Napoleon, in his military career, appears to have been called upon to
surmount every difficulty which can occur in wars of invasion.
In Egypt he traversed deserts, and vanquished and destroyed the
Mamelukes, so celebrated for their address and courage. His genius
knew how to accommodate itself to all the dangers of this distant
enterprise, in a country ill adapted to supply the wants of his troops.
In the conquest of Italy, he twice crossed the Alps by the most
difficult passes, and at a season, too, which rendered this undertaking
still more formidable. In three months he passed the Pyrenees, defeated
and dispersed four Spanish armies. In short, from the Rhine to the
Borysthenes, no natural obstacle could be found to arrest the rapid
march of his victorious army.