THE PLAGUE EPIDEMIC DESTROYED BONAPARTE'S DREAMS IN THE LEVANT

This research deals with the bad conditions that met the French campaign against Egypt, and they caused the destruction of the French army in a way that prompted its leaders to quickly decide to withdraw in order to preserve what was left of the French army as a result of this epidemic that claimed the lives of tens of thousands of these forces. Through a study of the events that the campaign went through, it becomes clear that the victory of the British fleet over the French fleet at Abu Qir, nor the decisive resistance of the Egyptians against the campaign, was not a major reason for the French to flee with what remained of their forces, and the spread of the plague epidemic was the reason for the destruction of the forces French defeat campaign. The research reviews, through five axes, the developments that accompanied the spread of the plague epidemic, from the introduction of the campaign to Egypt until the withdrawal of the defeated forces, the French campaign to conquer Egypt, the French invasion of Syria and Palestine, the spread of the plague epidemic in the French army, Painting of Napoleon Bonaparte visiting plague victims in Jaffa, the consequences of the visit.