[Footnote 1485: Paget to Canning, 24 Sept., 1807. _Ibid._]
[Footnote 1486: Paget to Canning, 1 Oct., 1807. _Ibid._]
[Footnote 1487: Canning to Paget, 14 Aug., 1807. _Ibid._]
[Footnote 1488: Canning to Paget, 15 Aug., 1807. F.O. Turkey, 56.]
[Footnote 1489: Canning to Paget, 14 Aug., 1807. _Ibid._]
[Footnote 1490: Paget to Canning, 22 Oct., 1807. F.O. Turkey, 56.]
[Footnote 1491: _Ibid._]
[Footnote 1492: Fraser to Castlereagh, 26 Sept., 1807. W.O. 1, 348.
On the withdrawal Captain Hallowell blocked the harbour of Alexandria by
sinking two old ships at the entrance. He did this on instructions with
the object of preventing large warships from finding enough depth of
water. Whether this was really effective or not the point did not arise.
Collingwood to Pole, 16 Oct., 1807. Ad. 1, 413.