Two Mamelukes would keep three Frenchmen at bay because they are better armed, better mounted, better drilled, and have two pairs of pistols, a blunderbuss, a carbine, a helmet with visor, a coat of mail, several horses, and several footmen to serve them. But 100 French cavalry need not fear 100 Mamelukes, 300 would not fear 400 Mamelukes, 600 would not fear 900, and ten squadrons would put 2,000 Mamelukes to flight—such is the controlling influence of tactics, formation, and of the drill evolutions!
两个马穆鲁克可以抵挡三个法军，因为马穆鲁克武器更好、马匹更好、训练更好，拥有两双手枪、一支喇叭枪、一支卡宾枪、一顶有面甲的头盔、一副锁子甲、几匹战马以及几个协助他的步兵。但100名法军骑兵无需害怕100名马穆鲁克，300不用怕400，600不用怕900，十个中队就能赶跑2000名马穆鲁克——这就是战术、队形、机动训练的支配性影响！
[In Egypt] the cavalry generals Murat, Lasalle, and Leclerc appeared before the Mamelukes in three lines and a reserve; just as the first line was at the verge of being outflanked the second moved forward by squadron to the right and to the left into line. The Mamelukes stopped abruptly to outflank this second line, which, as soon as it was extended by the third, charged them. They could not stand up against the shock and they dispersed.
官版书信集第31卷的版本
http://books.google.com/books?id=brHTlTq6Np0C&pg=PA321个别字句有差异
可能是在当地剥削人民不亦乐乎，毫无组织性。奥斯曼帝国为何在失去埃及的无奈下成为法国盟友？
