Art. 2. Every village which shall oppose the French army shall be burned to the ground.

Art. 3. Every village which shall submit to the French, shall hoist the French flag, and that of the Sublime Porte, their Ally, whose duration be eternal.

Art. 4. The Cheiks and principal persons of each town and village shall seal up the houses and effects of the Beys, and take care that not the smallest article shall be lost.

Art. 5. The Cheiks, Cadis, and Imans, shall continue to exercise their respective functions; aud put up their prayers, and perform the exercise of religious worship in the mosques and houses of prayer. All the inhabitants of Egypt shall offer up thanks to the Supreme Being, and put up public prayers for the destruction of the Beys.

May the Supreme God make the glory of the Sultan of the Ottomans eternal, pour forth his wrath on the Mameloucs, and render glorious the destiny of the Egyptian Nation.

No. II.

Proclamation of BONAPARTE, Member of the National Institute, and Commander in Chief, dated on. Board L'Orient, June 22.

Soldiers,

You

ou are going to undertake a conquest, the effects of which upon commerce and civilization will be incalculable. You will give the English a most sensible blow, which will be followed up with their destruction.

We shall have some fatiguing marches-we shall fight several battles-we shall succeed in all our enterprizes. The Destinies are in our favour.

The Mamelouc Beys, who favour the English commerce exclusively, who have injured our merchants, and who tyrannize over the unhappy inhabitants of the banks of the Nile, will no longer exist in a few days after our arrival.

The people, among whom you are going to live, are Mahometans. The first article of their faith is, There is no other God but God, and Mahomet is his Prophet.' Do not contradict them. Act with them as you did with the Jews and with the Italians. Treat their Muftis and their Imans with respect, as you did the Rabbis and the Bishops. You must act with the same spirit of toleration towards the ceremonies prescribed by the Alcoran, that you did to the Synagogues and the Convents, to the religions of Moses and of Jesus Christ.

The Roman legions protected all religions. You will find here customs which differ from those of Europe; you must accustom yourselves to them.

The people among whom we are going treat women differently from us; but in every country he who violates them is a monster!

Pillage enriches but a very few men; it dishonours us, it destroys our resources, and it renders these people our enemies, whom it is our interest to have for friends.

The first city we shall arrive at was built by Alexander, and every step we take we shall meet with objects capable of exciting emulation.

(Signed) BONAPARTE.

No. III.

GENERAL ORDERS.

BONAPARTE, Member of the National Institute, Commander in Chief.

Head Quarters, on Board L'Orient, 24th June.

Article 1.

THE Generals who shall command any detached divisions shall order the Commissaries at war, the Paymaster of the Division, an Officer of the Staff, and a Cheik of the country, to seal up the public treasures, and the houses and registers of the revenue collectors of the Mameloucs.

2. All the Mameloucs shall be arrested, and brought to the head quarters of the army.

3. All the towns and villages shall be disarmed.

4. All the horses shall be put in requisition, and shall be delivered to the Chiefs of Cavalry Brigades, who shall immediately cause the soldiers to be mounted; for that purpose they carry bridles and saddles with them. Officers, of whatever rank, are forbidden to take any horses till the cavalry are all mounted. The men are forbidden to change their horses.

5. All horses fit for the Artillery shall be delivered to the Commander of the Artillery of the Division, who will have harness and drivers ready.

6. The camels shall be hired and placed under the direction of the Commander of the Artillery. Those which shall be taken from the Mameloucs, or which shall be taken from the enemy, shall be employed in transporting the artillery and ammunition, so as to diminish as much as possible the number of ammunition waggons. There shall be one camel in each division, at the disposition of the Officer of Engineers, to carry the instruments of the Pioneers.

7. Every battalion shall have two camels to carry their baggage. The chief of Brigade and the Quarter Master shall have one camel to carry the military chest and the registers of the corps; but they are not to have camels till the Artillery are supplied.

8. The Commanders of Artillery and of Cavalry shall give receipts to the Commissaries at War for the camels, horses, &c. which they shall receive.

9. The Commissaries at War shall send an account of the state of the camels to the Chief Commissary; the Chief of Brigade of Cavalry shall send an account to General Dugua; and the Adjutant-General to the Staff.

10.

The horses and camels taken from the enemy after a battle, and after having killed the person who was on it, shall be paid for in the following proportion; that is to say,

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louis d'ors for a horse, and six for a camel. The General of Artillery, and the Quarter-Master-General, shall pay for those which are delivered to their respective corps.

II. When all the Cavalry is mounted, the horses are to be sent to General Dugua, and the camels to the park of artillery.

12. Every soldier who shall enter into the houses of the inhabitants to steal horses or camels, shall be punished.

(Signed) BONAPARTE.

By order of the Commander in Chief,

ALEX. BERTHIER

No. IV.

Head Quarters, on Board the L'Orient, June 28tb. BONAPARTE, Member of the National Institute, Com

mander in Chief.

ORDERS.

Article 1.

THE Admiral shall have the police of the coasts, and the

ports of the countries which shall be occupied by the army. All the regulations which he shall make, and the orders which he shall give, shall be put in execution.

Art. 2. The ports of Malta and Alexandria shall be organized, conformably to the Admiral's regulation, as well as those of Corfeu and Damietta.

Art. 3. Citizen Le Roy shall take upon him the office of Commissary at Alexandria; and Citizen Vavasseur that of Superintendant of the Artillery.

Art. 4. The Agents of the Administration of the ports and roads of the countries occupied by the army, shall correspond with the Commissary, Le Roy; from whom they shall immediately receive their orders.

Art. 5. All the naval stores found in the conquered countries shall be secured in the magazines of the different ports. Art. 6. All the sailors under thirty years of age shall be put in requisition for the fleet.