In 1798, during the French Revolutionary Wars, General Napoleon Bonaparte led a French expedition to Egypt. The plan was to conquer the wealthy province and deal a major blow to British interests ...

In 1798, during the French Revolutionary Wars, General Napoleon Bonaparte sailed with a French army to Egypt. The plan was to conquer the wealthy Ottoman province and deal a major blow to British ...

It was a meeting between the Europe of the future and the Egypt of the past. HORWARD: Napoleon just organized his army into five gigantic squares. These are men kneeling and standing and firing so ...