"The British Army in Egypt 1801. An underated Army..." Topic

….COMES OF AGE.

"When the French declared war on Great Britain in 1793, they undermined the chosen policy of William Pitt, which had been to avoid conflict in order to repair the nation's finances. The result of this policy was an understrength and inadequately resourced army. Whether campaigning on the continent in coalition with other European powers or picking up the colonial possessions of France and her allies, this army did little to add to its reputation.

Yet, despite appearances, as the decade progressed there could be no doubt that improvements were taking place. When it was decided in 1800 that the French Army of the Orient, abandoned by Bonaparte, could be ejected from Egypt, the troops sent to achieve this objective were of a very different quality from those that had been dispatched to Flanders in 1793. This study analyses that force and its commanders, examines the preparations that contributed so notably to its success, and evaluates why it was able to take the fight to a battle-hardened Revolutionary force and defeat it."
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Amicalement
Armand

His name escapes me right now, but the British general seemed to be quite good. Pity he died.

Abercromby.

You are right my friend.

Amicalement
Armand

the second volume about the Egyptian campaign belonging to a trilogy after Yves Martin's Armée d'Orient and before the Turkish Ottoman & Mamluks in 2019 maybe

what about the colour plates here?

from amazon customer reviews :
The makeup of each brigade involved is nicely covered with brief regimental history and uniform detail. There are also some nice colour plates illustrating the differences between British, Allied and Indian troops. I found especially interesting the fact that so many different troops from various parts of the world were brought together to take part in this campaign – Britain, Mediterranean, India, South Africa etc…something which does not seem to have happened on such a large scale before this date. An excellent read.

The colour uniform figures seem to show regulation uniforms rather than campaign dress which would be nice.