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Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ever. He brought his troops safely to their destina-tion, and won two battles against the far-famed Mameluke cavalry, the rulers ofthe land. In one of these contests, the celebrated Battle of the Pyramids, theMamelukes fought with the ferocity of despair, dragging their wounded bodiesalong the ground to strike one more sword blow, until almost all their numberwere slain. Napoleon had animated his men by another of his brilliantspeeches, in which, pointing to the Pyramids, he said : Soldiers, forty centurieslook down on you. The land was conquered; but a crushing disaster met the French upon thewaters. The fleet delayed in following the directions of Bonaparte, It wasattacked in a weak position by the great English admiral, Nelson, and annihi-)lated in the Battle of the Nile. The French troops were shut out from France Napoleon established a government for Egypt. He invaded and partly coniquered Syria; but his men were dying round him of disease, and he saw thai •■V - -S-*!-.^,^.^
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France—Bonaparte Ends the Republic 917 the hour of his cjestiny had arrived at home. Accordingly, he left his troops toGeneral Kleber, his second in command, and slipped quietly away from Egyptin a single ship of war, evaded the English fleet, and landed almost alone inFrance in the fall of 1799. Here the government of the Directory had fallen into contempt. Theyhad mismanaged matters both at home and abroad. Their insolence had rousedagainst France a third European coalition, the most powerful thus far of all.The French troops had been beaten and driven out of Italy. All Napoleonsconquests had been lost. At home every one felt unsafe; the royalists hadbeen almost successful in a plot to bring back the King; the mob was risingagain; the days of the Terror seemed coming back. No party by itself wasstrong enough to rebel; but all united in appealing to the celebrated GeneralBonaparte to act as a Dictator, crush the Directory, and lead the nation oncemore to wealth and glory. So on Nov

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