"Frenchman Writes on Encounters with Turks, Arabs From: Copies of original letters from the army of General Bonaparte in Egypt, intercepted by the fleet under the command of Admiral Lord Nelson. With an English translation (London, J. Wright, 1798-1800, 3 vols.), vol. 1, pp. 101-103. TRANSLATION. Army of England(1). Grand Cairo, July 27th. R. DESGENETTES(2) to the female Citizen DESGENETTES, Val-de-Grace, Rue St. Jacques, Paris. I WRITE to thee, at last, my dear wife, from Cairo’ which will be, I think, the boundary of my expedition. I wrote to thee twice on our voyage; once from Malta, and again from Alexandria. Opportunities do not often occur, and when they do, they are very unsafe. Not a single letter of thine has yet reached me, nor have I yet heard of thy arrival at Paris."
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