Guns in the Desert: General Jean-Pierre Doguereau's Journal of Napoleon's Egyptian Expedition

by Kenneth S. Broun and Rosemary Brindle

This lively, firsthand account of an army trapped in a hostile land, cut off from reinforcement and facing powerful enemies, is offered in English for the first time. As an active artillery officer, Jean-Pierre Doguereau was present at most of the major battles and sieges of the campaign. He suffered the hardships and disappointments and experienced the triumphs and hopes of the courageous, but ultimately doomed, Army of the Orient. While essentially...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031332512X
• ISBN13: 9780313325120
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"