Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-07

~ arisen IN Egypt, mad appeared IN the
Nile valley. Intelligence came also that
the Porte and the English government
were now at one against the French.
Napoleon's guns were not heavy enough,
and his forces not sufficiently strong, to
capture Acre; and on the ,20th of May
the siege was raised. The losses of the
French in the Syrian campaign had
reached nearly three thousand men;
those Of the Turks and the allies. per-
haps five times that number
Napoleon was weak in the matter Of
retreat. He could not retreat we'll. His
fallings back were likely to degenerate
into panic. This fact was exemplified
in his withdrawal from Palestine. The
march began on the 20th of May. The
22nd found the French at Cesarea. Two
days afterwards they reached Jaffa.
There pest-house had been established
for those who had the plague. Napoleon
ordered the Notifications Of the town to
be blown up; but what should be done
with the hospital?
Man was never in a sadder dilemma.
Bonaparte we'll knew that those of his
sick soldiers who should be left behind
would be horribly butohered as soon as
the Turks should re-enter Jaffa To take
the infected with him was only to
spread the disease. He went with his
surgeons and aides into the plague
house, and passed among the dead and
dying. He struck his boot-tops with his
whip as he went along, saying, I'm a
few hours the Turks will be here. Let
all those who have strength enough rise
and come with us. - None could arise.
Then it was that in hurried consulta-
ton with his physician Desgenettes,
Bonaparte proposed to anticipate with
| a potion of laudanum and painless
exit the cruel death which he saw to be
inevitable. For this proposition he has
against all reason and humanity. His
project was just such as humane man
would propose for his own brother un->
der the cruel alternative then presented.
The returning expedition reached
Cairo on the 18th Of June. Affairs in
Egypt were already in distracted con-
dition. El-Mahdi was crying out like 4
prophet in Bohahireh. The fellahs and
Arabs were rallying to his standard.
Murad Bey was returning with his
forces from Upper Egypt, to form a
junction with the Mahdi's rout at the
Natron lakes. Meanwhile, force Of
about fifteen thousand, commanded by
Mustapha Pasha and under conduct Of
English ships, arrived at Aboukir. A
division Of French, under General Mar
mont, held Alexandria; but that officer
would be unable to keep the city against
the gathering forces Of the enemy.
Napoleon hastily marched against the
Turks and English at Aboukir. Here,
on the 25th of July, 1899, with only
five thousand men, he attacked the en-
envy, three times as strong in numbers,
and gained victory SO signal as almost
to counterbalance the disaster Of the
year before, when Brueys's feet at the
same place was annihilated. In the ne
gotiation that followed between Bona
parte and the English Admiral, the for
mer obtained copy Of the French Ga
zette, Of Frankfort, informing him of
the condition Of affairs in Europe. For
ten months he had received virtually no
news at all from his own country. The
French army had to all intents been
blockaded in Egypt and Palestine.
''Heavens!' the General cried out; my
presentiment has been verified. The
fools have lost Italyl All the fruits Of
our victories are gone. must leave
Egyptv'
It was necessary that Napoleon should
be secret as we'll as expeditions. He in
formed the divan Of Cairo that he
should be absent briefly in the Delta.
Afterwards he published bulletin to
the army, saying that he was going to
France, but would soon be back again.
The command should remain with Gen
eral Kleber, who was truly said to have
the confidence Of the General-in-chief.
Berthier and Lannes were to accompany
the commander to France. Two frigates,
the Muiron and the Carrere, were quick
~ prepared, and, on the 23rd of August,
company of about five hundred men
went ON board with Napoleon.
By keeping close to the African shore
the vessels were enabled to escape de-
lection. After twenty one days the site
Of Carthage was passed, and the danger
was over. On the 1st of October the
ships were driven in at Ajaccio. :
While detained in his native island
Napoleon learned of the disastrous bat
tie of Novi, the death Of Joubert, and
all the recent misfortunes of France.
On leaving Ajaccio, his ship was fol-
lowed by two English vessels, and we'll
nigh taken;> but on the 9Th of October,
he reached the roadway of Frejus, and
was SAFE The enthusiasm of the people
broke out spontaneously. They of FIRE.
JUS, when warned to keep off on account
Of the possible infection of the French,
said, "All right; soe prefer the plague
to the Aastrtansl" Bonaparte left i'm
mediately for Paris, by the Bourbon
nails road. AtAix and Lyons he was re-
oeived with wild acclaim. Nobody stop
ped to inquire whether the Egyptian
campaign had been wholly successful or
not. The French simply claimed every
thing, and shouted. III ..-s.s q.
On the 18th of October NapOleOn en-