Chapter 13 THE SIEGE OF CAIRO

It was the middle of June, 1799, before Bonaparte got back to Cairo from Syria. His prolonged siege of Acre had been an utter failure, and save for a little worthless loot the whole expedition had been but a sample of that which his whole life was to be-a selfish, reckless waste of human life, useless, unprofitable, and, in spite of the servile adu