By Piers Mackesy
In 1800 the British military used to be the laughing-stock of Europe. A yr later, after 40 years of failure, its honour and recognition were redeemed. British Victory in Egypt, 1801 recounts and analyses the tale of the expeditionary strength that ejected Bonaparte's crack troops from Egypt. Piers Mackesy indicates how the way forward for the British Empire trusted the dislodging of the Napoleonic strength within the heart East. Outlining the bold attack and the masterly making plans and self-discipline that introduced victory opposed to the percentages, this publication additionally unearths how important Sir Ralph Abercromby, an aged Scot and chief of the military, was once to the ultimate luck of the enterprise. The half performed within the victory by means of the Highland regiments remains to be celebrated in Scotland. British Victory In Egypt, 1801 charts a serious episode in eu and army heritage. It additionally finds the educational, strategies and technique of a different crusade and its executors.
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The venerable potentate was well versed in Persian literature, but totally ignorant of European politics and western knowledge. 30 He was surrounded by a feudal host. Its human material was magnificent, and the Turkish soldiers impressed the British immediately by their fine physique and bearing. ’31 21 BRITISH VICTORY IN EGYPT But their military merit lay in individual skirmishing; and they were totally without the discipline on which European tactics were founded. The only troops which could be called regulars even in name were the janissaries, who in peacetime lived at home like civilians, pursuing their own trades without parades or training.
27 In spite of Elgin’s derision, his arrival set the mission in motion. He discovered that Sir Sidney Smith, commanding the naval blockade of Alexandria, was negotiating a free passage home for the French army; a good bargain for the Turks who would get rid of the unwelcome intruders without further fighting, but a dubious one for the British at a time when the Second Coalition was preparing to deal a decisive blow in Europe. In January 1800 Koehler was ordered to Cyprus, Sir Sidney’s supply base, to counteract his influence.
The other six battalions were typical of the recent history of the infantry of the line, with fluctuating strengths, mediocre recruits, and diverse training. Dalhousie’s regiment, the Queen’s, seems to have been a solid battalion; so should the 2/Royals have been, but we shall see that they fell under Abercromby’s censure: they will subsequently be referred to by their more familiar title the Royal Scots. Three battalions (the 13th, and the two battalions of the 27th) had all served in Ireland in the previous winter and had been padded out with recruits from the Irish militia.