The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte by Robert Asprey

Author:Robert Asprey [ROBERT B. ASPREY]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2012-09-05T16:00:00+00:00

Notes

1 Bourrienne, I, 143.

2 Corr. IV. Nrs. 2858, Cairo, 27 July 1798; 2868, 2870, Cairo, 28 July 1798.

3 Corr. XXIX, 453. Eugène Beauharnais was sent to inform Madame Mourad of the levied contribution. Well received, he was given a tour of her splendid palace, shown its serail or harem of fifty women “of all countries and all colors,” plus a splendid meal and a valuable ring.

4 Corr. IV. Nrs. 2874, Cairo, 28 July 1798; 2961, 2962, Cairo, 3 August 1798.

5 Corr. IV. Nrs. 2765, Alexandria, 6 July 1798, 2793, El Rahmânyeh, 10 July 1798; 2834, Cairo, 24 July 1798. See also Bernoyer, 57–8; Boulay, 283–92: the Directory did not receive this and subsequent dispatches. According to a letter from the Directory dated 4 November 1798 (never received by Napoleon), it had received only one dispatch dated 19 August 1798 which arrived 14 October 1798.

6 Corr. IV. Nr. 2901, Cairo, 30 July 1798.

7 Corr. IV. Nr. 2920, Cairo, 1 August 1798.

8 Herold, 58.

9 Corr. IV. Nr. 2728, Alexandria, 3 July 1798. My italics.

10 Corr. XXIX, 462–3, for Barré’s letter to Napoleon of 19 July 1798, which enclosed a copy of Barré’s report to Brueys of 13 July 1798, and Brueys’ reply to Barré of 21 July 1798. See also Boulay, 70–1; Corr. IV. Nr. 3259, Cairo, 8 September 1798; Corr. V. Nr. 3439, Cairo, 7 October 1798.

11 Corr. XXIX, 466–7. Napoleon at St. Helena claimed that he had received a letter dated 30 July 1798, from Brueys: Brueys had learned of the French victory at the Pyramids, he had found a passage into the old port, buoys were laid and in a few days all would be secure.

12 See, for example, Herold, 106–7, who argues that Brueys could not have sailed for Corfu because his ships lacked food and water. How then did Villeneuve successfully do so immediately after the battle?

13 Thomazi, 51.

14 Herold, 111.

15 Herold, 111–22; Thomazi, 47–56; Benoist-Méchin, 119–148.

16 Herold, 118–22.

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