Guns in the desert : General Jean-Pierre Doguereau's Journal of Napoleon's Egyptian expedition

Author(s)

• Doguereau, Jean-Pierre

Bibliographic Information

Guns in the desert : General Jean-Pierre Doguereau's Journal of Napoleon's Egyptian expedition

translated with an introduction by Rosemary Brindle

（Contributions in military studies, no. 224）

Praeger, 2002

Other Title

Journal de l'expédition d'Egypte

Uniform Title

Journal de l'expédition d'Egypte

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-194) and index

Description and Table of Contents

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

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Details

• NCID: BA69517255
• ISBN:
  • 031332512X
• LCCN: 2002075520
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: Westport, Conn.
• Pages/Volumes: xxv, 200 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DC225
  • DC21 : 940.2/7
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Second Coalition, War of the, 1798-1801 -- Campaigns -- Egypt -- Sources
  • LCSH : Egypt -- History -- French occupation, 1798-1801 -- Sources
  • LCSH : Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Contemporaries
  • LCSH : Kléber, Jean-Baptiste, 1753-1800 -- Death and burial
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00559892