First French Republic (1792-1804). French Revolutionary Wars. Napoleon reviewing the French army in Lyon for the Egyptian campaign (Armee d'Orient). The French Directory organised a military contingent, under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte, to be deployed in Ottoman Egypt in 1798. The mission consisted of blocking Britain's route to its colonies in India. Drawing by Karl Girardet. Engraving by Rouargue. ""Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire"" (History of the Consulate and the Empire of France under Napoleon), by A. Thiers. Volume III. Published in Paris, 1845.
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First French Republic (1792-1804). French Revolutionary Wars. Napoleon reviewing the French army in Lyon for the Egyptian campaign (Armee d'Orient). The French Directory organised a military contingent, under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte, to be deployed in Ottoman Egypt in 1798. The mission consisted of blocking Britain's route to its colonies in India. Drawing by Karl Girardet. Engraving by Rouargue. ""Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire"" (History of the Consulate and the Empire of France under Napoleon), by A. Thiers. Volume III. Published in Paris, 1845.

Date

19e siècle

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Droits gérés

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