The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-05
.-I-sYRIAN cAAIPAIGN.

XII sly RlAN CAMF@Al6N-
-..- disaster now suddenly clouded
l----res Of Napoleon. Lord Nelson.
.-r- with his fleet for a month to-
~ srri2-discovering that the French
,-.f-1 in Egypt-sailed for AieNan-
-.. meet OF Brueys was at anchor
Dan, of AbOukir. Nelson quickly
his antagonist. blockaded him.
--, fst of AugLst. 1875. began that
,-s Battle of the Nile, the memory
-.i.f fs still fresh in history and tradi-
TIL. French fleet was virtually des-
.-4 The admirars ship Orient was
on the bloody deck, the son Of
.f, r.ouis Casabianca stood al his
gf.-irg 10 the poetry of Hemans d
--..,isi7n and voice to posterity. Only
1--WE of the French vessels escaped
lection. The rest, with nearly four
.,-,sso5 seamen. went into oblivion.
>-,-cls, n had little genius for the sea.
.tnitv TO estimate the contingencies
..'-..,.5l- warfare was small. Before his
49, v.es half expired. he conceded the
,---trion Of the ocean to his great enemy.
80 ,r-sr the Egyptian campaign, his en-
4 - looked more and more 10 the trea-
81 a continental power which should
conntervan British supremacy on me
80 The result 10 him Of the battle of
+5e Nile was in every way disastrous. The
.oe,t of it was calculated 10 inspire dis
.-n=t In France. encourage the coalition,
a,4 in particular to rekindle the smoul-
4 9orinr hatred Of the Mamelukes
COMPLAINTS broke out in the French
army Though victory came, depriYations
n e,r,e also. The soldiers were scorched on
49, blistering plains. and had little to eat
49,. ,,-.ts-p7eIons. Nevertheless. Napoleon
Won. steadily on with his scheme. On the
o,-+ NJ AUGUST ne founded in Cairo an in
e,ituts of arts and sciences. The savants
v.bo had come with the expedition laid
the foundation Of modern Egyptology.
Bouaparte had the dyke opened by which
the canal Of cairo receives its supply from
the Nile Then he participated in the an
rual festival of Mohammed. He made
common cause with the islamite priests;
mn himself-at least for day-into Turk
ish dress. visited the mosques and at
tempted in every way to confirm his in
nuence with the people. Volumes could
not contain the story of what was said
and planned by this extraordinary person
age on the sands Of Egypt.
on the I'd Of October. at a preconoerted
signal Cairo broke into instruction. For
a while the French occupancy was en-
dangered. but the revolt was suppressed.
and a terrible vengeance was wreaked on
its authors Meanwhile, Napoleon con
ceiVed the project of making a campaign
into Syria. and attacking the English
stronghold Of Jaffa and St. Jean d'Acre.
The situation was THIS: France and Iur-
key We're nominally at peace Napoleon
had overthrOWn the sultan's rebelious
heys no Egypt. Therefore he was friend
of the sultan. and he of him. But the
thick brain Of the porte at length cleared
sufficiently % see that Murad and Ibra-
him Boys We're not half. so dangerous as
the foreign lion that now sat on his
launches at Cairo, licking his mouth for
more The sultan perceived that the
French must be expelled. Napoleon had
seen that this conclusion would be reach
4 ed, and that a Turkish army might be ex-
4 pected to come against him out Of Syria.
Therefore he would better preoccupy Sy-
ria Moreover, the hated English had
/ got the coast of the Eastern Mediter-
4 ranean The Turkish army might not
be expected during the winter; but the
English were there already. Hence the
Syrian expedition.
Napoleon divided his forces. He left
about twelve thousand men to occupy
Egypt and with a like number set out. on
the nth OF February, 1893, in the direc-
ton OF Suez and Palestine. The march
was accompanied with great hardshps.
4 At the wells of Messoudiah the French
found water; and soon afterward the
green and fertile plains OF Syria rose to
4 view. El-Arish was taken on the nth of
slept at the convent Of Ramleh. He passed
Wt9m few miles of Jerusalem, and then
u Adqe MS way TO Jaffa. a siege was inn
HeQlatelN begun. and on the 6th of March
4 lhe place was taken. with pillage and mas
s9cre. About four thousand of the pris-
oAtIs We're after three days of delibera-
TIgn seq IN lines on the seashoro and shot.
ms was done under the terrible necessity
4 oi the French to preserve themselves in
4 the enemy's country
We NSEt came, the horror of the plague.
4 WI WIN me 3 fan C, of Iaffa, the march was be-
I'm against St Juan G'Acre The Arabs
rTgW made common cause with the Turks.
t.3lIIIes pursuing the wild men into the
N ~ oL NapiQus, was ambushed, and
80 d COhslderable number of men, On the
An d March the French arrived at
2S5e ana found that the Pasha Djezzar
e9 49, XII t on me head of Napolsons envoy.
80 lItJ"n his body into the sea The
LHsIlsh under Sir Sidney Smith. as well
a. Ile iurks, held the fortress and town.
49, 80 gilIiIzed enemies had some frutless
1777oyIa.luiS' ending in a challenge of
49, ~ PEa 5e ny Sir Sidney to fight a duel
IA FlantaSenet' To TINS Nspoleon an
INsLtI mat ne had toc many affairs on his
r ry9'3ts 70 trouble himself with so small a
,, acre was oeseige6 until the 4th of May.
fifl SHt french ammunition began to
fa1-,ri W. 4 az CaHareDi, one Of Napoleon's
oiIIe oIncers, already one-legged from
~ oisin ned from the amputation of an
III "a On the 10th of the month the French
D ,1vtatd an assault and gained the. trenches.
lay va - u me siege eight
$50. lung parties were sent against the de
~ 49, ana on one occasion the town
lei t1tlly occupied but Cen Duroc, who
10 t L assault. was wounded, and the
ltt'lluIe4 men who had gained IN en-
49, were driven out through the breach
80 give sOrues We're made by tho be-
1j55llI only to meet repulse About the
1l5s+I7 Oh May news came that one of the
ariIS Nandls who have so freauently
vain iI1i5n m Egypt, had appeared in the Nile
49, indulgence came also that the
ro. ana the English government were
Leon L one against the French Napo-
his forssluus We're not heavy enough, and
lure yes not sufficiently strong, to cap
sfecs are. and en- the goth of MAY tHe
In H. "as raised The losses of the Frenca
X rbSl Flan campaign aed reached near
ana t thousand men; hose of the Turks
nnmbo,re allies' perhaps five times that
rs If1rab2ieon was weak in the matter of
f5lii1r- ne couid not retreat well. His
mo - PACK we're likely to Degenerate
Ii panlc This fact was exempIified in
nv llhdraWal from Palestine The
tbe n n began on May 90 Nav p found
terv.aIr french at Caesarea. Two days AFT
rae "t4II they reached Jaffa, There a
7v6S Itouse had been established for those
he fo r4a me plague. Napoleon ordered
u ~ Sot 'lHCatlons of the town to be blown
r.-zi5~' "hat should be done with the hos
vas never in a sadder dilemma
- wei knew that those of his