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Excerpt from The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Vol. 2 of 3
Buomraars set sail for Egypt from Toulon in the night of the 18th of May 1708. Ho arrived before Malta, and took pone-mon of that place on the l0th of June, alter doubling Capo Carlo and Cape Bonara. Cail'arelli seeing the strength of the place when they entered, observed to the commander-ln-chict', It was well we had friends here to let us in. When the French squadron loll Toulon, it was composed of thirteen call of the lino, six trig. Ates, and a dozen brigs, sloops, and cutters. There was one ship (the Orient) of 120 guns and three of 80. A ?eet of several hundred sail accompanied it. The French squadron, availing itself of the number of light vessels it possessed, obtained intelligence from a great distance, so that the convoy had nothing to fear, and in case of falling in with the enemy, could easily get out of the reach of the engagement. Every French man of war had 000 soldiers on board, with a company of land-artillery amongst them. Twice a day, during the month they had been out at sea, the troops had been exercised in manosuvring the guns. The French army in all amounted to about men. During a great part of the voyage, the probability of falling in with the English was the general subject of conversation. Nelson, who had been joined by Lord St. Vincent's ton ships, and was appointed to the command ot' the squadron that was on the look-out for the French fleet, was cruising otl' Toulcn on the lot of J une. Ilo did not then know.
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