The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-03-13
hoNAPARTE'S EXPEDITION To
EGYPT.


Inc following graphic sketch of the ..Dat-
tie OF the Pyramids" is bv John s. E. A.
bott:
After march of seven lav. over tho doc
ert, during which time they had many hrooJ,. /.
>klrmIShes with the enemy. the army nm
preached Cairo
Mourad Bey had there assembled tho r.o,
er part of his Namclukcs. nearly fen tbor>
ana IN number. for decisive battle These
proud and powerful horscmen were sunnort-
ed hy twenty thousand foot soldiers. strnncl,.
'"'reh'hen. 'aro is on the eastern banks
"i the Nile. Napoleon was on th weS.or,
shore On the morning of the .l,t of Jul,,
NaP"'""n' conscious that he was near the city
set his army III motion before the break of
day Just aS the sun was r>in, IN ,boso
rl"''!lcs> skies. the soldiers behind III. lo,i,.
mlnaret> of the city upon their left. cliJcd lv
rs rays and upon the ri-htupon the border,
OF th" desert. the gi"antic pyramid, ri>inr
IKE mountains upon an apparently bound
less '!aln. The whole army in,-;n,,;,.l,.
matted and g"zcd aw"-strikrn upon those
monuments OF antiquity The face Of N,no-
leon heamrd with enthusiasm. "S,ld;.r, -
h" cvramrd As h. rod. aloun n. ,,,l-..
from those SUBMITS forty centuries ron,cm-
ria'c Your actions" TIE ar,'or d! the soldiers
was aroused to 'h' highest u, i. Animated
by tn" "ian@or of martial hani>.and the rlcam
"f haunting banners, they advanced with i'm
P'f""u> steps TO meet their foes. The whole
P!ain hr'"r" them. at the la<c of the pvra
mIi> was filled with armed men. The "lit-
''rIn- weapons "t ten thousand hor~cmcn. IN
ia" utmost >f lrndor of barbaric chivalrv bril-
liant with lumr> and arms g, FURNISHED steel
and gold. presented an array inconcciy,bly
imposing nGi>mavcd the French troops
"aF>h'!i"d III tive Invlncih!e squares. passed
on. There was apparently no alternative
Napoleon must march upon these intrench
ment>, behind which twcntv-f,ur thousand
men We're stationed with powerful artillery
and mn>k"trv 10 sweep his ranks. and for
m'tahie body Of ten thousand hor>cmcn. on
hrrt and powerful Arabian Stcc,l>. awaitinr
the onset. and ready Ia sen, upon tbc slinbt-
est Indications of confusion TO PLUNGE with
fnry winch fatali>m can inspire, upon his
bleeding anl man-cd squares Itmus, have
been with NAPOLEON moment otintrn>c anx-
lety- But as he sat upon his horse. in the
! r"ntr" "t one of the squares and carefully
examined with his telescope. III" disposition
"' the 'nchv.n" one could discern the >lirht-
Isl "i!'d>Inr>>. HIS gaze was long and in
'th>"- The k"rnnr>S "t hi> scrutiny detected
''''t 'ii' guns OF the enemy were not mount
+" upon carriages, and that the, could not
) 'h"fri"r'' hc turned from the direction in
which they were placed. No other officer.
'hnH@' many OF them had equally good rla>s-
's' made this important discovery He i'm
mrdlat"lv. by lateral movement guided bis
: army to the right. towards the pvrami,i> that
, his square mi@ht he out of the ranrc Of th,
! runs and thar he might attark the enemy in
, flank. The moment Moural Brv perceived
this evolution, he OWNED his ol,icct.and with
J grcat military sa"acitv resolved Instantly tc
, charge.
You shall now sec rs" SAID tbr nroud
= Bcv. "cu, M thoS,. lo,. I;k. uou,Js"
g 1t was. indeed fearful spectacle. Ten
! Thousand horscmrn. maouifir,uily dressed
:, with the flcctcSt ,tccd< in the world ur.;n,
5 their horses with bloody spurs. TO the mos
: imrtuous and turiou> onset rcn1;n, III.
: heavens with their cries and ,au,;pr ,bc yer,
earth to trcmblc beneath the thunder Of iror
h feet, came down upon tn, ad,mantinr host
i Nothing was ever seen in war more fnriou
J. than this charge. Ten thousand horscnc,
= is an enormous mass. Those longest iuurc,
Is to danger felt that it was an awful moment
I II seemed to be. iupo,,ibl, to resist >uch
J. lcncc rci.ncd through the ranks. intrrrnptc,
f only Iv the word of command. The nerve
70 of excitement bcinr rou,cJ 70 IN. utmost ten
Il sion, every order was executed with mos
NJ marvellous rapi,litv and precision. The sol
70 d;crs held their breath. and with hri>rlin
/ ba,oncts stood. shoulder to shoulder, to re
j ceivc the shock.
Is The moment the Nfanelukcs arrived with