France, Directory-Consulate (1795-1804). - Lot 71

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France, Directory-Consulate (1795-1804). - Lot 71
France, Directory-Consulate (1795-1804). Exceptional dromedary stick from the Egyptian Campaign (1798-1801). With two long curved arms and three arches in native wood, richly decorated with chased brass plates and engraved steel reinforcements. 137 x 40 cm (back) and 30 cm (front). (good state of conservation). Reference: an identical example is kept in the collections of the Musée de l'Armée, at the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris. History: At the end of 1797, the Directory, then at the head of France, in order to fight against Great Britain which was hostile to the France of the Revolution, decided on the Egyptian expedition. The goal was to seize Egypt in order to block the route to India to Great Britain 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, only the officers were able to embark their mounts. Bonaparte, in collaboration with General Desaix, created the Dromedary Regiment on the principle of the mounted Infantry. By decree of 20 Nivôse An VII (9 January 1799), he organized a unit with two squadrons of four companies under the command of Jacques Cavalier. The dromedary packs were made in the Boulak district of Cairo. On August 23, 1799, Bonaparte decided to return to France in order to prepare the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire (November 1799) to become First Consul, and entrusted the command of operations in Egypt to General Kléber, who was assassinated on June 14, 1800, but who in the meantime took great care of this troop, adding a third squadron. In 1801, the army of Egypt was repatriated to France. By decree of the Consuls, the Dromedary Regiment was dissolved on 18 fructidor year IX (5 September 1801) and the 283 men were transferred to the Gendarmerie and the Consuls' Guard.
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