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A SKY AFLAME43his journal for 11 July, “A commission has been charged with researching andtaking possession of the goods of the Mamluks.”The prudence of the mayor in hiding and locking up his possessions wasfurther illustrated by an anecdote told by Jacques Miot, commissary of the army,in his memoir of the invasion. He said that troops fanned out in Damanhursearching for grain, and they came upon a hidden, windowless harem containingthree black slave women belonging to the elderly mayor. They were not goodlooking,but “in the desert one is not choosy,” he remarked, and the troops consideredattempting their first Egyptian romance. They were disappointed tolearn, however, that the sheikh had clapped strong iron chastity belts on allthree women, which they found it impossible to remove. 30After they arrived in Damanhur, Bernoyer found a shady area to rest inthe city and sent his servant to find food. In the meantime he slept fitfully onan empty stomach. When he awoke, he found the wife of a soldier offeringhim some soup, but “with a delicacy out of place in such circumstances, I declined.”A few French soldiers’ wives accompanied their husbands. It is unlikelymany survived. Bernoyer admitted he would have gladly paid a prettypenny for the soup, but could not in good conscience accept the poor woman’shospitality. Then his servant brought him some disgusting white cheese thathe could not think of eating. He sought out an officer’s table, and was reprimandedand threatened with arrest for not being with the equipment detachment,as ordered. He explained that he had waited for them in Alexandriauntil the army was almost out of sight, and had thought it expedient to go onwithout them. It was then revealed to him that the Bedouin had massacred thesixty-two stragglers.That evening the French set out again. While in town they had been able tosing some war ditties, and the Marseillaise. Now they had to fall silent again,Sergeant François remembered, for fear of the emirs. The surgeon D. J. Larreyrecalled the increasingly dangerous terrain into which the French troops wereventuring. “On departing Damanhur, the phalanx of the headquarters, where Iwas with the wounded, was assailed on all sides by a cavalry of numerousBedouin and Mamluks. We would have no doubt succumbed without theprompt aid that we received from the division of Desaix, and without the vigilanceand agile tactics of Colonel Dupas, who then commanded the armyscouts. As it was, several individuals of our square were killed or wounded.” 31Bernoyer said that, next morning, he found out that nomads had captured a fineyoung officer and demanded a ransom. Bonaparte refused, saying that if he hadto ransom everyone who fell into Bedouin hands between there and Cairo, his
44 NAPOLEON’S EGYPTtreasury would be bankrupted. Upon receiving this answer, the Bedouin, notwishing to feed and take care of their captive, blew out his brains in full view ofthe French. Bonaparte had ransomed others, so it is unclear why he declined inthis instance. The price was small and the choice was fully the general’s.Bernoyer, the civilian, was disgusted, and was not alone in his sentiments.Moiret’s division had barely arrived at Rahmaniya on 10 July when a fewemirs appeared. Desaix’s 15th Regiment of Dragoons set out after them.
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CONTENTSMap of EgyptList of Illustr
Page 8 and 9: Map by Arman H. Cole
Page 10 and 11: ACKNOWLEDGMENTSNapoleon’s Egypt c
Page 12 and 13: ACKNOWLEDGMENTSxiBrettne Bloom and
Page 14 and 15: Napoleon’s EgyptINVADING THE MIDD
Page 16 and 17: 1THE GENIUS OF LIBERTYThe top-secre
Page 18 and 19: THE GENIUS OF LIBERTY3the Continent
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Page 26 and 27: THE GENIUS OF LIBERTY11Egypt, where
Page 28 and 29: THE GENIUS OF LIBERTY13Throughout t
Page 30 and 31: THE GENIUS OF LIBERTY15Revolution i
Page 32 and 33: THE GENIUS OF LIBERTY17That April,
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Page 36 and 37: 2A SKY AFLAMEThe patrician Vice Adm
Page 38 and 39: A SKY AFLAME23Bernoyer reported tha
Page 40 and 41: A SKY AFLAME25defeat, but this defi
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Page 44 and 45: A SKY AFLAME29about Cleopatras. To
Page 46 and 47: A SKY AFLAME31vocabulary. The procl
Page 48 and 49: A SKY AFLAME33fore and killed him,
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Page 54 and 55: A SKY AFLAME39Damanhur. “In five
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Page 80 and 81: 4GRAND CAIROHungry, thirsty, and ex
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7ALI BONAPARTEAlthough he was being
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ALI BONAPARTE133that “the politic
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ALI BONAPARTE135Menou wrote in Octo
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ALI BONAPARTE137her as often as pos
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ALI BONAPARTE141volved what to them
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168 NAPOLEON’S EGYPTrevolutionary
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170 NAPOLEON’S EGYPTmillion citiz
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180 NAPOLEON’S EGYPTFrench slave
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182 NAPOLEON’S EGYPTTheir nervous
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186 NAPOLEON’S EGYPTfanatical”
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188 NAPOLEON’S EGYPThowever, this
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190 NAPOLEON’S EGYPTand a cape of
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196 NAPOLEON’S EGYPTmistress migh
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200 NAPOLEON’S EGYPTthe chief jus
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206 NAPOLEON’S EGYPTto see Bonapa
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216 NAPOLEON’S EGYPTrevolt,” ac
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228 NAPOLEON’S EGYPTdefeated and
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234 NAPOLEON’S EGYPTone. The tech
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242 NAPOLEON’S EGYPTThe Meccan vo
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244 NAPOLEON’S EGYPTnearly 6,000
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