EGYPT EXPEDITION. - DAMAS (François-Étienne).... Lot 32

EGYPT EXPEDITION. - DAMAS (François-Étienne). Printed agenda (15 germinal year VIII- 5 April 1800) of the general as chief of the general staff of the army of the East, with autograph signature of the future general Jean- Gaspard-Pascal RENÉ as deputy chief of the general staff. In Gyzéh, of the National Printing Office, [1800]. (2) pp. in-folio, on Arabic laid paper watermarked with three crescents. "The WAR COUNCIL of the 1st Division, meeting in Kairo, convened [...... to judge the citizen Louis-Joseph Cazal, head of the Engineer Battalion, accused of having, by his conduct, caused the capture of El-Arich fort, after having taken all the information and questioned the accused, considering that far from being the cause of the precipitous surrender of the said fort, the citizen Cazal is the cause of the said fort, On the contrary, he deserves the general esteem of the entire army by the certain testimonies of his good conduct throughout the siege, by his activity, and especially by the effective means he employed on the day of the 4th Nivôse to stop an insurrection which was already quite manifest, DECLARES THAT THE CAZAL CITIZEN IS NOT COUPLE [...]...]. "RARE IMPRESSION OF CAIROWEAT, in perfect condition.