In embarking for Egypt, twenty-nine-year-old General Napoleon Bonaparte and his men set off as much in pursuit of the ghosts of Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar as they did to strike a blow against the hated English. Successfully evading the British ships sent to intercept his army, Bonaparte landed and captured Cairo after defeating the Mameluke overlords. However, Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson finally cornered the French warships in Aboukir Bay and delivered a devastating blow to Bonaparte's plans for Egypt.

NAPOLEON IN EGYPT; Napoleon Journal #13

History

DeLaMater, Matt

Martin, Yves

Byrd, Melanie Sue

Europe

UNKNO

Citizens to Arms!: Uniforms of the French Revolutionary Armies 1792-1799 (From Reason to Revolution)

Helion and Company

<p>More than 200 years ago - under the inspiration and leadership of Bonaparte - a revolutionary French Army invaded Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire; this presence lasted beyond Bonaparte’s own departure and subsequent rise to power as First Consul. It ended with another invasion - this time by the British - and the repatriation in France of what was left of the 'Army of the Orient'. The birth of Egyptology; the rise of modern Egypt; the demise of the Ottoman Empire; and start of 'the great game' have all been often told and studied, but what is less well known is that as the French found themselves stranded in a foreign land - profoundly alien to them in culture and climate - they had to adapt to survive. Egypt was a proving ground for many officers and ordinary soldiers who were to rise to prominence during the Napoleonic period. Some of Napoleon’s future inner circle - like Davout, Savary and Lasalle - were first spotted by the young Bonaparte in Egypt, and although initially unplanned as such, it turned out to be the first attempt by the French to build a colony on the African continent. It especially led the French Army to adopt totally new clothing and equipment; to organise native units; and even to draft men from faraway Darfur into its own ranks. Drawing from a wealth of original primary material - much of it never published or even seen before - this study focuses on the French Army of the Orient and its organization, uniforms, equipment and daily life. It aims at providing a renewed and updated image of the French soldier, as told by the surviving archives, memoirs and rare contemporary iconography.</p>

The French Army of the Orient 1798-1801: Napoleon's beloved 'Egyptians' (From Reason to Revolution)

Middle East

Traite D'Anthropologie Medicale: L'Institution De LA Sante Et De LA Maladie (French and English Edition)

Reference

Dufresne, Jacques

Dumont, Fernand

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Univ Quebec Les Presses

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