, who, nexttoMourad, wasthemostinfluentialofthebeys, hadproceededtowardsSyria, bythewayofBelbeisandSalehye'-in-Chiefimmediatelydeterminedtomarchinpersonagainstthatformidableenemy, -knownengagementinwhichBonapartedroveIbrahimbackuponEl-Arish; besides, Idonotenterminutelyintothedetailsofbattles, mychiefobjectbeingtorecordeventswhichIpersonallywitnessed.
AtthebattleofSalehye'hBonapartethoughthehadlostoneofhis 'aidesdecamp', Sulkowsky, towhomhewasmuchattached, ; yet, onhisreturntoCairo, BonapartefrequentlyspoketomeofSulkowskyintermsofunfeignedsorrow.
"Icannot," saidheoneday, "sufficientlyadmirethenoblespiritanddeterminedcourageofpoorSulkowsky." , , however, killedshortlyafter.
; butthereisonecircumstancetowhichIcannotrefrainfromalluding, , thecaptainofthe 'Orient'.Casablancawasamongthewounded, andwhenthevesselwasblownuphisson, aladoftenyearsofage, preferredperishingwithhimratherthansavinghimself, 'aidedecamp', sentbyGeneralKléber, whohadthecommandofAlexandria, thattheGeneral-in-ChiefwasnearSalehye', andBonapartehastenedbacktoCairo, adistanceofaboutthirty-threeleagues.
Inspiteofanyassertionsthatmayhavebeenmadetothecontrary, thefactis, thatassoonastheFrenchtroopssetfootinEgypt, theywerefilledwithdissatisfaction, andardentlylongedtoreturnhome.