Nelson & His World

On the 25th of March the Capitan Pacha, with five sail of the line, and 5,000 Turks and Albanians, arrived in the bay of Aboukir. Colonel Spencer was detached to Rosetta with 4,000 Turks and a body of British troops. On the 9th of May he defeated General La Grange, at Rhamanie, and entered that place without opposition. The land forces were attended in their progress up the Nile by a strong escort of British gun-boats and launches, under the command of Captain Stephenson, supported by Captains Morrison, Curry, and Hillyar, of the royal navy. These valuable auxiliaries proceeded with courage and success, and were so fortunate as to bring their guns to bear on the French cavalry, which they greatly annoyed in its retreat. Lieutenant Hobbs, of the Delft, of 64 guns, was killed, with some of his men; but in other respects the loss was trifling, when compared with the advantages derived from the combined movement.

The mother of Lieutenant Hobbs, of the Royal Navy, who so gallantly distinguished himself in Egypt, and died from fatigue, has received through our Government, by order of tht Grand Seignor, 5700 piastres; equal to 500l. sterling.