2023-08-23 00:05:00
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Seeing the Egyptian campaign turning into a fiasco, the general preferred to sneak back to France so as not to let anyone other than himself seize power.
By Frédéric Lewino and Gwendoline Dos Santos On August 23, 1799, General Bonaparte abandoned his soldiers in the Egyptian desert while boarding the frigate “La Muiron”. © DR Published on 08/23/2019 at 00:05 – Modified on 08/23/2023 at 00:05
As improbable as it may seem, General Bonaparte abandoned his soldiers in the Egyptian desert on August 23, 1799, boarding the frigate The Muiron with a few relatives. Not for a moment does he hesitate to abandon his men who have followed him blindly to the end of the world. The army of the East is bloodless, sick with the plague, lacking in arms and ammunition. Regardless, Bonaparte decides that his presence will be more useful in France to save the Directory and… seize power.
His decision to join France surrounded by enemy armies, he took it in June 1799, but he only confided in a very small circle of intimates. Even Kléber, who will succeed him at the head of the expedition, will only learn of his escape after his departure. Bonaparte did not dare to teach him…
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