order book, order book
Accession Number
NAM.1985-12-15-9
Description
Copies of General Orders issued during the expedition to Egypt, 13 Feb - 7 Jun 1801. Orders refer to the movement of troops between ships and preparations to sail, preparations for landing, trading with the 'Arabs', the protection of redoubts and arrangements for forage. Associated with Sir Eyre Coote, 1st Baron John Hely-Hutchinson and the 2nd Earl of Donoughmore (1757-1832), Wars of the French Revolution, Egypt. From a collection of papers of Maj Gen Charles Barnett, 3rd Foot Guards, 1786-1803.
Campaigns
Wars of the French Revolution, Egypt (1798-1801)