Guns in the Desert: General Jean-Pierre Doguereau's Journal of Napoleon's Egyptian Expedition
Publisher: Praeger Publishers | ISBN: 031332512X | edition 2002 | CHM | 232 pages | 1,05 mb
This lively, firsthand account of an army trapped in a hostile land, cut off from reinforcement and facing powerful enemies, is offered in English for the first time. As an active artillery officer, Jean-Pierre Doguereau was present at most of the major battles and sieges of the campaign. While essentially the account of a professional soldier, the journal also details Doguereau's wonder and reflections on the invaded country and its people, so different from the land he and his comrades had expected.