 | 1798 - 774 Seiten
...'hat a great port'on °f the army was 'engaged in-tha attack on .Alexandria. • ••' t See the back, as soon as they had read it, thirty of our people...prisoners, with an offer of their services against the Mameloucs. We have treated them kindlyv They are an invincible people, inhabiting a burning desert,... | |
 | C. H. Gifford - 1817 - 944 Seiten
...tower of Marabout, or the Isles des Arabes. The two first days we Lad a number of stragglers cut oft* by the Arab and mameluke cavalry. I imagine that we...They are an invincible people, inhabiting a burning desert, mounted on the fleetest horses in the world, and full of courage : they live with their wives... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 720 Seiten
...enemies of the Mameloiioe. and who, properly speaking, arp neither more nor less than intrepid roMier*, sent us back, as soon as they had read it. thirty...of our people whom they had made prisoners, with an oflVr ol their services apainst the Mameloucs."— Louis BONAPARTE ; inlrruft'd Corretj ir,idt,Ttce,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1835 - 456 Seiten
...disgusted with the commencement of the expedition.1 To add to their embarrassment, the enemy beare neither more nor less than intrepid robbers, sent...prisoners, with an offer of their services against the Mameloucs." — Lou1s BUONAPARTE ; Intercepted Correspondence, part ip 7 ] 1 [" It would be difficult... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1835 - 454 Seiten
...their embarrassment, the enemy beare neither more nor less than intrepid robbers, »ent us back, ta won as they had read it, thirty of our people whom they...prisoners, with an offer of their services against the Mameloucs." — Louis BUONAPARTE ; Intercepted Coirespondence, part ip 7.] 1 [" It would be difficult... | |
 | Marie Joseph L. Adolphe Thiers - 1838 - 502 Seiten
...country he who violates is a coward. " The first city that we shall come to was built by Alexander. astonishing. The Bedouins, enemies of the Mamelukes,...an offer of their services against the Mamelukes." — Louis Bonavarte. E. * " The French army, since the Revolution, had practised no sort of worship.... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1843 - 440 Seiten
...country. It has produced an effect altogether astonishing. The Bedouins, enemies of the Mameloucs, and who, properly speaking, are neither more nor less...prisoners, with an offer of their services against the Mameloucs."— Louis BUONAPARTE ; Intercepted Correspondence, part i., p. 7. to relieve their tormenting... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1852 - 914 Seiten
...proclamation itself has produced the most surprising effect. The Arabs, natural enemies of the Mamelukes, sent us back, as soon as they had read it, thirty...an offer of their services against the Mamelukes." It was an interesting peculiarity in the character of Napoleon that he respected all religions as necessities... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1860 - 722 Seiten
...Arabs, natural enemies of the Mamelukes, s«nt us back, as soon as they had read it, thirty of onr people whom they had made prisoners, with an offer of their services against the Mamelukes." It was an interesting peculiarity in the character of Napoleon, that he respected all religions as... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1876 - 430 Seiten
...are neither more nor less than intrepid robbers, sent ua back, us soon as they had read it, tnirty of our people whom they had made prisoners, with an offer of their services against the Mame, louci."— Louis BuoN/' • •- --matC' ' parti., p. 7 to relieve their tormenting thirst. The... | |
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Paris," wrote one of the officers of the army, " will laugh outright, at the Mohammedan proclamation of Napoleon. He, however, is proof against all your raillery, and the proclamation itself has produced the most surprising effect. The Arabs, natural... 
