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the body of a tottering straggler. Some of the fam- 

 ished were sustained by equine soup. Horses about 

 to die were killed to furnish food for the starving 

 men. Many of the soldiers were so nearly blind 

 that they kept in line by joining hands. No relief 

 from sufferings of one kind and another was experi- 

 enced till the fertile plains and sweet waters of the 

 Nile were reached. Again in the luxurious city of 

 Cairo, where food was plenty, and baths were 

 charming, Surgeon Larrey had time and opportunity 

 to recuperate. But the season of comparative bliss 

 was not to be lasting. A large Turkish army landed 

 on the coast, and the English fleet held Alexandria. 

 From Upper Egypt came Arabs and Kopts in 

 hordes, and the chivalrous Mamelukes threatened 

 every avenue of escape. But the French recrossed 

 the Lybian desert and reached the shores of the 

 Mediterranean. Here, after fighting a fierce battle 

 with the Turks and English, they made a treaty 

 which permitted the remnant of the once grand Egyp- 

 tian expedition to return unmolested to France. Na- 

 poleon had already escaped from the Nile country in 

 some swiftly sailing craft. Upon his arrival at Paris 

 he was proclaimed emperor, and a new army was 

 raised. Larrey was honored with a knighthood that 

 of the "Iron Cross" and made Surgeon-in-Chief of 

 the " Army of the East," the name for the military 

 organization. This campaign began on the Rhine and 

 ended at Austerlitz. Enough of the Egyptian veterans 

 were present to infuse a chivalrous spirit into the raw 

 recruits; and the French were every-where victorious. 

 The army marched with such celerity that -the enemy 

 were always taken by surprise and at disadvantages. 

 Ulm was captured by assault, and a large division of 



