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Guns in the Desert General Jean-Pierre Doguereau's Journal of Napoleon's Egyptian Expedition

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Rosemary Brindle

Book Code: GM2512

ISBN: 0-313-32512-X

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32512-0

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232 pages, figure, maps

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 12/30/2002

List Price: $119.95 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)

Availability: Out of stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Contributions in Military Studies

Series Number: 224

Reviews:

[o]ffers a vivid image of soldiers packed into small landing craft.
—H-France Book Reviews July 2004
This is the first English translation of Doguereau's interesting account, and it sheds significant light on a generally overlooked Napoleonic campaign.
—Military Heritage December 2003

Description: This lively, firsthand account of an army trapped in a hostile land, cut off from reinforcement and facing powerful enemies, is offered in English for the first time. As an active artillery officer, Jean-Pierre Doguereau was present at most of the major battles and sieges of the campaign. He suffered the hardships and disappointments and experienced the triumphs and hopes of the courageous, but ultimately doomed, Army of the Orient. While essentially the account of a professional soldier, the journal also details Doguereau's wonder and reflections on the invaded country and its people, so different from the land he and his comrades had expected. As the memoir of a junior staff officer, albeit one who later rose to high rank, this account gives a view from the discomfort of the bivouac. Doguereau details the taking of El Arich and the murder of the garrison at Jaffa, the failure of the assault on Acre, then the terrible march of the plague-stricken French Army back to Cairo. After Napoleon departs for France, the struggle continues against the rising opposition of the Turks. Doguereau writes with an air of great honesty in a style that avoids self-glorification. This translation should interest all students of the period and all who study the reactions of human beings under stress.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Preparations
Leaving Alexandria
Mission to Alexandria
Journey to Suez
The Syrian Expedition
The Investment of Jaffa
The Army Arrives before Saint-Jean-d'Acre
The Retreat of the Army
Events in Upper Egypt
Commander in Chief Kleber
The Breakdown of the Treaty of El-Arich
Leaving Salheyeh
Commander in Chief Menou
Biographical Notes
Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 2002075520

LCC Class: DC225

Dewey Class: 940


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