The War And the Bagdad Railway
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Napoleon, dreaming of the exploits of world con- querors of the past — Cyrus, Alexander and their suc- cessors to Mohammed II — saw that the East was to be conquered and Turkey eliminated not by way of Europe, but through the East. His occupation of Egypt was merely the preliminary step. His design as shown by his siege of Acre on the Palestinian coast was to make himself master of Syria, and thence to threaten the possession of the Asia Minor Highway — to cut the chain as it were at a strategi...c point. Egypt was merely a passage-way to Pales- tine which, as we have seen, had always played the part of a bulwark for Egypt against attacks from 78 THE WAR AND THE BAGDAD RAILWAY Asia Minor. Napoleon was hastily called back to Egypt, and after the battle of Abukir returned to France where disturbing conditions had arisen dur- ing his absence. He was thus forced to abandon further designs. It is, of course, somewhat pre- carious in default of definite evidence to speculate as to what was in his mind, but the expedition to Syria is significant as an index of his plans.
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Napoleon, dreaming of the exploits of world con- querors of the past — Cyrus, Alexander and their suc- cessors to Mohammed II — saw that the East was to be conquered and Turkey eliminated not by way of Europe, but through the East. His occupation of Egypt was merely the preliminary step. His design as shown by his siege of Acre on the Palestinian coast was to make himself master of Syria, and thence to threaten the possession of the Asia Minor Highway — to cut the chain as it were at a strategi...c point. Egypt was merely a passage-way to Pales- tine which, as we have seen, had always played the part of a bulwark for Egypt against attacks from 78 THE WAR AND THE BAGDAD RAILWAY Asia Minor. Napoleon was hastily called back to Egypt, and after the battle of Abukir returned to France where disturbing conditions had arisen dur- ing his absence. He was thus forced to abandon further designs. It is, of course, somewhat pre- carious in default of definite evidence to speculate as to what was in his mind, but the expedition to Syria is significant as an index of his plans.
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