... destruction of the French fleet sealed the fate ofNapoleon's army. The noble defence of Acre by Sir Sidney Smith was the final blow to Napoleon's projects,and from that moment it was ... well-filled, I feel it very much, and of course men on footcarrying their muskets and ammunition and knapsacks must feel it very much more. I think they will go onfaster after they have left Ramanieh. ... knowledge of geography now possessed we may well wonder at the wild notion entertainedboth by Bonaparte and the French authorities that it would be possible, after conquering Egypt, to march anarmy...