TAILIEUCHUNG - At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt

With the general knowledge of geography now possessed we may well wonder at the wild notion entertained both by Bonaparte and the French authorities that it would be possible, after conquering Egypt, to march an army through Syria, Persia, and the wild countries of the northern borders of India, and to drive the British altogether from that country. The march, even if unopposed, would have been a stupendous one, and the warlike chiefs of Northern India, who, as yet, were not even threatened by a British advance, would have united against an invading army from the north, and would, had it not been of prodigious. | 1 CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVIII. CHAPTER XIX. At Aboukir and Acre by George Alfred Henty 2 At Aboukir and Acre by George Alfred Henty The Project Gutenberg EBook of At Aboukir and Acre by George Alfred Henty This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon s Invasion of Egypt Author George Alfred Henty Release Date August 2 2007 EBook 22224 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AT ABOUKIR AND ACRE Produced by Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive American Libraries. Illustration WELL MY LAD WHO ARE YOU Page 124 At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon s Invasion of Egypt BY G. A. HENTY Author of The Dash for Khartoum By Right of Conquest In Greek Waters St. Bartholomew s Eve c. Illustrated BLACKIE SON LIMITED LONDON AND GLASGOW BLACKIE SON LIMITED 50 Old Bailey LONDON 17 Stanhope Street GLASGOW BLACKIE SON INDIA LIMITED Warwick House Fort Street BOMBAY BLACKIE SON CANADA LIMITED 1118 Bay Street TORONTO Printed in Great Britain by Blackie Son Limited Glasgow PREFACE At Aboukir and Acre by George Alfred Henty 3 With the general knowledge of geography now possessed we may well wonder at the wild notion entertained both by Bonaparte and the French authorities that it would be possible after conquering Egypt to march an army through Syria Persia and the wild countries of the northern borders of India and to drive the British altogether from that country. The march .

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