In 1798, during the French Revolutionary Wars, General Napoleon Bonaparte led a French expedition to Egypt. The plan was to conquer the wealthy province and deal a major blow to British interests in ...

While Bonaparte waited for the right moment ... It was a meeting between the Europe of the future and the Egypt of the past. HORWARD: Napoleon just organized his army into five gigantic squares.

Napoleon Bonaparte's ambition to establish an empire ... Istanbul and served under Hekimoglu Ali Pasha whom he followed to Egypt. There he began his political ascent and gained a reputation ...