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The number of vessels was equal on both sides, namely, thirteen ships of war. The engagement lasted upwards of fifteen hours. All the crews performed prodigies of valour. The brave Captain Du Petit-Thouars had two of his limbs shot off. He ordered snuff to be brought him, and remained on his quarter-deck, and, like Brueys, waited till a cannon-ball despatched him.
In the battle at Aboukir he was the second in command; and, after the death of Admiral Brueys, he rallied the ships which had escaped, and sailed for Malta, where, two years afterwards, he signed, with General Vaubois, the capitulation of that island.
Departure of the squadron Arrival at Malta Dolomieu General Barguay d'Hilliers Attack on the western part of the island Caffarelli's remark Deliverance of the Turkish prisoners Nelson's pursuit of the French fleet Conversations on board How Bonaparte passed his, time Questions to the Captains Propositions discussed Morning music Proclamation Admiral Brueys The English fleet avoided Dangerous landing Bonaparte and his fortune Alexandria taken Kleber wounded Bonaparte's entrance into Alexandria.
These evident precautions received no illustration in the arrangements of Admiral Brueys. The general direction of his line was that of the wind, from northwest to southeast, with a very slight bend, as shown in the diagram.
He, however, sometimes repeated, in a tone which it would be difficult to describe, "Unfortunate Brueys, what have you done!" I have remarked that in some chance observations which escaped Napoleon at St. Helena he endeavoured to throw all the blame of the affair on Admiral Brueys.
Are you unaware that De Brueys allowed his to be burned?" "They also say, general, that, being unable to bring back the army, it would have been better for your renown had you remained with it." "That is what I should have done, monsieur, if events had not recalled me to France." "What events, general?" "Your defeats." "Pardon me, general; you mean to say Scherer's defeats. "Yours as well."
Bonaparte every day invited several persons to dine with him, besides Brueys, Berthier, the colonels, and his ordinary household, who were always present at the table of the General-in-Chief. When the weather was fine he went up to the quarter-deck, which, from its extent, formed a grand promenade.
The strong forces that restored discipline in the army had more difficulty in reaching the navy; and Napoleon's gift for discovering ability and lifting it to command was marked by its absence in his choice of leaders for the fleets. Usually he fell back on pessimistic veterans of the old régime like Brueys, Missiessy, and Villeneuve.
Our situation and frame of mind hardly permitted us to reflect that in the distant point we beheld the city of the Ptolemies and Caesars, with its double port, its pharos, and the gigantic monuments of its ancient grandeur. Our imaginations did not rise to this pitch. Admiral Brueys had sent on before the frigate Juno to fetch M. Magallon, the French Consul.
Brueys says that this was done in order that the most disaffected amongst the fanatics should not be able to say that it was not really Catinat, Ravanel, Villas, and Jonquet who had been executed but some other unknown men; but it is more probable that the duke and Baville were afraid of riots, as was proved by their ordering the scaffold and the stake to be erected at the end of the Cours and opposite the glacis of the fortress, so that the garrison might be at hand in case of any disturbance.
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