before him every where, though strongly posted, and in a country
which opposed uncommon obstacles to the progress of troops.
The french suffered extremely in the action, and retreated in much
confusion, leaving their wounded and seven pieces of cannon
behind them.
On the 2 4 th batteries were opened against the redoubt de
Bain; and in the night of the 25 th major general Coote surprised
the enemy’s advanced posts, when seven officers and fifty men
were taken prisoners. This service was gallantly performed by
lieut. col. Smith, with the first battalion of the 20th regiment, and
a small detachment of dragoons under the orders of lieut. Kelly.
The french endeavoured to recover the ground from which they
had been driven, but were repulsed with loss: and in the morning
four batteries were opened on each side of the town against
their intrenched camp, which soon silenced their fire, and induced
them to withdraw many of their g u n s .
In the evening of the 27th general Menou, who had vaunted
of the almost impregnable strength of his positions, and his determination
to defend them, sent an aide-de-camp to the british commander,
to request a truce for three days, in order to give time
for preparing a capitulation; which, after some difficulties and
delays, was signed on the 2d of September.
Thus the french were completely expelled from Egypt, and
obliged to relinquish the fruits of a'conquest, from which they had
promised themselves the greatest advantages; being obliged in a
six months campaign to abandon a country, of which they had
maintained possession for three years, and in which they had hitherto
seemed invincible.
CA TA LOG U E O F T H E PLATES,
W IT H DIRECTIONS TO TH E BINDER FOR PLACING THEM.
To face
View of the Nilometer - - - . - -
The first and second Pyramid o f Geeza,
anciently Memphis - - - - -
The top o f the first or great Pyramid
of Geeza; with a distant View of
the City of Cairo - - - - -
The Passage from the second to the
third Gallery in the great Pyramid
The Chamber that contains the Sar-,
cophagus in the great Pyramid . -
The, Head o f the colossal Sphinx
Entrance to one of the sepulchral
Chambers about two hundred paces
south o f the Sphinx -
A subterranean Chamber, not quite
a mile east of the great Pyramid
of Geeza, theWalls sculptured with
Basso Relievoes, and communicating
with other Chambers - - -
An ancient Sarcophagus o f Basaltes,
called the Lover’s Fountain, placed
in a Niche under the Steps of a
Mosque a t Cairo - - - - - -
Interiour View o f the Catacombs at
. Alexandria, exhibiting the circular
Chamber, and the Entrance to it
The Obelisks a t Alexandria, commonly
called Cleopatra’s Needles
An ancient Obelisk at Matarea, formerly
Heliopolis, about six miles
from Cairo; with a View o f theVil-
lage, and an Encampment o f a Caravan
on it’s Journey across the
Desert - - - - - - - - -
Pompey’s Pillar - - - - - - -
The Baths o f Cleopatra - - - -
Ruins of the Gymnasium, near the Canopic
Gate of Alexandria - - -
, Granite Pillars of the Portico of Canopus
in ancient Alexandria. - -
To face Page
Ruins supposed to be those o f the
Ptolemean Library, about two miles
from theWalls of Old Alexandria,
toward Aboukeer - - - - - 36
A Mosque with an antique Fragment
in Old Alexandria, near the Rosetta
Ga 37
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43
26.
29.
Exterior View o f the ancient Wall of
Alexandria, with Cleopatra’s Needle
Fort and Harbour of Aboukeer, the
ancient Canopus,, as it appeared be-
' fore the French invaded Egypt -
The City of Rashid, or Rosetta - -
Sepulchres o f Arabian Saints, among
the Gardens on the West of Rosetta
The Mosque of Abou Mandour, on
th e Bank o f the Nile, about three
miles above Rosetta - - - - - 44
The Town o f Foua, on the eastern
Bank o f the Nile, about fifteen miles
above Rosetta - - - - - - - 4 5
One of the Gates of Grand Cairo, on
the western side of the City
The principal Square in Grand Cairo.
with Mourad Bey’s Palace -
The Mosque of Four Hundred Pillars,
between Old Cairo and Keba-
seh, on the south of New Cairo -
The Lover’s Fountain, with the adjacent
Mosque, in a small Square at
Cairo - .........................................
Ruins in the Castle o f Cairo, near Jo seph’s
Flail, with Part of an Obelisk
of Porphyry serving as a Threshold
to a Mosque - , - -. - -
Joseph’s Hall, in the Castle o f Cairo
Egyptian Antiquities in the Vestibule
of the Country Flouse of Mr. Carlo
Rosetti, an Italian Merchant, at
Bulac. Among these is a Mummy
46’
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