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On the 17th* Malus was attached to. the advanced 
guard of the invading army. The 21st,f in the evening, 
he encamped on the road from Ramanieh. At that time 
the corps of engineers had neither “material” nor troops. 
An officer of this service, isolated in the army, was often 
deprived of the commonest necessaries. We find an in- 
stance in the following description, which I quote from 
the memoranda: “ Wanting a picquet to which to attach 
my horse, I tied him to my leg; I slept, and dreamt 
peaceably of the pleasures of Europe.” On the 25th,t{ 
he took part in the glorious battle of Chebreys against 
the Mamelukes. ‘The 2d Thermidor,§ at the battle of 
the Pyramids, he was in one of the battalions formed in 
squares on the right wing beside General Desaix. 
On the 4th,|| in the morning, Captain Malus went with 
a detachment of carbineers into the island of Raouda, 
reconnoitring the right bank of the Nile to Mekias, and 
sent over to the left bank the boats which were necessary 
to enable the army to cross the river. The same even- 
ing he accompanied General Dupuis, who was charged 
with regulating the conditions of the capitulation of Cairo. 
On the 15th Thermidor,§] he set out with the advanced 
guard of the army, which marched against Ibrahim Bey 
encamped at Belbeys, and took a very active part in the 
important combats which signalized this expedition ; in 
which many military errors were committed. 
Somewhat later, we find Malus accompanying General 
Regnier in a reconnoitre which had for its object the de- 
termination of the exact distance from Salchiéh to the 
sea. On his return he discovered the remarkable ruin 
of the ancient city of San, or Thamis. It was during 
this expedition that he learned the destruction of the 
* July 5. + July 9. {July 13. § July 20. || July 22. ¥ August 2. 
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