the foot of the wall, pointing to the place by. which he wished the;
grenadiers to ascend, when he was struck on the forehead by a.
ball, which brought him to the ground; but he was not fated to ' O O 1
meet death in the field of battle. All the three divisions having
entered the place, the defendants fled for refuge into the triangular
fort, the pharos, and the new town. Even the houses were defended
; but before the close of the day the city was quiet, the
two castles had surrendered, and the french were in complete
possession of Alexandria.
The arabs, collecting in the desert in troops of cavalry, harassed
the skirts of the army, and fell upon the stragglers: but it was not
long before Bonaparte concluded with them a treaty of friendship.
Desirous if possible to prevent his scheme from being opposed by
the forces of the Porte, the french general erected the ottoman
Standard in conjunction with the tricolor flag on the walls of Alexandria;
and professed that his only objects were to chastise the
mamalukes, by whom the french merchants had been oppressed;
and to restore to the grand seignior the sovereignty of Egypt,
which the beys had long in reality usurped. A letter to this purpose
he transmitted to the bashaw at Cairo; and he entered into
a convention with the mufti and principal sheiks at Alexandria,
by which he engaged not to interfere with the laws, religion, or
institutions of the country. Before he quitted Alexandria, he ordered
the bodies of the french soldiers, about a hundred and fifty,
who had fallen there, to be interred at the foot of Pompey’s pillar,
and their names to be inscribed on it’s base.
After giving directions for putting, the port and town of Alex