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The Providence Journal, And Town And Country Advertiser
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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The siege of Alexandria began on August 17, with British forces under Brig. Gen. Coote and General Hutchinson capturing positions and destroying French gun-boats. Gen. Menou requested a two-day armistice to negotiate evacuation, following the French garrison's withdrawal from Cairo.
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SIEGE OF ALEXANDRIA.
A Hamburgh paper of the 20th of Sept. informs, in a letter from Constantinople of the 4th of September, that on the 17th of August the siege of Alexandria commenced. After attacking the French gun-boats, in which two of them were blown up, Brig. Gen. Coote advanced with 2000 men and took Macabou without resistance. During this operation the French squadron before Alexandria made a feint attack on the town, whilst General Hutchinson attacked the French redoubts upon the Green hills, which he carried with very little loss. On the 21st of July the French garrison of Cairo arrived at Rosetta. The measures adopted for their embarkation were so prompt that the whole garrison had sailed on the 17th of August. The French troops consisted of 8000 men, amongst them 200 cavalry, and 50 pieces of cannon. The other persons comprised in the capitulation, amounting to about 2000 of all descriptions, had also passed down the Nile. The news of the siege of Alexandria having commenced on the 17th of August, is confirmed by an extraordinary courier, who arrived at Vienna the 22d of Sept. He brought intelligence that the siege was conducted with so much success, that Gen Menou had requested an armistice of two days, in order to settle the articles of the evacuation of Alexandria, and also the ratification of the Convention of Cairo. M. Ad.
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Alexandria
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17th Of August
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two french gun-boats blown up; macabou taken without resistance; french redoubts on green hills carried with very little loss; french garrison of 8000 men, 200 cavalry, 50 cannon, and 2000 others evacuated from cairo via rosetta by 17th august; armistice requested for evacuation of alexandria and ratification of convention of cairo
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Siege of Alexandria commenced on 17th August; British attacked French gun-boats, blowing up two; Brig. Gen. Coote advanced with 2000 men to take Macabou without resistance; French squadron made feint attack; General Hutchinson captured French redoubts on Green hills with little loss; French Cairo garrison arrived Rosetta 21st July, embarked and sailed by 17th August; confirmed by courier to Vienna on 22nd Sept that siege successful, leading to Gen Menou's armistice request