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A Very Rare French Directoire Period Sabre De Recompense For Les Quatre Cent BravesBy Boutet, Manufacture A Versailles, Circa 1800
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By Boutet, Manufacture A Versailles, Circa 1800
By Boutet, Manufacture A Versailles, Circa 1800
65 cm. blade
Footnotes
Napoleon's campaign in Egypt started on 1 July 1798 and in spite of the destruction of the French fleet a month later at the Battle of the Nile he had more success on land. In April 1799 he was informed that a large body of horsemen was about to cross the Jordan. He dispatched General Junot with three hundred infantry and one hundred and sixty cavalry to reconnoiter the area around Nazareth. Junot found himself surrounded by approximately four thousand of the enemy and in spite of repeated attacks his troops carried the day. The Mamlukes lost between five hundred and six hundred men and five colours, the French losses were just sixty. In recognition of this brave action, Napoleon decreed that the troops involved should each be rewarded with a sabre. The action is commemorated in a painting by Antoine-Jean Gros, now in the Museé des Beaux Arts, Nantes
See Christian Aries, Armes Blanche Militaires Françaises, vol. XVII, 1970








