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Download or read book The Life of Sir David Baird written by Walter Harold Wilkin and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...answer to his letter of 18th October approving of the Earl of Cavan's action in blending the two armies, and stating that he had forwarded the whole correspondence to the Commander-in-Chief. Lord Cavan now determined to move some units of the Indian army, and issued orders for the 10th and 61st Regiments to march to Alexandria. He also asked General Baird where he would prefer to remain himself. In reply, Baird thanked Lord Cavan for offering him a choice, but said that he would leave the decision entirely to him. On 5th December the Earl informed Baird that he did not propose to give him the command of any particular brigade, but to appoint him second-incommand of the army in Egypt. On this date a despatch arrived bringing official intelligence that the preliminaries of peace had been signed between England and France. The negotiations with the Turks were still in progress, and early in January a secretary of the Embassy arrived from Constantinople instead of Lord Elgin. The Mamelukes began to be uneasy for their safety, and on 24th January they left Gizeh and set out for Upper Egypt. This action relieved the British authorities from a great load of embarrassment, and the subsequent strife between the Turks and the Mamelukes does not concern us. About this time General Baird received a despatch from Lord Wellesley, dated 17th October 1801, in which the Governor-General stated that owing to the internal state of affairs in India he had decided to relinquish the expedition against Java and Mauritius, and he directed General Baird to return to India as soon as he could be spared from Egypt. He added that he had put Sir Home Popham in political charge of the Red Sea, and concluded as follows: --"I cannot close this despatch without...