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On his return to Cairo, Captain Malus enjoyed some 
little leisure ; by which he profited in order to examine 
in detail the “ Well of Joseph,” which he described as a 
masterpiece. of perseverance and skill in construction. 
He went also to visit the colossal pyramids of Gizeh, in 
company with a man who might be truly called the colos- 
sus of our army from his height and his bravery, General 
Kléber. 
When the army set out on the expedition to Syria, 
Malus, who was then occupied in reconnoitring the Delta, 
was attached to the division of General Kléber. We 
shall not follow him in the difficult route which our brave 
soldiers had to traverse almost without provisions or 
drinkable water; the details which we find on this sub- 
ject in the memoranda only inspire the most painful 
reflections ; we will merely say, that the young oflicer 
of engineers took a part with distinction in the siege of 
El-Harisch. We find him taking by assault, and with 
great intrepidity, an advanced post situated eighty metres 
from the place,—commanding in the trenches, and push- 
: ing the sap almost up to the foot of the breach, when the 
: enemy offered to capitulate. The young officer denounced 
in energetic terms the breach of faith of which our gen- 
erals were guilty in regard to the prisoners, in forcing 
them to enlist among our soldiers. 
Malus relates the march of the army advancing into 
Syria. It first took the infection of the plague in the 
town of Gaza, abandoned by the enemy; its divisions 
arrived at length before Jaffa and invested that town, of 
| which it raised the siege. The operations were con- 
| ducted in a way which was not conformable to the rules 
. of the science originally laid down by Vauban. Our 
young officer recounts that the breaching battery, being 
