Egypt -- History -- Mohammed Ali, 1805-1849; Syria -- History; Turkey -- History -- 1829-1878
ART. III.—Wherever the enemy shall be met, he should be attacked by the
artillery; it is necessary that the Commander-in-Chief should exercise
the artillery daily in line of battle.
ART. IV.—To prevent the Egyptians from making a sudden attack upon
Marash, it is necessary that this town be fortified and guarded by a
strong body of troops. After having taken these measures, the
Commander-in-Chief will march upon Aleppo, and from thence to Damascus,
and then to Acre, to take possession of that fortress, and not to lose
time in obtaining possession of all the said towns. After the capture of
Acre, he must leave a strong body of troops in that place, and march
direct upon Egypt. The taking of Acre shall be considered the first
conquest of this war; this enterprise may, perhaps, be accomplished
within four or five months; and if the Egyptian Government does not
return under the dominion of the empire, let the Commander-in-Chief know
that the war will be indefinite, and he must take measures in
consequence; for the conquest of Egypt being the second achievement,
four or five months will be necessary for the success of this second
enterprise. According to this calculation, the important possession of
Syria and Egypt will require eleven months or a year to accomplish.
ART. V.—According to the information we have, Solyman Pacha is not
content with his position. A man of so much importance should be got rid
of. An officer should be sent to him to endeavour by all means to gain
him over to our side. Solyman Pacha being a European, one of our French
officers must be sent to him to endeavour to gain him over to us.
ART. VI.—Mehemet Ali, up to the present time, has given no higher grade
to Arabs than that of Captain, whilst to Christians he gives the rank of
Colonel, General, and Pacha; in our camp, there are Arabs who have the
rank of Pacha. Such being the case, he who deserts to us with thirty
soldiers, shall receive the rank of Lieutenant; and he who deserts with
from thirty to one hundred soldiers, the rank of Captain; and if a
Commandant deserts with his battalion, the rank of Colonel; and those
who intrigue in the Egyptian army to make the soldiers revolt, whether
he be an officer or Colonel, shall obtain high grades with us. In order
to put this project into execution, it is necessary to write
proclamations and to scatter them in the Egyptian camp by means of
spies.
ART. VII.—The Druses, the Mutualis, who are in the Egyptian army, the
chiefs of tribes, and the people who are under the dominion of Mehemet
Ali, should be encouraged by promises to embrace our party. Accordingly
their intentions should be seconded, and they should be granted all they
desire; and the better to succeed in this enterprise, it is necessary
that Hafiz Pacha should have with him 7000 or 8000 purses, to distribute
money where he judges it convenient and useful.
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