Napolean Bonaparte

His new strategy worked excellently against his enemies. Napoleon had an extraordinary ability to recognize the best time to attack.(Internet).
             Napoleon knew that he would need more than a few battles to establish his reputation as a military commander. Late in 1797, Napoleon proposed that he would invade Egypt to destroy the British trade with the Middle East. Early in 1798, Napoleon set sail for Egypt with a fleet of about 38,000 men. Napoleon reached Egypt in July 1798. There, he utterly defeated the Mamelukes, Egypt's military rulers, in the battle of the Pyramids. All of southern Egypt now came under Napoleon's control.(World Book, 19).
             Napoleon reorganized their government, the postal system, and the tab collecting system. Napoleon introduced the first printing presses, created a Health Department, and built new and improved hospitals for the poor and needy. During his French occupation of Egypt, the Nile River was explored as far down as the city of Aswan. Napoleon's military aspect of his Egyptian venture was not as rewarding as he first believed. On August 1,1798, Haratio Nelson destroyed Napoleon's French navel battalion leaving Napoleon and the French army cut off from France. In 1799, Napoleon's troops invaded Turkish Syria and advanced as far as the fortress Acne, which is located in present-day Israel, which Napoleon failed to capture. Napoleon learned that a Turkish army was making preparations to invade Egypt. He and his troops retreated to Egypt where stifled and defeated the Turkish force at Aub Qir. About this time, Napoleon discovered that Austria, Britain, and Russia had formed a concoction against France and had defeated the French army in Italy. Napoleon left his army to the command of General Gene Klever and sailed from France with a handful of the remaining French Generals.(Funk & Wagnalls, 23).
             News of Napoleon's victory at Aub Qir arrived with him in Paris and spread like wildfire.