Episode 28: Q4-1798 - Cairo crushed

Help us produce more episodes by supporting the Napoleonic Quarterly on Patreon: patreon.com/napoleonicquarterly 1798. October… November… December… Three months in which the French in Egypt simply pretend the Battle of the Nile never happened… Nelson talks Naples into an ill-advised attack against the French in central Italy… And Russia joins a fledgling Second Coalition against French aggression. This is episode 28 of the Napoleonic Quarterly - covering three months of slow-burning diplomatic backlash against France and its Egyptian gambit. [15:38] - Everett Rummage on the Cairo revolt and French efforts to quash Mameluke resistance in upper Egypt [35:42] - Jonathan North on the ill-fated Neapolitan invasion of the Papal States [1:01:34] - Elise K. Wirtschafter on Russia's decision to join the Second Coalition Plus from [1:11:27] Charles Esdaile on storming form sets out how the French had the Second Coalition coming to them, and is surprised by Alex Mikaberidze very much agreeing with him.