Bonaparte in Egypt, 1798 by Édouard Detaille

This Napoleon was pretty cute

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The canals of the lost city of Anekhis are dark and overgrown by vegetation, but nobody can hide from the biomagic constructs wandering the ruins.

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Eugène about Sidney Smith

This is another snippet taken from Eugène de Beauharnais’s fragmented memoirs (Memoires et correspondance politique et militaire du Prince Eugène, Tome 1). In it, he mentions that while in Egypt, he crossed paths with Sidney Smith twice, both times missing him by an inch, the first time happening in Suez and the second time, related here, during the Battle of Aboukir. According to Eugène, during this battle [...]

[… t]he enemy was quickly dislodged from the advanced positions they occupied. Although I was not an artillery officer, I was nevertheless instructed by the general-in-chief to direct the first two guns we had taken from the Turks against the English boats on our left, already moving away.

[Insert sequence of a dozen clueless cavalrymen surrounding a Turkish canon.]

So, that’s where the canon ball goes in, right? And, I believe we have to light a fuse or something… Isn’t there also some kind of powder involved? Oh, Claude, maybe don’t stand directly in front of the barrel, we don’t really know what … [canon goes off] Woah! Hey, I think we almost hit something!

I noticed that one of our cannonballs fell close enough to a longboat to cover the men in it with water; and, by a singular coincidence, Commodore Sidney Smith was also among them, as he himself assured me, fifteen years later.

Which I assume to have happened during the Congress of Vienna that I understand both men attended. I can just imagine, during a nice evening dinner at the Hofburg, Eugène telling the people sitting next to him about the battle of Aboukir:

"And then Napoleon said we should fire a canon at the British boats, and we had no clue what we were doing but guess what, we still almost hit one. Don’t know who was in it but one thing I know for sure, they must have been soaking wet…"

Sidney Smith from across the table, jumping up: "Hold a second! That was you?"

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Chars M3 Grant, M3 Lee et M3 Stuart – 1ère bataille d'El Alamein – El Alamein – Egypte – 9 juillet 1942

Photographe : Sergent Windows - No. 1 Army Film and Photo Section, Army Film and Photographic Unit

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Bonaparte sur une terrasse au Caire - Gustave Bourgain - WikiArt.org

NAPOLEON-EGIIPTO-ARTE-PINTURA-ESFINGE-HISTORIA-PERSONAJES-FRANCIA-PINTOR-ERNEST DESCALS por Ernest Descals Por Flickr: NAPOLEON-EGIIPTO-ARTE-PINTURA-ESFINGE-HISTORIA-PERSONAJES-FRANCIA-PINTOR-ERNEST DESCALS- El General NAPOLEON BONAPARTE en la campaña militar en EGIPTO con la Esfinge a su lado, personajes de la historia de Francia en el entorno monumental de sus conquistas. Pintura del artista pintor Ernest Descals con acuarelas y gouache sobre papel de 35 x 27 centímetros, obras de recreación histórica.

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The Battle of the Pyramids 21 July 1798 by Louis-François Lejeune

Roustam’s first impression and description of Napoleon:

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If he had to carry one more box of natron down all those flights of stairs, he will scream. His arms ached, his whole body hurt, and by the gods just wanted to lay down. He'd found a place to sit in one of the wider windows, feet just barely hovering off the ground. Ah, how good it felt just to lean back... relax... and not have a worry about... The sound of footsteps immediately drew his attention, curious blue eyes flickering down the hall.

About... His gaze grew worried as the figure drew closer, outline looking suspiciously like someone very important.

About... He'd swear up and down that his heart stopped once he was finally able to see who was about to pass him by.

The pharaoh. Oh, crap, if he saw him slacking, he could get into huge trouble! Do something, do something!! Panicking, he hurried to stand back up properly, but his haste made him lose balance and he started falling backward. He was grateful that he had some good lower body strength, otherwise he really would've fallen out. Instead, alas, he was half dangling above the ground with wide-eyed strangers staring at him from the ground.

If he doesn't move, maybe the pharaoh won't see him. But how's he gonna get back up...

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Un homme de la RAF place une croix composée de débris d'avion sur la tombe de 5 aviateurs italiens abattus le 31 octobre 1940 au-dessus de Mersa Matruh – Campagne d'Afrique du Nord – Egypte – 27 décembre 1940