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Battle of the Nile: French eye witness account, The Times October 5th 1798
a letter from the Comptroller-General of the Eastern Army in Egypt: We got upon the tops of the highest houses ... about a cannon shot from Rosetta...from thence I could distincly see the whole battle...You will reeceive in France the official accounts of us and the English; I know not what they will say but you may rely on what I have written, because it is what I have seen... (Page 2 cols 1-3, 32½in. of letter); further comment and letters in cols 3-4
a letter from the Comptroller-General of the Eastern Army in Egypt: We got upon the tops of the highest houses ... about a cannon shot from Rosetta...from thence I could distincly see the whole battle...You will reeceive in France the official accounts of us and the English; I know not what they will say but you may rely on what I have written, because it is what I have seen... (Page 2 cols 1-3, 32½in. of letter); further comment and letters in cols 3-4