The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-10

| did not exceed 1900.
Altogether the army q. filrca n,
| saulted Acre forty times and .r.. .in,.
| lasted twenty-six days. TIN ia =,
| reached Bonaparte that n... f,.'.l
Constantinople was on IN" v.tv r.~
Turkish reenforcemcnts. Tl.,,',.
| close on the heels OF this can. 49,,
| that another fleet was beirr 't.l 49,,
at Rhodes to recapture Es,.. .sl,
He already had sacrificed tu ,,rt
| ton before the walls of Acr. ..,r ,o,
erals and four thousand men. rs cam
| tinuing the siege with rop....l a,.
saults he had everything To- lu.. \ 20.
| treat was ordered.
When his army reached l.fi ,.,,.,
| Bonaparte hastily walked tht.I.l ,,s
military hospital shouting:
"In a few hours the Turk ~ r....
here. Let all who are strur. .n..,.I,
rise from their beds and follow use,
The surgeon In charge at '.. lar,
hospital declined Bonapartr's ....,,.,.,n
To administer an overdose Of u.rt,f.,,
to those who were too III uf '.. i.,...
To follow the army. This SUR, N D...
genettes. regarded the susu,-..un As
criminal He had the cuurl.. FOB ..r
fDOItpdTle 81, duulHG tidt d ~..FE..F'.
| duty was to prolong human I.. %, ..a
last His nobility of mind . further
| shown by the fact that in order D., lesson
his patients terror Of the p.a-a. 30. .,I
purposely inoculated himself N.'. 4,
When the army Of Franc" r.U r..
duccd to less than 5000 men afiy.I
back at Cairo they came with ..,. "a.
| altation OF conquerors, for their ..m.
| mander. once more eXcr,lns lis ,g.
| dacity. made them believe that i.t..s.
| could have stopped their mI'.. 49,.
Asia but acts Of God-thc terri. ..i,
the deadly plague and tn" Win. v...
were bearing toward them 'i" H.-.
bringing Turkish reenforc.mru'. Ia.
| credible as It may seem. Ill. t,..ps
| actually accepted these Loudly i,p.
claimed statements and in a f,w DAYS
were ready to march or fight or 3 ans.
thing else the Little Corpora" com.
| manded.
This was proved when on 1gr q
| Bonaparte moved against u. Turks,
who had arrived by ship from El...
H moved like lightning with 5000 u"a
who swept down upon the cu'u.v. .it-
ried their rcdoubts and lit"rl' v r.-'.'
them into the sea. Two or tire. ..U..
sand Turks still remained a.. O.. be-.
Tending n strongly fortified >p.' ~
August | they too surrendered at. 'r
| French victory was complete.
Twelve thousand Turks draWr.5 IN
the sea" was Bonapartc's lacu... 20.
port sent To the Directory.
| Is Il wonder after this that MS m,.
almost worshipped him? Tia Oh 1.
sands believed with superst.'ir.~ aw.
that he was guided and Upheld Dose .1i-
divine power which nothing could .t.-.
come? That where he went rr
would follow as sunlight surely +" So.
night?
They did not know wha' =. va
learned shortly after returning - r.. -
that encouraged by Nelson's N. r'
at the mouth Of the Nile the ,,l In,
Powers Of Europe had formed an ''--
coalition against the French r. p.
waglng war in almost every part o. ..I.
rope at the same time, driving Oh"
French out Of Italy. aholishiuu 'h.
Cisalplne Tiberine and Parthenui.l 10
republics and almost invading f. ..
itself
Dispatches relating this d"s' e.
condition Of affairs reached Bon .~.
just after he returned from So
though II IL surmised that W. '
| Acre he had received some inform
If the situation. 1t was tn" or-- D.
had foresccn as entirely pos> .hl"
"The reign Of the lawyers is p.,-
said with significant emphasis 90 *
when he turned over To him CON. .'.
| Of the forces in Egypt.
only a few trusted officers We. --
formed Of Bonapartc's iu'"u'. ru ....