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France, Directoire-Consulate (1795-1804). Dromedary pole from the Egyptian Campaign (1798-1801). With two long curved arms and three arches in native wood, richly decorated with chased brass plates and chased steel reinforcements. 132 x 45 cm (back) and 24 cm (front). (Patina of age, wear and minor accidents. Good condition). Reference: an identical example is kept in the collections of the Musée de l'Armée, Hôtel des Invalides, Paris. History: at the end of 1797, the French Directoire decided to launch the Egyptian Expedition to combat Great Britain, which was hostile to the France of the Revolution. The aim was to seize Egypt in order to block Britain's route to India, and thus control the Mediterranean. On July 2, 1798, the French Expeditionary Corps commanded by General Bonaparte landed in Alexandria with 40,000 soldiers. The cavalry was dismantled, and only the officers were able to board their mounts. Bonaparte, in collaboration with General Desaix, created the Régiment des Dromadaires on the principle of mounted infantry. By decree of 20 nivôse an VII (January 9, 1799), he organized a unit with two squadrons of four companies under the command of Jacques Cavalier. The camel frames were manufactured in the Boulak district of Cairo. On August 23, 1799, Bonaparte decided to return to France to prepare the coup d'état of November 18, 1799, and become First Consul. He entrusted command of operations in Egypt to General Kléber, who was assassinated on June 14, 1800, but who took great care of the troop in the meantime, adding a third squadron. In 1801, the Egyptian army was repatriated to France. By decree of the Consuls, the Régiment des Dromadaires was disbanded on 18 fructidor an IX (September 5, 1801), and its 283 men were transferred to the Gendarmerie and the Garde des Consuls.
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France, Directoire-Consulate (1795-1804). Dromedary pole from the Egyptian Campaign (1798-1801). With two long curved arms and three arches in native wood, richly decorated with chased brass plates and chased steel reinforcements. 132 x 45 cm (back) and 24 cm (front). (Patina of age, wear and minor accidents. Good condition). Reference: an identical example is kept in the collections of the Musée de l'Armée, Hôtel des Invalides, Paris. History: at the end of 1797, the French Directoire decided to launch the Egyptian Expedition to combat Great Britain, which was hostile to the France of the Revolution. The aim was to seize Egypt in order to block Britain's route to India, and thus control the Mediterranean. On July 2, 1798, the French Expeditionary Corps commanded by General Bonaparte landed in Alexandria with 40,000 soldiers. The cavalry was dismantled, and only the officers were able to board their mounts. Bonaparte, in collaboration with General Desaix, created the Régiment des Dromadaires on the principle of mounted infantry. By decree of 20 nivôse an VII (January 9, 1799), he organized a unit with two squadrons of four companies under the command of Jacques Cavalier. The camel frames were manufactured in the Boulak district of Cairo. On August 23, 1799, Bonaparte decided to return to France to prepare the coup d'état of November 18, 1799, and become First Consul. He entrusted command of operations in Egypt to General Kléber, who was assassinated on June 14, 1800, but who took great care of the troop in the meantime, adding a third squadron. In 1801, the Egyptian army was repatriated to France. By decree of the Consuls, the Régiment des Dromadaires was disbanded on 18 fructidor an IX (September 5, 1801), and its 283 men were transferred to the Gendarmerie and the Garde des Consuls.
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