Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt: 1798 Historical Battle of the Pyramids | Total War Battle

The Battle of the Pyramids, also known as the Battle of Embabeh, was a major engagement fought on 21 July 1798, during the French Invasion of Egypt. The battle took place near the village of Embabeh, across the Nile River from Cairo, but was named by Napoleon after the Great Pyramid of Giza visible nearly 9 miles away.

Game - Total War: Napoleon

00:00 Napoleon invades Egypt
02:52 The march through the desert
03:19 French attacked in the desert
04:33 The French move forward
05:32 The Mamluk armies assemble
06:45 The Battle at Shubra Khit
08:10 The Battle on the Nile
08:41 The Mamluks withdraw
09:25 The French position
09:44 The Battle of the Pyramids
11:16 The Battle at Embabeh
11:50 The Mamluks retreat
12:20 Aftermath

[Georgieastra]

Napoleon abandoned his army and literally sneaked away:
Bonaparte thus spontaneously decided to return to France. According to an accusatory letter by General Kléber, his successor in Egypt, Napoleon also foresaw that the army was getting yet weaker from losses in battle and to disease and would soon have to surrender and be taken prisoner by its enemies, which would destroy all the prestige he had won by his many victories. [48]

He only shared the secret of his return with a small number of friends whose discretion and loyalty were well-known. He left Cairo in August on the pretext of a voyage in the Nile Delta without arousing suspicion, accompanied by the scholars Monge and Berthollet, the painter Denon, and generals Berthier, Murat, Lannes and Marmont. On 23 August, a proclamation informed the army that Bonaparte had transferred his powers as commander in chief to General Kléber. This news was taken badly, with the soldiers angry with Bonaparte and the French government for leaving them behind,

[elitely]

Love how beautiful Total War still is, I love the Napoleonic era I seriously gotta study it more and Victorian. But amazing video man would be awesome if we got a Total War Napoleon 2!

[au-contraire]

So much better than Ridley Scott's film...

[continuityntw]

Very spot on! Particularly liked the aerial view 11:50, probably inspired by the film Waterloo. We make cinematic videos in Napoleon: Total War as well, would be nice to cooperate in future projects!

[newatlantisrepublic]

Love the thumbnail of Ambassador Molari overseeing Centauri troops

[hahahyjeeshzhzhhzijustwantsome]

Great work i dont know why ur so underrated but you need more views

[nickcanning]

Nice use of Napoleon total war to tell the story. well done.

[malgusvitiate]

Another majestic video as usual! I have a few suggestions for future videos, including the Battle of Kadesh (1274 B.C.E.) and Bay vs Amenmesse (non-historical) for Pharaoh, Battle of Artaxata (68 B.C.E.) and Baktria vs Ardiaei (non-historical) for Rome II, and the Battle of Ravenna (476 C.E.) and Burgundians vs Jutes (non-historical) for Attila. As always, keep up the great work pumping out new videos featuring both historical and non-historical battles👍😁!

[philRminiatures]

Interesting and informative video...Looks superb and very atmospheric!

[thezanzibarbarian]

When Napoleon got to the pyramids, it was on a very misty day.
When he looked up at them, he said. _"I can't see the point of these pyramids"_ 8-))...

[michaelkelly]

Ridley Scott’s napoleon was a big let down for him. Expected so much more. Didn’t know what was happening half the time

[JJBOBProd]

Dayum this is a tight vid keep making vids about me like this.

[OKOKOKOKOKOKOK-znfy]

In the fight against Lord Nelson at the Nile, the French forgot to set two anchors to keep their ships in a tight immovable formation.
When the winds shifted, a hole appeared in the end of the French line of battle.
The English slipped behind the French and attacked from both sides.
This doubled the amount of damage the English could do; the French could only man one side of their guns at a time.
The French flagship was given a great deal of attention by the English gunners.

[KaiserWellington]

I enjoyed all 12 minutes of this video more than the movie.

[saulchapnick]

Who the heck sends soldiers to Egypt during the height of the summer wearing wool uniforms?

[hiramabiff]

And Napoleon abandoned over 30, 000 veteran troops and a estimated 70.000 camp followers in Egypt and sailed back to France when he realised the campaign was lost, many of whom were enslaved by the Arabs. Less than 6000 made it back home.

[yolobuck]

this is far better than ridly scotts "napoleon"

[jacklarue]

Very nice video, well done! Sorry that I can’t like it because I only like music so that my ‘liked videos’ are my playlist of all the thousands of songs I like. You did earn one better though, an alert subscription and comment for some algorithm love! Keep it up, I expect some quality videos from now on, friend!

[RobertDelPrete-pmel]

I believe some of my northern Italian ancestors may have served with Napoleon in this campaign. Surnames of my ancestors appear on the rolls of the French army in this campaign. It seems they made it home but at what cost to their physical and mental well being.

[kazrab]

Okay, I'm curious. HOW DID YOU GET THESE GRAPHIC SETTING!?!?!