Episode 31: Q3-1799 - Shifting sands

1799. July… August… September… Three months in which the Allies’ pivot north to Switzerland fails thanks to a fightback from Massena... the British team up with the Russians in a bid to stir up Holland… And in Egypt Napoleon Bonaparte wins another victory for the French against the Ottomans - before sneaking off in the night on a fast ship back to France. This is episode 31 of the Napoleonic Quarterly - covering three months of desperate fighting - and desperate measures. Help us produce more episodes by supporting the Napoleonic Quarterly on Patreon: patreon.com/napoleonicquarterly [06:07] - Headline developments [16:54] - David Hollins on the fighting in Germany [50:49] - Phil Ball on the British-Russian efforts in Holland [1:10:32] - Charles Mackay on the Battle of Aboukir Plus Charles Esdaile and Alexander Mikaberidze join us throughout to talk through their perspectives on the period.