Medieval and modern times; an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . itself so embarrassed thathe could return as a national savior. And even so it fell out. The French fleetleft Toulon May 19,1798. It was so for-tunate as to escapethe English squad-ron under Nelson,which sailed by itin the night. Bona-parte arrived at Alex-andria July 1, andeasily defeated theTurkish troops inthe famous battle ofthe Pyramids, nearCairo. MeanwhileNelson, who did notknow the destination of the enemys fleet, had returned from theSyrian coast,
Medieval and modern times; an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . itself so embarrassed thathe could return as a national savior. And even so it fell out. The French fleetleft Toulon May 19,1798. It was so for-tunate as to escapethe English squad-ron under Nelson,which sailed by itin the night. Bona-parte arrived at Alex-andria July 1, andeasily defeated theTurkish troops inthe famous battle ofthe Pyramids, nearCairo. MeanwhileNelson, who did notknow the destination of the enemys fleet, had returned from theSyrian coast, where he had looked for the French in vain. He dis-covered Bonapartes ships in the harbor of Alexandria and an-nihilated them in the first battle of the Nile (August 1, 1798).The French troops were now completely cut off from Porte (that is, the Turkish government) declared waragainst France, and Bonaparte resolved to attack Turkey by accordingly marched into Syria in the spring of 1799, but wasrepulsed at Acre, where the Turkish forces were aided by theEnglish fleet. Pursued by pestilence, the army regained Cairo. Egyptian Campaign Europe and Napoleon 533 in June, after terrible suffering and loss. It was still strong enough Bonaparteto annihilate a Turkish army that landed at Alexandria; but J^1 enews now reached Bonaparte from Europe which convinced him EsyPt and 1 A returns to that the time had come for him to hasten back. Northern ParisItaly, which he had won, was lost; the allies were in arms againand were about to invade France, and the Directory was com-pletely demoralized. Bonaparte accordingly secretly deserted hisarmy and managed, by a series of happy accidents, to reachFrance with a few of his best officers by October 9, 1799. The Directory, one of the most corrupt and inefficient gov- The coupernmental bodies that the world has ever seen, had completely the*i8thdisgraced itself. Bonaparte readily found others to join with Brumaire,him in a conspi
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