com¬ manded the advanced-guard, confiding of demi-bri¬ gades, fome light troops, and a detachment of cavalry. The action commenced abo*ut an hour before dav- > light, by a falfe attack on our left, which was under Major-General Craddock’s command, where they were won
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