ten in the morning
But all Ibrahim 's operations were marked by a want of rapidity . After securing Antioch , the Turkish army should have marched upon Horns , which offered an excellent position , where they might have established a communication with the Druses , upon whom some hopes were founded , and whence they would have commanded the road to Damascus . But it was not till the 6th of July that Hussein would execute this movement . Mehemet Pasha commenced his march ; but in their haste they forgot to issue rations to the troops , who reached Horns at ten in the morning , almost dead with hunger and fatigue . The Seraskier of Aleppo was encamped , with his irregular troops , at the gates of the city ; but without deigning even to think of the enemy , whom they thought to be at some distance , or to issue rations to the serving troops , they wasted their time in vain ceremonies . The young Mehemet Pasha was carried , under a salute of artillery , into a magnificent tent pitched upon the bank of the river . There the two viziers made a long interchange of compliments , and smoked the hargueleh .