"On 31 December 1799, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Lindenthal gave the strength of the French garrison as 2,500 soldiers, 1,500 sailors, 130 Guarde Nationale and 70 Maltese; a total of 4,280 men, with 200 in hospital." :
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"These positions are shown in a map drawn by Colonel Lewis Lindenthal, an engineer on the Staff of General Fox, who arrived from Minorca on 6 December 1799 (Fig 1)." :