British Victory in Egypt : The End of Napoleon's Conquest


Piers. Mackesy
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
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London : : I.B.Tauris, , 2010.
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1 online resource (299 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; List of Maps and Tables; Introduction; Preface; Part I - Forging an Army; 1 'SIR RALPH IS NOT A COURTIER'; 2 A LOOK AT JOHN TURK; 3. THE FORGING OF THE BLADE; 4. REHEARSING INVASION; 5. THE EVE OF BATTLE; Part II - Beach-Head; 6. ASSAULT LANDING; 7. 'WE SHALL ALL FARE ALIKE'; 8. 'A COOL INTREPIDITY': THE MANDARA BATTLE; 9. 'WE MUST MAKE THE ATTEMPT'; 10. SURPRISED IN DARKNESS; 11. THE BATTLE IN THE DAWN; 12. THE PRICE OF VICTORY; Part III - Breakout; 13. 'UNGRACIOUS MANNERS AND A VIOLENT TEMPER'; 14. 'MUCH MORE AT EASE IN HIS COMMAND'; 15. THE THRUST ON THE NILE. - 16. THE VERGE OF MUTINY17. ONWARD TO CAIRO; Part IV - Honour Redeemed; 18. FORTY CENTURIES LOOK DOWN; 19. THE FINAL MANOEUVRE; 20. THE FALL OF ALEXANDRIA; 21. THE ACHIEVEMENT; 22. 'ABERCROMBY'S SOLDIERS'; Later titles of the British regiments; Notes; Guide to Citations; Index. - In 1800 the British army's reputation was in tatters, having experienced nothing but failure in wars across the world for forty years; at home, a divided cabinet had to face the problem of Egypt, which had been occupied by Napoleon's Army of the Orient since 1798. The task of ejecting France fell to a disparate band of soldiers led by Sir Ralph Abercromby which, against all the odds, defeated the French army on 21 March 1801, bringing Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign to a definitive and crushing end. Piers Mackesy vividly brings to life the events of the battle, revealing how Abercromby's brillian
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