To Win A War Of Words: Data Collection And Evidentiary Due Diligence

On July 21, 1798, Napoleon withstood the Mameluke cavalry's impetuous charge by deploying his infantry into tight, disciplined squares at the Battle of the Pyramids. In so doing, he minimized French casualties and inflicted a crushing defeat on a numerically superior force, paving the way to Cairo and the eventual end of centuries of continuous Mamluk influence in Egypt.

Yet, despite their being bested on the battlefield, Napoleon engaged the vanquished Mamelukes as his guard and organized them into an elite cavalry squadron. Remarking on their martial prowess and organizational weakness, the French leader once said that "whereas one Mameluke was the equal of three Frenchmen, one hundred Frenchmen could confidently take on five times their number in Mamelukes."