Dal titolo: 'Napoleone sconfigge i mamelucchi, alla battaglia delle Piramidi, vicino al Cairo incisi dal sig. George Cruikshank dal design di Swebach, originariamente pubblicato a Parigi e dedicato al grande esercito, 1823.' incisione e acquatinta, colorate a mano
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Entitled: "Napoleon defeating the Mamelukes, at the battle of the pyramids, near Cairo engraved by Mr. George Cruikshank from the design of Swebach, originally published at Paris, and dedicated to the Grand Army, 1823." Etching and aquatint, hand-colored shows a battle scene from behind the Mameluke lines, with the French advancing from the left. The Battle of the Pyramids, also known as the Battle of Embabeh, was fought on July 21, 1798 between the French army in Egypt under Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces of the local Mamluk rulers. It occurred during France's Egyptian Campaign and was the battle where Napoleon put into use one of his significant contributions to tactics, the massive divisional square. Actually a rectangle, the first and second demi-brigades of the division formed the front and rear faces, while the third demi-brigade formed the two sides. Napoleon named the battle after the Egyptian pyramids, because they were faintly visible on the horizon when the battle took place. Upon the news of the defeat of their legendary cavalry, the waiting Mamluk armies in Cairo dispersed to Syria to reorganize. The Battle of the Pyramids signaled the beginning of the end of 700 years of Mamluk rule in Egypt. Despite this auspicious beginning, Admiral Horatio Nelson's victory in the Battle of the Nile ten days later ended Napoleon's hopes for a conquest of the Middle East.
