Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-19


stronghold OF jana and 81. Jean d'Acrc.
The situation was this; France and Tur
key were nofninnlly at peace. Napoleon
had oyerthruwn the Sulian's rebellious
heys In ES.yf Therefore he was "a friend
Of tho Sultan; mud no Of him. But the
thick bfain Of tho Porte at length cleared
sufficiently to sec that Murnd and lbra
him Beys were not bali so dangerous as
the foreign lion that now sat on his
Launches at Cairo, licking his mouth for
moro. Tho Sultan perceived that the
French must 10 expelled Napoleon had
seen that this conclusion would bo reached,
and that a Turkish army might DO expect
ed TO come against him out Of Syria.
Therefore he would better preoccupy Syria.
Moreover. the hated English had got the
coast Of tho Eastern Mediterranean. The
Turkish army might not be expected dur.
ing the winter; but the English were
thoro already. Hence tho Syrian expedi.
ton.
Napoleon divided his forces Ho left
about twelve thousand men to occupy
Egypt, and with like number set out, on
the nth Of February, 1909, in the direc.
tion of Suez and Palestine. The march
was accompanied with great hardships.
At the wells OF Mossoudinh the French
found water and soon afterwards the
green md fertile plains Of Syria arose To
view. El-Arish was taken on tho 18th OF
February. On the LIST Of March, Napoleon
slept at tho convent of Rnmleh. He pissed
within fow miles OF Jerusalem, and then
made his way to Jaffa. a siege was i'm
mediately begun, and on the 9th of March
the place was taken, with pillnge and ma,
sacre. About four thousand of tho pris.
onors were, after three days OF delibera.
tion, set In lines on the seashoro and shot.
This was dono under the terrible neces.
sity OF tho French to preserve themselves
In tho enomy's country.
Next came the horror of the plague.
with the fall OF JHiia the march was be.
gun against st. Jean d'Aore. The Arabs
now made common cause with the Turks
Lannos, pur ming the Wild men into the
passes OF Nablous, was nmbushed, and
lost considerable number of men. On
tho 18th OF March the French arrived at
Aero, and found that the Pasha Dje2zar
had cut of the head OF Napoleon's envoy,
and thrown his body Into the sea. The
English under Sir Sidney Smith, as well
hs the Turks. held the fortress and town
Tho civilized enemies had some fruitless
negotiations, ending In n challenge of
BoDapnrte by Sir Sidney to fight duel.
u In Plnntagenotl To this Napoleon an.
swered that he had too mnny affairs ON his
hands to trouble himself with SO small
mnttorl
Aero was besiegcd until tho 4th of May.
when tho French ammunition began t.
fail. General CafIareli, one OF NapoIeon's
favorlte officers, already oue-lcgged from
heroism, died from tho amputation OF an
arm. ON this 10th OF the month the French
made un assnult, and gained the trenches
During tho sixty days Of the glego eight
storming parties were sent against tho de-
fensos and on one occasion the town was
partly occupied; but General Duroc who
led tho assault, was wounded, md the two
hundred mon who had gained an entrance
woru driven out through tho breach.
Twelve sorties were made by the be.
s'ogod, only to meet repulse. About tho
middle Of Mny nows came that one of the
many Mahdis, who have 30 Frequently
arisen In Egypt had appeared In the Nile
valley. Intelligence came also that tho
Porto and the English government were
now at one against tho French. Napo-
Icons guns were not heavy enough, and
his forces not sufficiently strong, TO cap
turo Acre. and on the goth OF May tho
siOgo was raised. The losses of the French
In tho Syrian campaign had reached near
ly three thousand men; those OF the Turks
and tho allies, perhaps flvo times that
humber.
Napoleon was weak In the matter OF 70.
treat. He could not retreat we'll His
fGllings back wore likely to degenerate
into panic. This fact was oxompliliod III
his withdrawal from Palestine. The march
began ON tho goth Of May. Tho aand found
tho Fronch at CnsGren. Two days inter
wards they reached jana There pest
house had been established for those who
had tho plague. Napoleon ordered tho for
tiiications Of the town TO be blown up; but
what should DO done with tho hospitall
Man was never In sadder dilemma.
Bonapnrte well knew that those OF his sick
soldiers who should bo loft behind would
no horribly butchered MS soon as the Turks
should re-enter JRlfa. To take the infected