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Stalins_Moustachio t1_j2cw5ls wrote

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Hey there! A good starting point would be to check out Al Jabarti's Chronicle of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Should be on Amazon/orderable through your local book store.

As for the Battle of the Pyramids, a few corrections. The Mamluk army of Murad Bey did not fight with "sticks and knives." Rather, what gave the French a superior battlefield advantage was the effective use of square formations, artillery, and of course sueprior firearms. Further, the Mamluk army was still structured around an over-reliance on cavalry, which square formations counter perfectly. Adding to that, the Mamluk army was primarily made up of drafted peasantry, as opposed to Napoleon's well-trained and battle-hardened troops.

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